Sliver Overlord

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Sliver Overlord is the quintessential Sliver commander — a 7/7 five-color body with two activated abilities: a repeatable {3} tutor for any Sliver card and a {3} permanent mind-control of any Sliver (including opponents' Slivers). It is the defining engine of Sliver tribal, enabling a toolbox gameplan where you search for exactly the Sliver you need each turn. Massively pip-heavy (WUBRG) and demands a full five-color mana base, but that cost is essentially baked into any Sliver deck's construction. The mind-control ability is a potent answer to opposing Sliver mirrors and can steal key pieces.

• The second activated ability ({3}: gain control of target Sliver) is indefinite — it does not wear off, making it a permanent theft effect that can steal opponents' Slivers in a mirror match or cards like Sliver Hivelord or Sliver Legion after they enter the battlefield under an opponent's control.

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• Because both abilities cost {3} with no color pip, even a partially assembled mana base or mana rocks can activate Overlord immediately after it resolves — players underestimate how quickly it can chain tutors in one turn with extra mana.

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• In Commander Sliver lists, Overlord's tutor doubles as a combo assembler (e.g., fetching Sliver Hivelord for indestructibility or Gemhide Sliver for mana) making it a toolbox commander rather than a pure aggro one; many pilots keep combo-tutor lines rather than relying on combat damage.

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• EDHREC rank: #5,062