The First Sliver

Global Commander Stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 34%
1487 Wins
2873 Losses
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Summary

The First Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,361 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (14872873) at an Elo of 1,475, ranking #3472 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1251544 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh
Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The First Sliver's win rate?
The First Sliver has a 34% win rate across 4361 recorded Playgroup games (1487 wins, 2873 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?
1,709 decks list The First Sliver as their commander on Playgroup, of which 901 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3472
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1475

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 1251544
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 1709
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 901
No. games played with this commander 4361
Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1664 ChewyPudding 13 9
2 1628 papa_phunk 33 10
3 1618 MajinMeans 9 6
4 1603 Kyle_Spaghetti 16 7
5 1602 MarkusRising 11 5

How does this commander win?

When The First Sliver wins, 70.96% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
70.96%
Commander Damage
11.88%
Poison
8.22%
Non Combat Damage
3.05%
Combo
2.64%
Alternative
2.54%
Mill
0.71%
Avg win turn 7.9 based on 1531 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The First Sliver wins 42.21% of games from position 1 and 17.71% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
42.21% n=1310
2
Seat 2
36.79% n=1245
3
Seat 3
27.42% n=941
4
Seat 4
24.27% n=585
5
Seat 5
17.71% n=96
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=10

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The First Sliver wins 36.64% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
36.64% n=1864
1
1 mulligan
32.99% n=579
2
2 mulligans
30.59% n=170
3
3 mulligans
16.67% n=54
4
4 mulligans
37.5% n=8
5
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 2762 self-reports.

3.66 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The First Sliver wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.5% of the time across 1535 tracked wins.

62.5 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
61.54%
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard commander art
60.0%
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn commander art
54.55%
Anowon, the Ruin Thief commander art
54.55%
Sliver Gravemother commander art
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups