Historic Five-Color Slivers
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A five-color Historic Sliver aggro deck that swarms the board with cheap synergistic Slivers and uses The First Sliver to cascade into more threats.
Manaweft Sliver fixes all five colors, while Predatory Sliver, Cleaving Sliver, and Lavabelly Sliver pump and drain with the team. Diffusion Sliver taxes targeted removal, Sentinel Sliver and Striking Sliver add vigilance and first strike, and The First Sliver cascades into additional Slivers to keep pressure high.
Keep hands with at least two lands, one early Sliver, and a way to cast it. Mulligan hands with fewer than two lands or no one- or two-drop Sliver; the deck can fix colors with Manaweft Sliver, Unclaimed Territory, Aether Hub, and Unknown Shores.
Early: deploy cheap Slivers and use Manaweft Sliver to fix colors. Mid: stack lords and use Diffusion Sliver to protect the board while attacking wide. Late: use The First Sliver to cascade into more Slivers and overwhelm the opponent with a wide, pumped board.
Mass removal and sweepers punish the wide board. The mana base can be strained without Manaweft Sliver, and the deck has limited interaction against combo or flying-heavy strategies.
| Type | Rarity | Card Name | Mana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creatures (40) | Common | Bladeback Sliver | |
| Common | Cleaving Sliver | ||
| Uncommon | Diffusion Sliver | ||
| Common | Enduring Sliver | ||
| Uncommon | Hollowhead Sliver | ||
| Uncommon | Lavabelly Sliver | ||
| Uncommon | Manaweft Sliver | ||
| Common | Predatory Sliver | ||
| Common | Sentinel Sliver | ||
| Common | Striking Sliver | ||
| Mythic Rare | The First Sliver | ||
| Lands (20) | Uncommon | Aether Hub | |
| Common | Evolving Wilds | ||
| Basic Land | Forest | ||
| Basic Land | Island | ||
| Basic Land | Mountain | ||
| Uncommon | Unclaimed Territory | ||
| Common | Unknown Shores |