Sliver Overlord (Commander) - Upgraded

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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.
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Abundant Countryside
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Bloodline Bidding
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Chronicle of Victory
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Harmonized Crescendo
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
White Lotus Tile
3.8%inclusion7 decks182 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Gemhide Sliver
95%inclusion599 decks632 decks
87%synergy
Manaweft Sliver
94%inclusion594 decks632 decks
86%synergy
Sliver Hivelord
92%inclusion583 decks632 decks
86%synergy
Cloudshredder Sliver
90%inclusion569 decks632 decks
82%synergy
Crystalline Sliver
87%inclusion551 decks632 decks
81%synergy
Harmonic Sliver
86%inclusion541 decks632 decks
79%synergy
Sliver Legion
80%inclusion503 decks632 decks
74%synergy
The First Sliver
77%inclusion488 decks632 decks
74%synergy
Quick Sliver
80%inclusion503 decks632 decks
74%synergy
Syphon Sliver
80%inclusion505 decks632 decks
74%synergy
Top Cards
Galerider Sliver
79%inclusion501 decks632 decks
73%synergy
Sentinel Sliver
78%inclusion492 decks632 decks
72%synergy
Bonescythe Sliver
77%inclusion488 decks632 decks
71%synergy
Shifting Sliver
77%inclusion486 decks632 decks
71%synergy
Necrotic Sliver
75%inclusion476 decks632 decks
70%synergy
Diffusion Sliver
75%inclusion476 decks632 decks
70%synergy
Venom Sliver
75%inclusion471 decks632 decks
69%synergy
Hibernation Sliver
71%inclusion450 decks632 decks
66%synergy
Thrumming Hivepool
70%inclusion309 decks440 decks
64%synergy
Striking Sliver
67%inclusion422 decks632 decks
62%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
20%inclusion125 decks632 decks
-2%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
18%inclusion112 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Teferi's Protection
17%inclusion110 decks632 decks
2%synergy
Demonic Tutor
17%inclusion105 decks632 decks
-2%synergy
Smothering Tithe
10%inclusion64 decks632 decks
-9%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
7.9%inclusion50 decks632 decks
-5%synergy
Enlightened Tutor
7.9%inclusion50 decks632 decks
-6%synergy
Worldly Tutor
6.6%inclusion42 decks632 decks
-3%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
6.5%inclusion41 decks632 decks
-8%synergy
Creatures
Brood Sliver
64%inclusion402 decks632 decks
59%synergy
Lavabelly Sliver
62%inclusion389 decks632 decks
57%synergy
Heart Sliver
61%inclusion383 decks632 decks
57%synergy
Spiteful Sliver
60%inclusion382 decks632 decks
56%synergy
Crypt Sliver
60%inclusion380 decks632 decks
55%synergy
Root Sliver
60%inclusion379 decks632 decks
56%synergy
Synapse Sliver
58%inclusion365 decks632 decks
53%synergy
Sinew Sliver
56%inclusion354 decks632 decks
51%synergy
Morophon, the Boundless
55%inclusion345 decks632 decks
40%synergy
Muscle Sliver
54%inclusion340 decks632 decks
50%synergy
Predatory Sliver
51%inclusion322 decks632 decks
47%synergy
Winged Sliver
49%inclusion309 decks632 decks
45%synergy
Sliver Gravemother
47%inclusion300 decks632 decks
44%synergy
Sliver Queen
47%inclusion299 decks632 decks
45%synergy
Virulent Sliver
45%inclusion286 decks632 decks
42%synergy
Homing Sliver
45%inclusion282 decks632 decks
41%synergy
Hatchery Sliver
43%inclusion272 decks632 decks
39%synergy
Horned Sliver
42%inclusion265 decks632 decks
39%synergy
Amoeboid Changeling
42%inclusion263 decks632 decks
39%synergy
Two-Headed Sliver
40%inclusion254 decks632 decks
36%synergy
Constricting Sliver
40%inclusion252 decks632 decks
36%synergy
Realmwalker
39%inclusion248 decks632 decks
32%synergy
Basal Sliver
39%inclusion247 decks632 decks
37%synergy
Lazotep Sliver
38%inclusion239 decks632 decks
34%synergy
Blur Sliver
37%inclusion232 decks632 decks
33%synergy
Megantic Sliver
34%inclusion216 decks632 decks
30%synergy
Essence Sliver
33%inclusion209 decks632 decks
31%synergy
Pulmonic Sliver
32%inclusion202 decks632 decks
30%synergy
Might Sliver
30%inclusion189 decks632 decks
27%synergy
Dregscape Sliver
29%inclusion181 decks632 decks
27%synergy
Ward Sliver
27%inclusion173 decks632 decks
26%synergy
Sedge Sliver
25%inclusion157 decks632 decks
23%synergy
Clot Sliver
25%inclusion156 decks632 decks
23%synergy
Regal Sliver
22%inclusion138 decks632 decks
20%synergy
Opaline Sliver
21%inclusion132 decks632 decks
19%synergy
Firewake Sliver
21%inclusion131 decks632 decks
19%synergy
Toxin Sliver
21%inclusion131 decks632 decks
19%synergy
Taunting Sliver
20%inclusion129 decks632 decks
18%synergy
Leeching Sliver
20%inclusion124 decks632 decks
18%synergy
Magma Sliver
19%inclusion119 decks632 decks
17%synergy
Fury Sliver
18%inclusion114 decks632 decks
16%synergy
Darkheart Sliver
18%inclusion114 decks632 decks
17%synergy
Dormant Sliver
16%inclusion100 decks632 decks
15%synergy
Hunter Sliver
15%inclusion96 decks632 decks
14%synergy
Birds of Paradise
15%inclusion94 decks632 decks
-10%synergy
Spinneret Sliver
14%inclusion90 decks632 decks
13%synergy
Shadow Sliver
14%inclusion87 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Telekinetic Sliver
14%inclusion86 decks632 decks
13%synergy
Thorncaster Sliver
13%inclusion83 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Talon Sliver
13%inclusion83 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Swords to Plowshares
40%inclusion253 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Counterspell
29%inclusion186 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Path to Exile
29%inclusion181 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Heroic Intervention
28%inclusion175 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
18%inclusion114 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Eladamri's Call
13%inclusion84 decks632 decks
7%synergy
Beast Within
13%inclusion81 decks632 decks
0%synergy
For the Ancestors
11%inclusion72 decks632 decks
10%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
11%inclusion71 decks632 decks
3%synergy
Swan Song
11%inclusion70 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Negate
10%inclusion65 decks632 decks
1%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
9.3%inclusion59 decks632 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Drain
8.7%inclusion55 decks632 decks
-1%synergy
Kindred Summons
7.1%inclusion45 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Flawless Maneuver
7.0%inclusion44 decks632 decks
3%synergy
And They Shall Know No Fear
6.6%inclusion42 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Generous Gift
6.3%inclusion40 decks632 decks
-1%synergy
Arcane Denial
6.3%inclusion40 decks632 decks
0%synergy
Dovin's Veto
6.2%inclusion39 decks632 decks
-1%synergy
Mortify
5.9%inclusion37 decks632 decks
3%synergy
Brainstorm
5.4%inclusion34 decks632 decks
0%synergy
Sorceries
Farseek
59%inclusion376 decks632 decks
16%synergy
Nature's Lore
40%inclusion251 decks632 decks
13%synergy
Cultivate
40%inclusion250 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Three Visits
37%inclusion234 decks632 decks
14%synergy
Distant Melody
35%inclusion219 decks632 decks
28%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
30%inclusion190 decks632 decks
26%synergy
Kodama's Reach
25%inclusion155 decks632 decks
3%synergy
Kindred Dominance
22%inclusion139 decks632 decks
17%synergy
Blasphemous Act
22%inclusion138 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Rampant Growth
21%inclusion133 decks632 decks
0%synergy
Harsh Mercy
14%inclusion90 decks632 decks
13%synergy
Crippling Fear
10%inclusion64 decks632 decks
9%synergy
Skyshroud Claim
9.0%inclusion57 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Raise the Palisade
7.8%inclusion49 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Eerie Ultimatum
7.3%inclusion46 decks632 decks
0%synergy
Aphetto Dredging
7.1%inclusion45 decks632 decks
7%synergy
Decimate
6.6%inclusion42 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Cleansing Nova
6.2%inclusion39 decks632 decks
4%synergy
Hive Stirrings
6.0%inclusion38 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Wrath of God
5.7%inclusion36 decks632 decks
3%synergy
Return from Extinction
5.5%inclusion35 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Ruinous Ultimatum
5.1%inclusion32 decks632 decks
-3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Herald's Horn
50%inclusion319 decks632 decks
32%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
37%inclusion231 decks632 decks
29%synergy
Urza's Incubator
28%inclusion176 decks632 decks
13%synergy
Coat of Arms
21%inclusion130 decks632 decks
17%synergy
Heartstone
20%inclusion127 decks632 decks
19%synergy
Door of Destinies
18%inclusion111 decks632 decks
14%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
10%inclusion66 decks632 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
10%inclusion63 decks632 decks
-7%synergy
Banner of Kinship
8.2%inclusion51 decks622 decks
5%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
7.1%inclusion45 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Maskwood Nexus
7.0%inclusion44 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Training Grounds
53%inclusion336 decks632 decks
49%synergy
Kindred Discovery
36%inclusion227 decks632 decks
25%synergy
Mana Echoes
28%inclusion180 decks632 decks
27%synergy
Intruder Alarm
28%inclusion178 decks632 decks
26%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
25%inclusion155 decks632 decks
18%synergy
Cryptolith Rite
20%inclusion129 decks632 decks
15%synergy
Descendants' Path
18%inclusion116 decks632 decks
15%synergy
Guardian Project
16%inclusion99 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Unnatural Selection
13%inclusion80 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Elven Chorus
12%inclusion75 decks632 decks
9%synergy
Sylvan Library
10%inclusion64 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Rhythm of the Wild
10%inclusion64 decks632 decks
-1%synergy
Wild Pair
9.5%inclusion60 decks632 decks
9%synergy
Mirari's Wake
9.5%inclusion60 decks632 decks
0%synergy
Leyline of the Guildpact
9.0%inclusion57 decks632 decks
-6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.4%inclusion53 decks632 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Remora
8.2%inclusion52 decks632 decks
-3%synergy
Prismatic Omen
7.6%inclusion48 decks632 decks
3%synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
5.4%inclusion34 decks632 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Three Tree City
19%inclusion121 decks626 decks
11%synergy
Cascading Cataracts
15%inclusion95 decks632 decks
-1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
12%inclusion78 decks632 decks
-14%synergy
Mutavault
7.0%inclusion44 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
6.6%inclusion42 decks632 decks
-4%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
6.3%inclusion40 decks632 decks
-5%synergy
Evendo, Waking Haven
5.5%inclusion24 decks437 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83%inclusion523 decks632 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion513 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
60%inclusion378 decks632 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
42%inclusion266 decks632 decks
11%synergy
Patchwork Banner
18%inclusion111 decks626 decks
11%synergy
Pillar of Origins
17%inclusion109 decks632 decks
15%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion91 decks632 decks
-3%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
9.0%inclusion57 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Timeless Lotus
5.9%inclusion37 decks632 decks
-4%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
95%inclusion599 decks632 decks
7%synergy
Forest
84%inclusion533 decks632 decks
4%synergy
Plains
82%inclusion521 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Island
82%inclusion519 decks632 decks
4%synergy
Swamp
81%inclusion511 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Mountain
81%inclusion510 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Sliver Hive
73%inclusion459 decks632 decks
68%synergy
Exotic Orchard
67%inclusion421 decks632 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
63%inclusion397 decks632 decks
21%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
58%inclusion367 decks632 decks
41%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
53%inclusion337 decks632 decks
36%synergy
Cavern of Souls
50%inclusion313 decks632 decks
33%synergy
Stomping Ground
47%inclusion300 decks632 decks
18%synergy
Breeding Pool
46%inclusion292 decks632 decks
16%synergy
Temple Garden
43%inclusion270 decks632 decks
14%synergy
Godless Shrine
42%inclusion265 decks632 decks
17%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
42%inclusion264 decks632 decks
14%synergy
Windswept Heath
40%inclusion251 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Sacred Foundry
40%inclusion250 decks632 decks
16%synergy
Watery Grave
39%inclusion249 decks632 decks
15%synergy
Wooded Foothills
37%inclusion234 decks632 decks
11%synergy
Flooded Strand
36%inclusion229 decks632 decks
11%synergy
Hallowed Fountain
36%inclusion228 decks632 decks
11%synergy
Steam Vents
36%inclusion226 decks632 decks
13%synergy
Misty Rainforest
35%inclusion223 decks632 decks
8%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
33%inclusion210 decks632 decks
7%synergy
Blood Crypt
33%inclusion209 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Polluted Delta
33%inclusion208 decks632 decks
9%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
33%inclusion207 decks632 decks
11%synergy
Marsh Flats
32%inclusion204 decks632 decks
9%synergy
Arid Mesa
31%inclusion197 decks632 decks
8%synergy
Scalding Tarn
31%inclusion195 decks632 decks
8%synergy
City of Brass
29%inclusion184 decks632 decks
10%synergy
Reflecting Pool
28%inclusion177 decks632 decks
12%synergy
Mana Confluence
26%inclusion165 decks632 decks
7%synergy
Ketria Triome
26%inclusion162 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Jungle Shrine
25%inclusion157 decks632 decks
8%synergy
Opulent Palace
23%inclusion147 decks632 decks
7%synergy
Frontier Bivouac
23%inclusion145 decks632 decks
6%synergy
The World Tree
23%inclusion144 decks632 decks
-6%synergy
Spara's Headquarters
22%inclusion141 decks632 decks
1%synergy
Seaside Citadel
22%inclusion141 decks632 decks
7%synergy
Ancient Ziggurat
22%inclusion140 decks632 decks
19%synergy
Zagoth Triome
22%inclusion139 decks632 decks
0%synergy
Sandsteppe Citadel
22%inclusion137 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Indatha Triome
22%inclusion136 decks632 decks
-1%synergy
Mystic Monastery
21%inclusion130 decks632 decks
6%synergy
Savage Lands
20%inclusion129 decks632 decks
9%synergy
Ziatora's Proving Ground
20%inclusion128 decks632 decks
2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
19%inclusion122 decks632 decks
-1%synergy