Commander

The First Sliver

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

1616 Wins

3071 Losses

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Overview

Summary

The First Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,716 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (1616–3071) at an Elo of 1,683, ranking #86 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1355706 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The First Sliver's win rate?

The First Sliver has a 34% win rate across 4716 recorded Playgroup games (1616 wins, 3071 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?

1,923 decks list The First Sliver as their commander on Playgroup, of which 996 have played at least one recorded game.

The First Sliver Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1683

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1355706

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1923

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 996

No. games played with this commander 4716

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	1602	MarkusRising	11	5	45 %

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

11.57%

Poison

7.81%

Non Combat Damage

3.1%

Alternative

2.73%

Combo

2.54%

Mill

0.66%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 1661 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.

+9.1 pp

Top card: Dregscape Sliver

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dregscape Sliver 117 games	+9.1 pp	117
2	Elven Chorus 65 games	+8.2 pp	65
3	Profane Tutor 98 games	+6.0 pp	98
4	Deserted Beach Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+4.6 pp	35
5	Heroic Intervention 225 games	+3.4 pp	225
6	Flooded Strand 185 games	+3.1 pp	185
7	Temple Garden 242 games	+2.8 pp	242
8	Swords to Plowshares 236 games	+2.2 pp	236
9	Blur Sliver 296 games	+1.6 pp	296
10	Bloodstained Mire 116 games	+1.0 pp	116

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Godless Shrine 200 games	+1.0 pp	200
12	Watery Grave 228 games	+0.8 pp	228
13	Polluted Delta 174 games	+0.6 pp	174
14	Galerider Sliver 520 games	+0.3 pp	520
15	City of Brass 162 games	+0.2 pp	162

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 42.94% of games from position 1 and 18.27% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.94% n=1360

Seat 2

36.72% n=1288

Seat 3

27.73% n=988

Seat 4

25.12% n=617

Seat 5

18.27% n=104

Seat 6

20.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The First Sliver wins 36.32% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.32% n=1995

1 mulligan

33.03% n=657

2 mulligans

31.98% n=197

3 mulligans

18.03% n=61

4 mulligans

37.5% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

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 2982 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The First Sliver wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.1% of the time across 1664 tracked wins.

64.1 \%

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.