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Title: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: Epic_Gamer36 on November 13, 2016, 11:40:20 pm

Which do you prefer, Allies or Slivers? If you like one, tell me in the comments and also explain why if you want to!

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: ushiikun on November 14, 2016, 04:18:23 am

I prefer slivers, because they have permanent effects.  ie "All Slivers have" X, rather than ETB or tap 2 creatures for X effect.

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: Red_Wyrm on November 14, 2016, 04:45:20 am

I prefer allies because honestly, who wants to fight an army of indestructible 10/10 double strike life link flying  trampling shroud slivers? Throw constricting sliver (http://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Constricting+Sliver) in there, now you can take care of any non hexproof/shroud threat. Sounds like fun for everyone right?

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: ladof on November 14, 2016, 04:51:39 am

In EDH, slivers, although they usually get ganged up on and murdered.

In Modern, allies. It's just more consistent.

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: Halbur on November 26, 2016, 08:51:20 am

Quote from: ushiikun on November 14, 2016, 04:18:23 am

I prefer slivers, because they use instant knockout (https://www.gabeba.com/instant-knockout-review-results) permanent effects.  ie "All Slivers have" X, rather than ETB or tap 2 creatures for X effect.

Yeah I think the permanent effects make me go with Slivers too.

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: Firegriff on November 26, 2016, 03:28:43 pm

I have enjoyed Slivers since their release (http://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Release) in Tempest... when your slivers boosted your opponent's slivers, too.  That being said, I like Allies better because you can make a competitive two or three color deck with them, where slivers practically need to use all 5 colors to unlock their full potential.

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: Mostlynotgay on December 01, 2016, 09:33:53 pm

Quote from: Red_Wyrm on November 14, 2016, 04:45:20 am

I prefer allies because honestly, who wants to fight an army of indestructible 10/10 double strike life link flying  trampling shroud slivers?

That's exactly WHY I love playing slivers XDDD. 

I love slivers.  The first deck I ever homebrewed was a sliver deck.  I've got like 5 different sliver decks.  I love slivers.  Straight up.  My most loved thing about slivers is you can do a lot of crazy stuff with them, since everything gets the same ability.  So you can do a lot of fun stuff.  I've got a deck which uses telekenetic sliver to tap all opponent's lands during their upkeep.  They're wild!

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: AncientSeth on December 01, 2016, 11:27:13 pm

Slivers are like a never ending swarm.

Title: Re: Allies or Slivers?
Post by: WWolfe on December 03, 2016, 05:30:37 am

Slivers, I've just never liked the way Allies played though I'm slowly coming around on them.