Basal Sliver

First printed in Time Spiral (2006)

All 2 prints

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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #629, 2022
Time Spiral (TSP) #96, 2006

Basal Sliver

Creature — Sliver

All Slivers have "Sacrifice this permanent: Add Black Black ."

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (3 of 6150). Most played in Grenzo, Dungeon Warden.

Combos

46 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Basal Sliver + Sliver Queen
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Basal Sliver + Pulmonic Sliver + Realmwalker (+ 1 other requirement)
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Basal Sliver + Elven Chorus + Pulmonic Sliver (+ 1 other requirement)
Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts…: Basal Sliver + Cloudshredder Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Manaweft Sliver + Sliver Gravemother
Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts…: Basal Sliver + Cloudshredder Sliver + Gemhide Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Sliver Gravemother
Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Basal Sliver + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Universal Automaton
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Basal Sliver + Changeling Outcast + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts…: Basal Sliver + Heart Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Manaweft Sliver + Sliver Gravemother
Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts…: Basal Sliver + Gemhide Sliver + Heart Sliver + Intruder Alarm + Sliver Gravemother
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Basal Sliver + Rukarumel, Biologist + Scuttling Sliver + Training Grounds

See all 46 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 3 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

3

3 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden	0.0%	67%
Sliver Queen	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Ashnod's Altar	100%	36.6
Blood Crypt	100%	6.8
Simian Spirit Guide	100%	2.1
Bloodstained Mire	100%	2.0
Mox Diamond	100%	1.2
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Chrome Mox	100%	1.1
Gemstone Caverns	100%	1.1
Lotus Petal	100%	1.1
Sol Ring	100%	1.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden Phil Cooper [TILT] in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island	3-2 60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden Julian Kremers, 17 Oct	1 main	#9 1-3
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden Phil Cooper [TILT], 4 Oct	1 main	#5 3-2
Sliver Queen Tyler Shepperd, 3 Oct	1 main	#2 2-0

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Duel Commander.