Commander

The First Sliver

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

1604 Wins

3057 Losses

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Overview

Summary

The First Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,687 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (1604–3057) at an Elo of 1,610, ranking #448 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1364479 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 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 4687 recorded Playgroup games (1604 wins, 3057 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?

1,903 decks list The First Sliver as their commander on Playgroup, of which 980 have played at least one recorded game.

The First Sliver Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

448

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1610

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1364479

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 1903

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 980

No. games played with this commander 4687

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	33	10	32 %
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, 71.67% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

71.67%

Commander Damage

11.61%

Poison

7.93%

Non Combat Damage

3.02%

Combo

2.55%

Alternative

2.55%

Mill

0.66%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 1649 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.

+7.8 pp

Top card: Dregscape Sliver

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dregscape Sliver 100 games	+7.8 pp	100
2	Profane Tutor 82 games	+4.5 pp	82
3	Heroic Intervention 217 games	+2.8 pp	217
4	Swords to Plowshares 227 games	+2.1 pp	227
5	Flooded Strand 176 games	+1.8 pp	176
6	Temple Garden 223 games	+1.6 pp	223
7	Bloodstained Mire 111 games	+1.0 pp	111
8	Shifting Sliver 489 games	+0.4 pp	489
9	Godless Shrine 193 games	+0.3 pp	193

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 42.8% of games from position 1 and 18.45% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.8% n=1362

Seat 2

36.73% n=1285

Seat 3

27.73% n=981

Seat 4

25.16% n=616

Seat 5

18.45% n=103

Seat 6

20.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The First Sliver wins 36.22% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.22% n=1985

1 mulligan

33.13% n=649

2 mulligans

32.47% n=194

3 mulligans

18.33% n=60

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 2962 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The First Sliver wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.9% of the time across 1653 tracked wins.

63.9 \%

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.