Commander

The First Sliver

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

1728 Wins

3299 Losses

Overview

Summary

The First Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,100 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (1728–3299) at an Elo of 1,540, ranking #1307 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1350420 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 4 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The First Sliver's win rate?

The First Sliver has a 33% win rate across 5100 recorded Playgroup games (1728 wins, 3299 losses).

How long do winning games with The First Sliver take?

Wins with The First Sliver take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use The First Sliver?

2,040 decks list The First Sliver as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,090 have played at least one recorded game.

The First Sliver Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1307

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1540

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1350420

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 12

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2040

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1090

No. games played with this commander 5100

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1663	ChewyPudding	13	9	69 %
2	1630	papa_phunk	34	10	31 %
3	1619	MajinMeans	9	6	67 %
4	1603	Kyle_Spaghetti	16	7	44 %
5	1603	PinklyDinklyDoo	30	14	47 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The First Sliver wins, 71.59% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

71.59%

Commander Damage

11.77%

Poison

7.7%

Non Combat Damage

3.1%

Alternative

2.65%

Combo

2.57%

Mill

0.62%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 1774 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for The First Sliver

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The First Sliver decks that leave them out.

+10.5 pp

Top card: Deserted Beach

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Deserted Beach Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+10.5 pp	38
2	Elven Chorus 78 games	+7.8 pp	78
3	Profane Tutor 127 games	+5.3 pp	127
4	Dregscape Sliver 174 games	+4.7 pp	174
5	Mox Tantalite Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+4.1 pp	37
6	Temple Garden 298 games	+4.0 pp	298
7	Ruinous Ultimatum Signature build 51 games · Signature build	+3.3 pp	51
8	Path of Ancestry 583 games	+2.4 pp	583
9	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Signature build 42 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	42
10	Watery Grave 279 games	+1.7 pp	279

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Unclaimed Territory 552 games	+1.3 pp	552
12	Heroic Intervention 280 games	+1.1 pp	280
13	Swords to Plowshares 305 games	+0.8 pp	305
14	Secluded Courtyard 515 games	+0.8 pp	515
15	Galerider Sliver 666 games	+0.1 pp	666

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

The First Sliver wins 41.95% of games from position 1 and 18.18% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.95% n=1547

Seat 2

36.14% n=1504

Seat 3

27.48% n=1090

Seat 4

23.92% n=671

Seat 5

18.18% n=110

Seat 6

18.18% n=11

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The First Sliver wins 36.19% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.19% n=2082

1 mulligan

33.1% n=716

2 mulligans

31.3% n=230

3 mulligans

16.67% n=66

4 mulligans

37.5% n=8

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The First Sliver 3.66/5 on average, across 3175 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The First Sliver wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.6% of the time across 1774 tracked wins.

65.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against The First Sliver. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.