Thrumming Hivepool
EOE · rare · Released 2025-08-01
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
one mode
broadly useful
hard to remove
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
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Risks
Mechanics
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Structural
Rationale
Sliver-tribal artifact engine that grants double strike and haste to all Slivers you control while generating two 1/1 Sliver tokens every upkeep. Affinity for Slivers means it can cost as little as {0} in a developed Sliver board, making it the defining payoff artifact in Sliver tribal — double strike plus haste turns even small token armies into immediate lethal threats. The base 6cmc is steep without Sliver density, so it's nearly exclusive to dedicated Sliver decks.
Learnings (3)
Affinity for Slivers counts ALL Slivers you control at cast time, meaning in a developed Sliver board this can cost {0} — treat it as a free payoff in mid-to-late Sliver games, not a clunky 6-drop.
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Double strike on all Slivers stacks multiplicatively with power-boosting lords (e.g. Sliver Legion), making this the premier kill-shot enabler in Sliver tribal — a board of modestly buffed Slivers with double strike routinely kills multiple opponents in one combat.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
The token generation is upkeep-only and adds colorless 1/1s, so in Brawl/Commander the tokens also benefit from all other Sliver lords on board; the card snowballs quickly if unanswered.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #5,567