If you draw a low-cost sliver and have a lot of mana spare, plugging it all into this effect can give you a load of bodies, ready to receive whatever buff your other slivers can provide them
However, Fear of Imposters gives the opponent a free blocker which heavily nerfs that potential strategy
You can also pay attention to the position of the colored dots on the chart
THE HOUR OF MY TRIUMPH DRAWS NEAR One of the nastiest ways to utilize schemes in Commander is as free combo pieces, allowing you to potentially stealing a sudden victory if one appears at the right time
For example, if youre building a deck around Urza, Lord High Artificer, you probably want a ton of cheap artifact creatures you can tap for mana, and then big heavy hitters you can cast with his second ability and all of that mana you generate
Virulent Sliver is probably the worst card in the deck, but it at least gives me an out to somebody who can keep me from comboing and can gain infinite life
