Wacky Wednesdays: Five Color Slivers

Today, I'm going to attempt something I've never done before: Build a five-color deck in Standard. It's insane, it's crazy, and it just so happens to be extremely possible. Except for some of the new slivers, I have all of these cards, which is why some cards are reduced to a single copy (because that is all I have). But let's consider how this can be done:

With access to Shocklands, we have dual lands available from the start. With Scrylands, we have mana and the ability to see what is coming next. We have all five colors available through the three cycles of dual lands. So we're ready to build this deck. Let's go!

    

Five Color Slivers

Creatures x4 Galerider Sliver x4 Striking Sliver x2 Diffusion Sliver x2 Leeching Sliver x4 Manaweft Sliver x4 Predatory Sliver x2 Sentinel Sliver x4 Venom Sliver x2 Belligerent Sliver x2 Blur Sliver x2 Steelform Sliver x1 Syphon Sliver x1 Bonescythe Sliver x1 Sliver Hivelord Other Spells x3 Hive Stirrings

Land x3 Breeding Pool x1 Godless Shrine x2 Sacred Foundry x1 Steam Vents x2 Stomping Ground x1 Temple Garden x1 Temple of Epiphany x1 Temple of Malady x1 Temple of Plenty x2 Llanowar Wastes x1 Shivan Reef x4 Mana Confluence x1 Sliver Hive x1 Mutavault

So starting out, there are three very important Slivers: Galerider, Striking, and Manaweft. Flying, first strike, and mana producing are the best ways to start off.

    

The next Slivers that really matter are Venom Sliver, Predatory Sliver, and Diffusion Sliver because we want our flying, first strike slivers to also have death touch, +1/+1 and untargetable unless opponents pay two mana.

    

Of course, all the slivers in this deck serve an important purpose, and with slivers, the deck is pretty much self explanatory. You play slivers and each sliver gives all the others their ability. This deck has haste, indestructible, lifelink, double strike, and many others.

The mana base can be played around with some given that some colors are needed more than others. Green and Red are the most important, then White, Blue, and Black in that order. Mana Confluence and Sliver Hive are five-color lands necessary for the deck, but I only have one Sliver Hive and was lucky to get a playset of Mana Confluences from a single Fat Pack and Booster Box. If I could, I'd include more Sliver Hives. Additionally, Mutavault is typically used as a land for Slivers since when activated, it becomes a Sliver with all the boosts provided by the other Slivers.