Lazotep Sliver

Mana cost: {3}{B}
Type: Creature — Zombie Sliver
Power / toughness: 4 / 4
Set: Commander Masters #764 (rare)
Price: $6.80 USD

Sliver creatures you control have afflict 2. (Whenever a creature with afflict 2 becomes blocked, defending player loses 2 life.)
Whenever a nontoken Sliver you control dies, amass Slivers 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Sliver. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Sliver Army creature token first.)

Lazotep Sliver has 2 printings, first in Commander Masters (2023). EDHREC ranks it #7,405 among Commander cards. It appears most in The First Sliver decks (9,642 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 8 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: not legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: not legal

Public decks that run Lazotep Sliver

Sliver Swarm - Commander Masters, led by Sliver Gravemother

Commanders that run Lazotep Sliver most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

The First Sliver: 9,642 decks
Sliver Overlord: 3,577 decks
Sliver Hivelord: 1,729 decks
Sliver Gravemother: 1,667 decks
Rukarumel, Biologist: 793 decks
Sliver Queen: 551 decks
Sliver Legion: 493 decks
Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted: 3 decks

Often played with Lazotep Sliver

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2023-07-28: To amass Slivers 2, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Sliver Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put 2 +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already a Sliver, it becomes a Sliver in addition to its other types.
2023-07-28: If you don't control an Army, the Sliver Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
2023-07-28: If multiple creatures block a creature with afflict, afflict triggers only once.
2023-07-28: Afflict causes the defending player to lose life; it's not damage or combat damage.
2023-07-28: Afflict resolves before combat damage is dealt. If this loss of life brings a player to 0 life or less, that player loses the game immediately. A blocking creature with lifelink won't deal combat damage in time to save that player.
2023-07-28: If a creature is attacking a planeswalker, that planeswalker's controller is the defending player. If a creature is attacking a battle, that battle's protector is the defending player.
2023-07-28: If a creature has multiple instances of afflict, each triggers separately.
2023-07-28: In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Slivers, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't a Sliver, it becomes a Sliver in addition to its other types.