The First Sliver

Global Commander Stats

All Five Color commanders

1447 Wins

2798 Losses

Summary

The First Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,245 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (1447–2798) at an Elo of 1,513, ranking #1677 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1285972 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Jun 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 4245 recorded Playgroup games (1447 wins, 2798 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 1 month.

How many decks use The First Sliver?

1,672 decks list The First Sliver as their commander on Playgroup, of which 868 have played at least one recorded game.

The First Sliver Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1677

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1513

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 1285972

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.74

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1672

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 868

No. games played with this commander 4245

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1664	ChewyPudding	13	9	69 %
2	1618	MajinMeans	9	6	67 %
3	1605	papa_phunk	31	8	28 %
4	1603	Kyle_Spaghetti	16	7	44 %
5	1602	MarkusRising	11	5	45 %

How does this commander win?

When The First Sliver wins, 71.04% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

71.04%

Commander Damage

11.79%

Poison

8.07%

Non Combat Damage

3.1%

Combo

2.69%

Alternative

2.59%

Mill

0.72%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 1491 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The First Sliver wins 42.21% of games from position 1 and 18.09% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.21% n=1277

Seat 2

36.72% n=1209

Seat 3

27.22% n=922

Seat 4

24.39% n=570

Seat 5

18.09% n=94

Seat 6

20.0% n=10

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The First Sliver wins 36.46% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.46% n=1810

1 mulligan

32.56% n=559

2 mulligans

30.49% n=164

3 mulligans

16.98% n=53

4 mulligans

37.5% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

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 2694 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The First Sliver wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.8% of the time across 1495 tracked wins.

62.8 \%

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.