Sliver Overlord (Commander) - Optimized

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Jonathan Zucchetti
Nov 20, 2025
The Best Commander From Every Year of the 2000s
With 2025 drawing to a close, let's take a look back at this quarter century and pick out the best commanders from each year.
Deck Filters
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
White Lotus Tile
3.0%inclusion3 decks99 decks
-1%synergy
Great Divide Guide
2.5%inclusion2 decks81 decks
-9%synergy
Badgermole Cub
2.0%inclusion2 decks99 decks
-3%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
1.3%inclusion1 decks79 decks
-4%synergy
Secret Tunnel
1.1%inclusion1 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Cloudshredder Sliver
96%inclusion580 decks605 decks
88%synergy
Gemhide Sliver
96%inclusion580 decks605 decks
88%synergy
Sliver Hivelord
94%inclusion571 decks605 decks
88%synergy
Manaweft Sliver
94%inclusion566 decks605 decks
86%synergy
Crystalline Sliver
91%inclusion552 decks605 decks
85%synergy
Sliver Legion
88%inclusion535 decks605 decks
83%synergy
The First Sliver
85%inclusion513 decks605 decks
82%synergy
Harmonic Sliver
86%inclusion522 decks605 decks
79%synergy
Sliver Queen
80%inclusion481 decks605 decks
77%synergy
Galerider Sliver
83%inclusion500 decks605 decks
77%synergy
Top Cards
Quick Sliver
79%inclusion475 decks605 decks
73%synergy
Hibernation Sliver
74%inclusion450 decks605 decks
69%synergy
Necrotic Sliver
74%inclusion449 decks605 decks
69%synergy
Lavabelly Sliver
74%inclusion445 decks605 decks
69%synergy
Training Grounds
73%inclusion440 decks605 decks
69%synergy
Heart Sliver
70%inclusion423 decks605 decks
66%synergy
Syphon Sliver
69%inclusion419 decks605 decks
63%synergy
Diffusion Sliver
69%inclusion418 decks605 decks
63%synergy
Sentinel Sliver
67%inclusion407 decks605 decks
61%synergy
Shifting Sliver
67%inclusion407 decks605 decks
61%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
59%inclusion354 decks605 decks
40%synergy
Rhystic Study
56%inclusion339 decks605 decks
35%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
53%inclusion318 decks605 decks
35%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
45%inclusion275 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Teferi's Protection
42%inclusion257 decks605 decks
27%synergy
Enlightened Tutor
42%inclusion252 decks605 decks
28%synergy
Worldly Tutor
40%inclusion245 decks605 decks
30%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
37%inclusion226 decks605 decks
25%synergy
Smothering Tithe
34%inclusion204 decks605 decks
15%synergy
Gaea's Cradle
19%inclusion116 decks605 decks
15%synergy
Creatures
Bonescythe Sliver
67%inclusion406 decks605 decks
61%synergy
Venom Sliver
67%inclusion403 decks605 decks
61%synergy
Morophon, the Boundless
66%inclusion399 decks605 decks
52%synergy
Root Sliver
63%inclusion379 decks605 decks
59%synergy
Basal Sliver
59%inclusion357 decks605 decks
57%synergy
Sliver Gravemother
53%inclusion319 decks605 decks
49%synergy
Striking Sliver
53%inclusion318 decks605 decks
47%synergy
Spiteful Sliver
50%inclusion303 decks605 decks
45%synergy
Amoeboid Changeling
47%inclusion286 decks605 decks
45%synergy
Crypt Sliver
46%inclusion276 decks605 decks
41%synergy
Homing Sliver
45%inclusion272 decks605 decks
41%synergy
Brood Sliver
43%inclusion260 decks605 decks
38%synergy
Synapse Sliver
41%inclusion247 decks605 decks
36%synergy
Virulent Sliver
40%inclusion244 decks605 decks
37%synergy
Muscle Sliver
37%inclusion226 decks605 decks
34%synergy
Hatchery Sliver
37%inclusion226 decks605 decks
33%synergy
Horned Sliver
37%inclusion225 decks605 decks
34%synergy
Dregscape Sliver
36%inclusion219 decks605 decks
34%synergy
Predatory Sliver
36%inclusion216 decks605 decks
32%synergy
Winged Sliver
35%inclusion212 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Sinew Sliver
35%inclusion212 decks605 decks
30%synergy
Realmwalker
32%inclusion196 decks605 decks
25%synergy
Two-Headed Sliver
31%inclusion188 decks605 decks
27%synergy
Constricting Sliver
28%inclusion168 decks605 decks
24%synergy
Essence Sliver
27%inclusion164 decks605 decks
25%synergy
Blur Sliver
27%inclusion162 decks605 decks
23%synergy
Birds of Paradise
26%inclusion156 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Lazotep Sliver
25%inclusion149 decks605 decks
21%synergy
Sedge Sliver
23%inclusion142 decks605 decks
22%synergy
Pulmonic Sliver
22%inclusion134 decks605 decks
20%synergy
Dormant Sliver
21%inclusion127 decks605 decks
20%synergy
Megantic Sliver
18%inclusion110 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Magma Sliver
18%inclusion107 decks605 decks
16%synergy
Ward Sliver
18%inclusion107 decks605 decks
16%synergy
Bloom Tender
18%inclusion106 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Biomancer's Familiar
17%inclusion100 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Opaline Sliver
16%inclusion95 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Might Sliver
16%inclusion94 decks605 decks
12%synergy
Leeching Sliver
15%inclusion90 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Regal Sliver
14%inclusion83 decks605 decks
11%synergy
Clot Sliver
14%inclusion82 decks605 decks
12%synergy
Firewake Sliver
13%inclusion81 decks605 decks
11%synergy
Noble Hierarch
13%inclusion79 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Toxin Sliver
12%inclusion74 decks605 decks
11%synergy
Shadow Sliver
12%inclusion73 decks605 decks
11%synergy
Darkheart Sliver
12%inclusion72 decks605 decks
11%synergy
Ignoble Hierarch
12%inclusion72 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Taunting Sliver
12%inclusion72 decks605 decks
10%synergy
Esper Sentinel
11%inclusion66 decks605 decks
2%synergy
Telekinetic Sliver
11%inclusion65 decks605 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Swords to Plowshares
52%inclusion312 decks605 decks
12%synergy
Heroic Intervention
33%inclusion201 decks605 decks
11%synergy
Mana Drain
32%inclusion192 decks605 decks
22%synergy
Counterspell
31%inclusion187 decks605 decks
8%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
30%inclusion182 decks605 decks
17%synergy
Eladamri's Call
29%inclusion176 decks605 decks
23%synergy
Path to Exile
28%inclusion168 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Swan Song
25%inclusion150 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Deflecting Swat
23%inclusion141 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Force of Will
15%inclusion91 decks605 decks
9%synergy
Mystical Tutor
14%inclusion82 decks605 decks
8%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
12%inclusion72 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Silence
12%inclusion72 decks605 decks
6%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
11%inclusion69 decks605 decks
3%synergy
Pact of Negation
11%inclusion68 decks605 decks
7%synergy
Dovin's Veto
10%inclusion63 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Flusterstorm
10%inclusion58 decks605 decks
5%synergy
Flawless Maneuver
8.3%inclusion50 decks605 decks
5%synergy
Negate
7.8%inclusion47 decks605 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
7.6%inclusion46 decks605 decks
3%synergy
Force of Negation
7.6%inclusion46 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Denial
6.6%inclusion40 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Beast Within
6.3%inclusion38 decks605 decks
-6%synergy
Veil of Summer
6.1%inclusion37 decks605 decks
3%synergy
For the Ancestors
5.8%inclusion35 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Crop Rotation
5.6%inclusion34 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Brainstorm
5.6%inclusion34 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Kindred Summons
5.3%inclusion32 decks605 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Farseek
54%inclusion325 decks605 decks
10%synergy
Nature's Lore
45%inclusion274 decks605 decks
18%synergy
Three Visits
41%inclusion250 decks605 decks
18%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
31%inclusion187 decks605 decks
26%synergy
Cultivate
25%inclusion150 decks605 decks
-10%synergy
Distant Melody
25%inclusion149 decks605 decks
18%synergy
Kindred Dominance
22%inclusion134 decks605 decks
17%synergy
Blasphemous Act
19%inclusion115 decks605 decks
9%synergy
Kodama's Reach
14%inclusion85 decks605 decks
-8%synergy
Imperial Seal
13%inclusion79 decks605 decks
9%synergy
Skyshroud Claim
10%inclusion59 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Rampant Growth
9.3%inclusion56 decks605 decks
-12%synergy
Finale of Devastation
8.9%inclusion54 decks605 decks
6%synergy
Grim Tutor
8.9%inclusion54 decks605 decks
7%synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
8.6%inclusion52 decks605 decks
7%synergy
Eerie Ultimatum
7.9%inclusion48 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Harsh Mercy
7.9%inclusion48 decks605 decks
6%synergy
Windfall
7.4%inclusion45 decks605 decks
5%synergy
Reanimate
7.4%inclusion45 decks605 decks
3%synergy
Living Death
7.1%inclusion43 decks605 decks
6%synergy
Wheel of Fortune
7.1%inclusion43 decks605 decks
5%synergy
Eldritch Evolution
6.3%inclusion38 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Raise the Palisade
6.3%inclusion38 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Buried Alive
6.0%inclusion36 decks605 decks
5%synergy
Ruinous Ultimatum
5.8%inclusion35 decks605 decks
-2%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
5.6%inclusion34 decks605 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thrumming Hivepool
65%inclusion254 decks390 decks
59%synergy
Herald's Horn
38%inclusion230 decks605 decks
20%synergy
Urza's Incubator
29%inclusion176 decks605 decks
15%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
27%inclusion161 decks605 decks
19%synergy
Coat of Arms
19%inclusion115 decks605 decks
16%synergy
Heartstone
18%inclusion110 decks605 decks
17%synergy
The One Ring
18%inclusion109 decks605 decks
9%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
15%inclusion89 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Door of Destinies
14%inclusion86 decks605 decks
11%synergy
Lightning Greaves
8.3%inclusion50 decks605 decks
-9%synergy
The Great Henge
7.8%inclusion47 decks605 decks
2%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
6.4%inclusion39 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Banner of Kinship
6.2%inclusion37 decks594 decks
3%synergy
Maskwood Nexus
5.8%inclusion35 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Enchantments
Mana Echoes
56%inclusion337 decks605 decks
54%synergy
Intruder Alarm
47%inclusion286 decks605 decks
45%synergy
Kindred Discovery
28%inclusion167 decks605 decks
16%synergy
Cryptolith Rite
25%inclusion153 decks605 decks
20%synergy
Sylvan Library
25%inclusion152 decks605 decks
20%synergy
Mystic Remora
24%inclusion146 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
15%inclusion91 decks605 decks
8%synergy
Defense of the Heart
13%inclusion76 decks605 decks
10%synergy
Guardian Project
12%inclusion74 decks605 decks
8%synergy
Descendants' Path
12%inclusion73 decks605 decks
9%synergy
Unnatural Selection
10%inclusion63 decks605 decks
10%synergy
Rhythm of the Wild
9.3%inclusion56 decks605 decks
-2%synergy
Survival of the Fittest
9.1%inclusion55 decks605 decks
8%synergy
Carpet of Flowers
7.1%inclusion43 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Elven Chorus
6.6%inclusion40 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Mirari's Wake
6.4%inclusion39 decks605 decks
-3%synergy
Aura Shards
6.3%inclusion38 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Black Market Connections
6.1%inclusion37 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Guildpact
6.0%inclusion36 decks604 decks
-9%synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
5.6%inclusion34 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Omen
5.3%inclusion32 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Utility Lands
Three Tree City
22%inclusion133 decks599 decks
14%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
17%inclusion101 decks605 decks
5%synergy
Ancient Tomb
16%inclusion94 decks605 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
15%inclusion88 decks605 decks
-12%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
12%inclusion74 decks605 decks
2%synergy
Cascading Cataracts
8.3%inclusion50 decks605 decks
-8%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
6.6%inclusion40 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
6.6%inclusion40 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Mutavault
5.6%inclusion34 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion535 decks605 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion493 decks605 decks
7%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
57%inclusion344 decks605 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
39%inclusion238 decks605 decks
9%synergy
Chrome Mox
17%inclusion105 decks605 decks
10%synergy
Mox Diamond
13%inclusion80 decks605 decks
8%synergy
Lotus Petal
12%inclusion70 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Pillar of Origins
11%inclusion66 decks605 decks
8%synergy
Patchwork Banner
11%inclusion64 decks599 decks
4%synergy
Mana Vault
11%inclusion64 decks605 decks
4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
10%inclusion63 decks605 decks
-7%synergy
Timeless Lotus
5.3%inclusion32 decks605 decks
-5%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
97%inclusion588 decks605 decks
9%synergy
Sliver Hive
79%inclusion479 decks605 decks
74%synergy
Cavern of Souls
72%inclusion434 decks605 decks
55%synergy
Forest
70%inclusion425 decks605 decks
-10%synergy
Island
67%inclusion403 decks605 decks
-11%synergy
Plains
65%inclusion392 decks605 decks
-12%synergy
Swamp
65%inclusion391 decks605 decks
-10%synergy
Mountain
63%inclusion384 decks605 decks
-12%synergy
Breeding Pool
63%inclusion382 decks605 decks
33%synergy
Exotic Orchard
60%inclusion366 decks605 decks
-2%synergy
Stomping Ground
60%inclusion362 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Windswept Heath
59%inclusion359 decks605 decks
32%synergy
Misty Rainforest
58%inclusion351 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
57%inclusion346 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
57%inclusion344 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Temple Garden
57%inclusion343 decks605 decks
28%synergy
Flooded Strand
56%inclusion341 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Wooded Foothills
56%inclusion340 decks605 decks
30%synergy
Polluted Delta
55%inclusion335 decks605 decks
32%synergy
Watery Grave
55%inclusion333 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Hallowed Fountain
55%inclusion332 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Godless Shrine
54%inclusion326 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Marsh Flats
53%inclusion320 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Arid Mesa
53%inclusion320 decks605 decks
30%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
53%inclusion319 decks605 decks
31%synergy
Scalding Tarn
52%inclusion316 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Sacred Foundry
52%inclusion315 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Steam Vents
52%inclusion313 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Blood Crypt
47%inclusion283 decks605 decks
26%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
46%inclusion278 decks605 decks
29%synergy
Path of Ancestry
44%inclusion268 decks605 decks
2%synergy
Mana Confluence
44%inclusion266 decks605 decks
25%synergy
City of Brass
44%inclusion264 decks605 decks
24%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
44%inclusion264 decks605 decks
26%synergy
Reflecting Pool
34%inclusion205 decks605 decks
18%synergy
Savannah
26%inclusion160 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Tropical Island
26%inclusion159 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Taiga
26%inclusion158 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Scrubland
26%inclusion158 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Bayou
26%inclusion157 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Ketria Triome
26%inclusion156 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Plateau
25%inclusion154 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Underground Sea
25%inclusion154 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Badlands
25%inclusion152 decks605 decks
14%synergy
Tundra
25%inclusion151 decks605 decks
13%synergy
Volcanic Island
24%inclusion145 decks605 decks
12%synergy
Zagoth Triome
23%inclusion137 decks605 decks
1%synergy
Indatha Triome
22%inclusion135 decks605 decks
0%synergy
The World Tree
21%inclusion130 decks605 decks
-8%synergy
Spara's Headquarters
21%inclusion126 decks605 decks
0%synergy