I always loved how even if you couldn’t afford the top tier cards and rare cards slivers could be affordable and easy to get in tempest block and extended while still being a viable deck.
I love Slivers unironically. I know they wouldn't be amazing at high lvl magic but I still love them. In casual Magic they are a fearsome force. I loved using Sliver Queen, Heartstone, Mana Echoes, and Goblin Bombardment to create infinite 1/1's that can attack for infinite and deal infinite dmg with no way out.......but its a ridiculous combo thats hard to pull off.....haha but I like decks like that. Objectively I think Goblins are the best Tribal deck but Slivers will always hold a special place in my heart. Great video as always. They are always fascinating and interesting in this amazing game.
The first sliver is the strongest sliver card in mtg, I played a first sliver deck at a casual match everyone was bewildered cause most if them haven't seen a tier 1 comander deck and most of the players hadn't ever encountered a timetwister 2 years ago I sold the deck and collection and I regret that decision
@@zachariousmccool5768 The first sliver is a wubrg sliver that gives all your slivers cascade. So you can cascade into slivers, and if your deck is stacked just enough, you can go from 5 cmc sliver + the newly cascaded sliver + any other sliver cascaded, and can continue to the point it can find a sliver at 0 cmc.
Ah, Slivers, easily my favorite creature type in the game. It's sad to see they didn't do well in the highest level of competition, but they ARE super fun to use. Crystaline + Winged + Muscle was fun. I tried to run the uncommon slivers during tempest, but most of them are just too weak and did very little (i.e Barbed Sliver: R2, 2/2, all slivers gain: 2: +1/+0 until end of turn) to justify running them Sad the legendary Slivers didnt do much too :(
Little Correction on JustBurn420s Modern Sliverdeck at 11:00. They where not playing CoCo. (Otherwise it would be 64 Cards and furthermore Coco is not castable in the Deck)
I've always hated Slivers. They're fun enough to play, but Slivers crush all of my janky green flying tribal and Elephant tribal decks so I'm so damn tired of them.
Can't tell you how happy I was to see this video pop up. I've played Slivers religiously for about a decade. They are so fun and unique and I love all the creative ways people have come up with to make them competitive.
Slivers used to be the boogeyman of my casual playgroups (that and my Eldrazi and Phyrexians) when I was a kid. But I still think they’re a neat tribe, and I love the Blasphemous Slivers deck. I haven’t ever played it, but I’m always amused to see it in action!
I know this is a constructed history series, but it would have been nice to see mentioned, if only in passing, the Silver Kids' famous 2HG victory at PT San Diego in 2007.
I actually have a full edh sliver deck with all the 5 color ones. I've spent maybe 79 dollars on it including sleeves. They were the reason I got into magic in the first place. Lol
My first tribal deck when I started playing was a five color sliver deck made up of hand-me down cards from my brother. I was playing with friends and the deck never did much good but when it won...it won hard! They are still one of my favorite creature types in all of MTG. Great video!
i still have my queen&overlord, and i never knew it will be a played card again in the future. although im always drawn towards zombies, undead stuff in games, in magic slivers were my most favorite type to play, and i never really used a good deck before myself :D
While i know you dont consider EDH i think its worth a mention that in EDH a Sliver Hivelord commander has a very oppressive deck in commander using tribal Slivers.
@@NizzahonMagic I guess there is some caution required with that. There is a First Sliver combo deck in Historic Brawl that uses Tibalt's Trickery, the green mythic from VOW that puts lands into play, and then wins with Maze's End.
My Magic magnum opus is a Legacy Sliver deck. I will be transitioning it into a Commander deck. It has all of the big Slivers. My Legacy Goblins is a hair's breadth below.
I'm surprised Necrotic Sliver only showed up once. Being able to turn all of your slivers into instant speed Vindicates is pretty much always worth running at least a single copy.
Love them Slivs. Am I the only one that didn't like the new Slivs that only buffed your side? Kinda ruined the flavor. (Unless they retconned some lore that I'm forgetting) 💜⚡
@@shuboy05 _All_ kinds of wrong. The Riptide slivers were mechanically no different from the Rathi ones. Since Time Spiral we've seen two waves: the M14 ones and the Modern Horizons ones. Both are the asymmetric kind, and given the rarity of symmetric effects in the past decade, it's unlikely new ones will function differently. Also: the M14 ones are the Predator knock-offs.
@@christopherb501 Interesting. I was out of Magic during this time so I'm most catching up on the lore. This effectively means Wizards retconned the Slivers to only effect your side since it's not mentioned in the lore then.
Slivers are definitely one of the boogeyman tribes of Magic (and one of my favorite). Despite the fact that, competitively, they aren't even a top 5 best tribe, I've played with friends that banned them as a house rule. That's how you know an impact has been made.
@@NizzahonMagic wow, thats a little sad, my very first deck was the Slivers shivers deck from legion, that's what got me into magic, I still love those bugs!
Wait, two minutes into the video and the first sliver standard decks weren't successful? Would've been cool to hear a bit about what they were lacking at first
I find it amusing that they named them slivers, when slivers irl are such a pain to get jabbed into you, and in magic, slivers are a pain to deal with. Unlikely to actually kill you, if course, but bloody frustrating.
I was about to correct you and say "you mean splinters right" but apparently the two are synonymous, the more you know I think the idea behind the name is probably the fact that a sliver is a piece broken off something larger. Since they all form a homogenous hive, each sliver is just a fragment of a greater whole.
A Sliver deck was the first deck I ever played in high school back when they first came out. I have always loved playing them even though they weren't competitive usually.
Haven't even watched the video yet but I assume the gist is "slap slivers in deck". Tribal decks have the least amount of meaningful history than any others. No creativity was used to create it and no critical thinking is required to pilot it. Thanks for the video though, Nizz.
Lawl the Wild Pair Sliver deck is pretty complicated, and I think you are also underrating how hard it is to pilot tribal decks. And -- coming up with an actually good Sliver deck is actually quite challenging!
You could take a pile of 100 random lands and a pile of 100 random slivers, throw them into the air, pick up 60 random cards and have an effective sliver deck. Brainless, boring and my most hated tribe.
I always loved how even if you couldn’t afford the top tier cards and rare cards slivers could be affordable and easy to get in tempest block and extended while still being a viable deck.
I'm HunterBR, I was 1st in the challenge in 2020 with the deck, Slivers is my favorite tribe and I was very happy that my list appeared in the video
I love Slivers unironically. I know they wouldn't be amazing at high lvl magic but I still love them. In casual Magic they are a fearsome force. I loved using Sliver Queen, Heartstone, Mana Echoes, and Goblin Bombardment to create infinite 1/1's that can attack for infinite and deal infinite dmg with no way out.......but its a ridiculous combo thats hard to pull off.....haha but I like decks like that.
Objectively I think Goblins are the best Tribal deck but Slivers will always hold a special place in my heart.
Great video as always. They are always fascinating and interesting in this amazing game.
elves>zombies>goblins
@@zachwiseman930 lol....in casual? My fav was elves....though I hated it lol.....my personal fav deck is my Kracken deck..
The first sliver is the strongest sliver card in mtg,
I played a first sliver deck at a casual match everyone was bewildered cause most if them haven't seen a tier 1 comander deck and most of the players hadn't ever encountered a timetwister
2 years ago I sold the deck and collection and I regret that decision
@@StaceyIsles what is that? I know sliver queen and overlord but thats about it sorry
@@zachariousmccool5768 The first sliver is a wubrg sliver that gives all your slivers cascade.
So you can cascade into slivers, and if your deck is stacked just enough, you can go from
5 cmc sliver + the newly cascaded sliver + any other sliver cascaded, and can continue to the point it can find a sliver at 0 cmc.
Ah, Slivers, easily my favorite creature type in the game. It's sad to see they didn't do well in the highest level of competition, but they ARE super fun to use. Crystaline + Winged + Muscle was fun. I tried to run the uncommon slivers during tempest, but most of them are just too weak and did very little (i.e Barbed Sliver: R2, 2/2, all slivers gain: 2: +1/+0 until end of turn) to justify running them
Sad the legendary Slivers didnt do much too :(
I think many of us have a soft spot in our hearts for Slivers. They are one of the most fun types of decks to build when you are new to the game.
Little Correction on JustBurn420s Modern Sliverdeck at 11:00.
They where not playing CoCo. (Otherwise it would be 64 Cards and furthermore Coco is not castable in the Deck)
Was trying to figure out how they would play it
Ahh yes, one of the most beloved tribes EVER!
I've always hated Slivers. They're fun enough to play, but Slivers crush all of my janky green flying tribal and Elephant tribal decks so I'm so damn tired of them.
Board wipes love them.
I think you mean hated. I played an edh sliver overlord deck, and now I don't have friends.
Can't tell you how happy I was to see this video pop up. I've played Slivers religiously for about a decade. They are so fun and unique and I love all the creative ways people have come up with to make them competitive.
Slivers used to be the boogeyman of my casual playgroups (that and my Eldrazi and Phyrexians) when I was a kid. But I still think they’re a neat tribe, and I love the Blasphemous Slivers deck. I haven’t ever played it, but I’m always amused to see it in action!
Showing my age but I played Counter Sliver. That deck was so cool. These lists are so fun for us old guys.
I know this is a constructed history series, but it would have been nice to see mentioned, if only in passing, the Silver Kids' famous 2HG victory at PT San Diego in 2007.
My favorite creature type.
Really dig the talon looking bastards!
I actually have a full edh sliver deck with all the 5 color ones. I've spent maybe 79 dollars on it including sleeves. They were the reason I got into magic in the first place. Lol
I remember back in 97 when slivers were introduced. We thought muscle sliver was absolutely busted.
We're still waiting for the Recurring-Survival video.
My hear❤️. Thank you for making this video. I remember when my first sliver I got from a draft. Now I have them all. Lol
Magic is such a great game. I've been playing it on and off since the 90's .
Back in the day I pioneered counter sliver when extended was around won a lot of tournaments, and became known as the sliver god back then
My first tribal deck when I started playing was a five color sliver deck made up of hand-me down cards from my brother. I was playing with friends and the deck never did much good but when it won...it won hard! They are still one of my favorite creature types in all of MTG. Great video!
I wish you showed some sliver commander decks
Secluded courtyard also added a lot to Sliver decks
Been waiting for YEARS for you to do a Sliver video!!
Beyond the cost reason, one of the main pulls I have to play pauper is that my favorite tribes are competitive strategies there (slivers and faeries)
I'd love to see a deck history on Eldrazi!
I think there is one
ruclips.net/video/fqSOl1avels/видео.html -> here it is
Already did it
I actually run a Naya sliver deck in pauper and it's so fun! It can get crazy big very quickly, and so threatening
i still have my queen&overlord, and i never knew it will be a played card again in the future.
although im always drawn towards zombies, undead stuff in games, in magic slivers were my
most favorite type to play, and i never really used a good deck before myself :D
Slivers are the bane of casual kitchen top magic.
While i know you dont consider EDH i think its worth a mention that in EDH a Sliver Hivelord commander has a very oppressive deck in commander using tribal Slivers.
Overlord can just tutor him out though.
It's funny to go to an LGS and any Sliver deck get treated like the Boogeyman when it is rarely competitively viable.
I have played just about every tribe I can in edh and slivers are the only tribe I still have. It is unironically my favorite deck of all time.
I love slivers sooo much, I'm going to my first like official match, I'm going to be playing my sliver overlord commander deck
Ayyyy, my favorite tribe, let’s fucking GOOOOOOO
Nobody ever liked playing against my slivers. That’s why it was so much fun for me to play.
Slivers have always been a Favorite of mine. If there ever was a competitive casual... Slivers are it.. for me.
On Arena in historic, i've seen a lot of time also "The first Sliver", which is a 7/7 for BGRWU and gives cascade to all you slivers
Do you mean Historic Brawl?
@@NizzahonMagic I guess there is some caution required with that. There is a First Sliver combo deck in Historic Brawl that uses Tibalt's Trickery, the green mythic from VOW that puts lands into play, and then wins with Maze's End.
Historic Brawl slivers is still absolutely hilarious.
I caught a sliver bug once, down to needing 4 more slivers, to have collected every single one. They are pretty fun
Do you have the queen?
She’s on my bucket list
Pauper slivers is one of my favorite decks to play normal magic with.
My Magic magnum opus is a Legacy Sliver deck. I will be transitioning it into a Commander deck. It has all of the big Slivers. My Legacy Goblins is a hair's breadth below.
I'm surprised Necrotic Sliver only showed up once. Being able to turn all of your slivers into instant speed Vindicates is pretty much always worth running at least a single copy.
Love them Slivs. Am I the only one that didn't like the new Slivs that only buffed your side? Kinda ruined the flavor. (Unless they retconned some lore that I'm forgetting)
💜⚡
If I recall those Slivers were bred in the Riptide Project on Otaria. Basically they are different from Rath's Slivers.
@@shuboy05 I figured it was something like that, but I definitely did not remember the details. Haha
@@shuboy05 _All_ kinds of wrong. The Riptide slivers were mechanically no different from the Rathi ones. Since Time Spiral we've seen two waves: the M14 ones and the Modern Horizons ones. Both are the asymmetric kind, and given the rarity of symmetric effects in the past decade, it's unlikely new ones will function differently.
Also: the M14 ones are the Predator knock-offs.
@@christopherb501 Interesting. I was out of Magic during this time so I'm most catching up on the lore. This effectively means Wizards retconned the Slivers to only effect your side since it's not mentioned in the lore then.
Slivers are definitely one of the boogeyman tribes of Magic (and one of my favorite). Despite the fact that, competitively, they aren't even a top 5 best tribe, I've played with friends that banned them as a house rule. That's how you know an impact has been made.
Is there a link to the poll?
my first commander deck was a sliver queen
A man of taste 🎩
Slivers aka Meathooks
Slight errata: In the first Sliver deck show is written "Swords of PLowshares"
Slight erratum: Errata is plural so it is just an erratum.
@@NizzahonMagic 😂
was there not a Sliver deck during the onslaught cycle?
Nope.
@@NizzahonMagic wow, thats a little sad, my very first deck was the Slivers shivers deck from legion, that's what got me into magic, I still love those bugs!
Beware the snoot stabs!
Wait, two minutes into the video and the first sliver standard decks weren't successful? Would've been cool to hear a bit about what they were lacking at first
I find it amusing that they named them slivers, when slivers irl are such a pain to get jabbed into you, and in magic, slivers are a pain to deal with. Unlikely to actually kill you, if course, but bloody frustrating.
I was about to correct you and say "you mean splinters right" but apparently the two are synonymous, the more you know
I think the idea behind the name is probably the fact that a sliver is a piece broken off something larger. Since they all form a homogenous hive, each sliver is just a fragment of a greater whole.
I just got my sliver queen my deck is almost complete
In German, they are called "Remasuri".
That's why you should play in English.
people often juat quit against my sliver onslaught the second i played my Coat of Arms. 😂
TIL that frenetic is a word.
A Sliver deck was the first deck I ever played in high school back when they first came out. I have always loved playing them even though they weren't competitive usually.
Swords "of" plowshares lol in first deck list
Hellyea!
At a glance, in an apparent late night stuper, I read Silver, and was like wtf is a silver deck?! Don't do drugs kids!!!
Hmm, Silver decks? Where's the Gold decks?
Sliver Sliver Sliver Sliver SLiver sliverst sliver to sliver
Not even first comment a minute late, hype is real
i like slivers
For years I thought slivers were spelled silvers
Also other tribes get SUPPORT. Slivers doesn't get much.
How do we request corrections? I invented Modern Slivers in 2015. Nearly everything in this video about Modern Slivers is incorrect.
I loved sliver decks. Though they could be a bit OP sometimes. They were super fun.
Sliver deck wins
How, in the entire video which is supposed to deep dive in the history of slivers, did you not mention their main nickname?!?!
Meathooks!
Haven't even watched the video yet but I assume the gist is "slap slivers in deck". Tribal decks have the least amount of meaningful history than any others. No creativity was used to create it and no critical thinking is required to pilot it. Thanks for the video though, Nizz.
Lawl the Wild Pair Sliver deck is pretty complicated, and I think you are also underrating how hard it is to pilot tribal decks.
And -- coming up with an actually good Sliver deck is actually quite challenging!
You could take a pile of 100 random lands and a pile of 100 random slivers, throw them into the air, pick up 60 random cards and have an effective sliver deck. Brainless, boring and my most hated tribe.