Is Firewake Sliver good in Commander?

Firewake Sliver in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Firewake Sliver gives every Sliver haste and a free sacrifice outlet — that combination does real work the turn it lands. Sliver Overlord and The First Sliver both want it because the haste means your board matters immediately, and the sacrifice ability enables combo lines that would otherwise require a separate sac outlet.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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The First Sliver

23.9% of decks · synergy 0.22

The First Sliver cascades into Firewake Sliver and immediately gets value from the haste grant — every Sliver you cascade into can attack or activate the same turn it enters, and the built-in sacrifice outlet lets you loop pieces when your line requires it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	not legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Firewake Sliver does its best work — Sliver tribal is almost exclusively a Commander archetype, and both haste and a free sac outlet are exactly what those decks need to close games. In Legacy, Slivers see fringe play and Firewake is a reasonable inclusion, but the format's speed means you're rarely assembling a tribal board state that needs haste grants. Modern Slivers exist but operate at a tempo where spending three mana on a lord-plus-utility piece is often too slow against the format's threats. Firewake Sliver is a Commander card through and through — play it there, ignore it elsewhere.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

880 decks

Sliver OverlordGemhide Sliver Intruder AlarmFirewake Sliver

Cast a subset of spells in your library; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Near-infinite ETB

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867 decks

Sliver OverlordManaweft Sliver Intruder AlarmFirewake Sliver

Cast a subset of spells in your library; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Near-infinite ETB

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55 decks

Sliver GravemotherIntruder AlarmFirewake SliverManaweft Sliver

Infinite colored mana; Infinite commander casts; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite power and toughness for certain creatures until end of turn; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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54 decks

Sliver GravemotherIntruder AlarmFirewake SliverGemhide Sliver

Infinite colored mana; Infinite commander casts; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite power and toughness for certain creatures until end of turn; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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37 decks

Sliver Queen Agatha of the Vile Cauldron Gemhide SliverFirewake Sliver

Infinite ETB; Infinite tapped creature tokens

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Price Context

Current price

$0.43 bulk tier

At $0.43, Firewake Sliver is bulk in price but not in function — it pulls real weight in Sliver decks and costs almost nothing to pick up. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely spike, so don't expect movement, but there's no reason not to own one if you're building Slivers.