Art: James Bousema · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Sliver Overlord

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Legendary Creature — Sliver Mutant · from $29.31

{3}: Search your library for a Sliver card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. {3}: Gain control of target Sliver. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

60 of 100 at $5 or less · 45 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
12	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
13	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
14	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
15	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
16	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
17	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
18	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
19	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
20	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
21	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
22	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
23	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
24	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
25	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
26	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
27	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
28	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
29	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
30	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
31	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
32	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
33	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
34	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
35	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
36	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
37	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
38	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
39	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
40	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
41	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
42	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
43	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
44	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
45	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
46	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
47	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
48	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
49	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
50	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
51	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
52	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
53	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
54	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
55	Godless Shrine	Land	0	$8.47
56	Hallowed Fountain	Land	0	$6.97
57	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
58	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
59	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
60	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
61	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
62	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
63	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
64	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
65	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
66	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
67	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
68	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
69	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
70	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
71	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
72	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
73	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
74	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
75	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
76	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
77	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
78	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
79	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
80	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
81	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
82	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
83	Glacial Fortress	Land	0	$0.21
84	Isolated Chapel	Land	0	$0.21
85	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
86	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
87	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
88	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
89	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
90	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
91	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
92	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
93	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
94	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
95	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
96	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
97	Prairie Stream	Land	0	$0.19
98	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
99	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
100	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50

Curve of these staples

Combos with Sliver Overlord

The 10 most popular of 14 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Cloudshredder Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Manaweft Sliver + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Gemhide Sliver + Heart Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Heart Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Manaweft Sliver + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Blur Sliver + Gemhide Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Blur Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Manaweft Sliver + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Firewake Sliver + Gemhide Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Firewake Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Manaweft Sliver + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chromatic Orrery + Mana Echoes + Sliver Overlord
Infinite card draw · Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite draw triggers · Cast all Sliver creature cards in your hand and library · Near-infinite colored mana · Near-infinite colorless mana · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Fist of Suns + Mana Echoes + Morophon, the Boundless + Sliver Overlord
Cast all Sliver creature cards in your hand and library · Near-infinite colorless mana
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Gemhide Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Reflex Sliver + Sliver Overlord
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Near-infinite creature ETB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

4 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

15th of 24 — Colossal CEDH King Open 6 on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 0–2–2 · by Connor Hayward
9th of 39 — Clash at the Capital- Mana Mayhem! on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 2–3–0 · by Don Bos
16th of 20 — Colossal CEDH King Open 4 on Topdeck.ggJul 19, 2026 · 0–3–1 · by Connor Hayward
16th of 18 — Bracket 2 Ocelot Pride Event on Topdeck.ggMar 29, 2026 · 0–4–0 · by Shingo Chester

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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