{"ops":[{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Slivers Vial — Five Colours"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Every single spell in this deck is a Sliver creature. That one constraint pays for the manabase."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Because nothing here needs conventional coloured mana, thirteen of the twenty-one lands are \"any colour, Slivers only\" lands that cost cents — [[Secluded Courtyard]], [[Unclaimed Territory]], [[Ancient Ziggurat]] and [[Sliver Hive]]. A five-colour deck ends up with more reliable mana than a two-colour one, and every coloured requirement is met. On top of that sits [[Aether Vial]], which deploys creatures without paying mana at all."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"This is the strongest Slivers shell that exists. It is also the expensive one: three [[Sliver Legion]] are most of its cost."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Game plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turn 1 — [[Aether Vial]], or a one-drop."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" Vial on turn one is the best opening the deck has. [[Galerider Sliver]] is the alternative: one mana, and it gives the whole team flying for the rest of the game."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turns 2–3 — stack anthems."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Sinew Sliver]], [[Predatory Sliver]] and [[Muscle Sliver]] are twelve copies of +1/+1 for the team. [[Manaweft Sliver]] turns every Sliver you control into a mana source, which is how the five-colour legends get cast."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turn 3 — make yourself untouchable."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Crystalline Sliver]] gives all Slivers shroud. Against a removal deck this is close to game-over: every targeted spell in their deck becomes blank."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turns 4–5 — deploy the top end."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Sliver Hivelord]] makes your team indestructible; [[Sliver Legion]] makes it enormous. [[Necrotic Sliver]] quietly turns every Sliver on your board into a removal spell."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Attack in the air."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" With [[Galerider Sliver]] out, the board flies. Most decks have no way to interact with that at all."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Opening hands"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Keep any hand with two lands and [[Aether Vial]]. Keep three lands with a two-drop. The hands to ship are the ones with two copies of [[Sliver Legion]] and no early play — the legends cost five and need four or five distinct colours, which realistically means four lands or a [[Manaweft Sliver]] plus a board. [[Homing Sliver]] makes a clunky hand keepable, since any spare Sliver becomes the card you actually want."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Important interactions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Aether Vial]] puts in a creature with mana value "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"equal"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":" to the counters, not less."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" A Vial on three cannot put in a two-drop. This is the single most common misplay with the card."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Adding a counter is \"may\"."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" Deliberately holding Vial on two — where twenty of your cards live — is usually better than ticking it to five."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"A creature put in by [[Aether Vial]] is never cast"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":", so it cannot be countered, and it comes down at instant speed. End of their turn is normally the right moment."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Ancient Ziggurat]] cannot pay for [[Aether Vial]]."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" It only makes mana for creature "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","italic":true},"insert":"spells"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" and has no colourless mode. [[Secluded Courtyard]], [[Unclaimed Territory]] and [[Sliver Hive]] all tap for {C} and can."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Secluded Courtyard]] can also pay for "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"abilities"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":" of Sliver creatures — [[Unclaimed Territory]] cannot."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" That matters exactly once per game, when you need {3} for [[Necrotic Sliver]]'s ability."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Necrotic Sliver]] grants a "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"sacrifice"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":" ability, so [[Sliver Hivelord]] does not protect against it"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — and does not need to. Indestructible stops damage and \"destroy\"; it does nothing against exile, −X/−X, or sacrifice."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Necrotic Sliver]] and [[Harmonic Sliver]] are not interchangeable."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" Necrotic's ability is optional and activated. Harmonic's is a "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","italic":true},"insert":"mandatory"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" enter-the-battlefield trigger with no \"an opponent controls\" clause, which in a deck with four [[Aether Vial]] would force you to destroy your own. Harmonic is deliberately not in this list."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Crystalline Sliver]] gives shroud to "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"all"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":" Slivers, yours included."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" You cannot target your own Slivers either — which costs nothing here, since [[Aether Vial]] does not target and [[Necrotic Sliver]] aims at other things."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Sliver Legion]] counts \"each other Sliver on the battlefield\""},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":", including your opponent's and including non-creature Slivers. Two Legions make each other gigantic."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Manaweft Sliver]]'s granted ability uses {T}"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":", so a Sliver that entered this turn cannot tap for mana — including one just put in by [[Aether Vial]]."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Homing Sliver]] has slivercycling {3} itself, and grants it to every Sliver in hand while on the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" Discard a spare lord, fetch the legend."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"[[Sliver Hive]] makes a token for {5} and {T}"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" and needs you to already control a Sliver. It is a mana sink for flooded draws, not a plan."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Matchups"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Removal-heavy midrange."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" Your best matchup once [[Crystalline Sliver]] resolves. Lead with it over an anthem when you suspect targeted removal."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Sweeper decks."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Sliver Hivelord]] is the answer, and [[Aether Vial]] is the backup — rebuild at instant speed after the wrath resolves rather than recommitting into an open board."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Counterspell control."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Aether Vial]] ignores counterspells entirely. Board in [[Root Sliver]], which cannot be countered and makes every other Sliver spell uncounterable too. Note it does "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","italic":true},"insert":"not"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" protect [[Aether Vial]], which is not a Sliver spell."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Fast aggro."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" Your genuinely bad matchup. The legends cost five and you have no cheap interaction; [[Syphon Sliver]] out of the board is the swing card, turning every attack into lifegain."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"The Sliver mirror."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Necrotic Sliver]] and [[Sliver Legion]] decide it. Remember their Slivers also gain shroud from your [[Crystalline Sliver]]."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Sideboard guide"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"3 [[Masked Vandal]]"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — a Changeling, so a Sliver with every anthem. Safe artifact and enchantment removal: it is optional and only hits what an opponent controls, unlike [[Harmonic Sliver]]."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"3 [[Diffusion Sliver]]"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — taxes every targeted spell by {2}. Overlaps with [[Crystalline Sliver]]; bring it in when you want eight copies of the effect against a dedicated removal deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"3 [[Root Sliver]]"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — against counterspells, per above."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"2 [[Venom Sliver]]"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — deathtouch on the team. With [[Hunter Sliver]]'s provoke it becomes repeatable removal: force their best creature to block, then kill it."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"2 [[Hunter Sliver]]"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — provoke, for stalled boards and for the deathtouch pairing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"2 [[Syphon Sliver]]"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — lifelink, against aggro and burn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"}]}