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The First Sliver

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Legendary Creature — Sliver · from $28.66

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.) Sliver spells you cast have cascade.

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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

Most played with The First Sliver

The 25 most-played cards in 7 settled top-16 lists running The First Sliver at 16+ player events since Mar 22, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Command Tower	100% · 7 of 7	1
2	Arcane Signet	71% · 5 of 7	0
3	City of Brass	71% · 5 of 7	1
4	Exotic Orchard	71% · 5 of 7	1
5	Sol Ring	71% · 5 of 7	1
6	Demonic Tutor	57% · 4 of 7	0
7	Flooded Strand	57% · 4 of 7	0
8	Forest	57% · 4 of 7	1
9	Gamble	57% · 4 of 7	0
10	Gemhide Sliver	57% · 4 of 7	1
11	Gemstone Caverns	57% · 4 of 7	0
12	Hallowed Fountain	57% · 4 of 7	1
13	Island	57% · 4 of 7	1
14	Mana Confluence	57% · 4 of 7	0
15	Manaweft Sliver	57% · 4 of 7	1
16	Marsh Flats	57% · 4 of 7	0
17	Misty Rainforest	57% · 4 of 7	0
18	Overgrown Tomb	57% · 4 of 7	1
19	Plains	57% · 4 of 7	1
20	Polluted Delta	57% · 4 of 7	0
21	Scalding Tarn	57% · 4 of 7	0
22	Stomping Ground	57% · 4 of 7	1
23	Swamp	57% · 4 of 7	1
24	Temple Garden	57% · 4 of 7	1
25	Verdant Catacombs	57% · 4 of 7	0

Combos with The First Sliver

9 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Ashnod's Altar + Morophon, the Boundless + The First Sliver + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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Morophon, the Boundless + Phyrexian Altar + The First Sliver + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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Goblin Bombardment + Morophon, the Boundless + The First Sliver + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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Blasting Station + Morophon, the Boundless + The First Sliver + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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Morophon, the Boundless + The First Sliver + Thermopod + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite red mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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Altar of Dementia + Morophon, the Boundless + The First Sliver + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite storm count
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Krark-Clan Ironworks + Morophon, the Boundless + Mycosynth Lattice + The First Sliver + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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Morophon, the Boundless + The First Sliver + Viscera Seer + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count
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Carrion Feeder + Morophon, the Boundless + The First Sliver + Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count
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Top finishes

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

9th of 52 — Caballo MTG Quinta Edición (Bracket 3) ― Magic Palace on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 2–3–0 · by Matías D'Alessandro
6th of 35 — Free Bracket 3 Commander Tournamnent on Topdeck.ggSep 5, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Terry Ables jr
5th of 53 — La Competència | Urza's Hot Tub | cEDH European Championship Qualifier on Topdeck.ggJul 26, 2026 · 3–2–1 · by Alexander Kiyamu
16th of 29 — Twin Valley Game Con (Gaea's Cradle) on Topdeck.ggJun 20, 2026 · 1–5–0 · by ryan koschel
13th of 16 — Dragon Egg Games: CEDH at Billings Fun Con on Topdeck.ggJun 13, 2026 · 0–3–1 · by ryan koschel
16th of 33 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggApr 10, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Neil
3rd of 50 — **Rescheduled to 3/27** Raven Fest 2026 Charity Bracket 2 Commander Event on Topdeck.ggMar 27, 2026 · 2–1–0 · by Joseph Carter
15th of 16 — Lega Commander - Bracket 3 - Tappa 1 on Topdeck.ggMar 22, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Christian Re

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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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