The Slivers deck list has been announced. Some of the card choices seem sub-optimal to me, but I like the Sliver Overlord + Amoeboid Changeling combo, and Wild Pair looks interesting. There seems to be a pretty good spread of mana without requiring 4 Gemhide Slivers, but there are still cases where you must fret over mana. I would definitely have done away with the Armor and Barbed Slivers, since this deck already has two Spectral Slivers (which do the same job as both, but in a much more cost-efficient manner).
Overall this deck seems to have a lot in common with the mentality of my "Extra Crispy" deck, with perhaps a slightly smoother mana curve. Now that I have this list I shall have to play test it in Apprentice a bit.
Slivers. Elegant design, what can you say? The Zendikar "ally" mechanic certainly has something sliver-ish going on..
I have looked at Allies and do like some of the things they are doing here. I'm not so interested in the "gain ability until end of turn" ones, but
Kazuul Warlord,
Murasa Pyromancer,
Hagra Diabolist and
Ondu Cleric look like excellent Slivers to me. Ally abilities also have the bonus of being restricted to only those under your control, so its effects cannot bleed over into an enemy's stuff,
good or
ill.
I have been playing with some ideas regarding the
Panoptic Mirror, and now more than ever I want a set of them to exploit the full potential. Fortunately all I need is to imprint
Walk the Aeons for an infinite progression of free turns! But looking at cards like
Damnation or
Wrath of God I see very powerful controlling properties. All I'd need is an army of indestructible creatures to march in and do the clobbering.
