Teardrop gains 200 ATK each time a card is Tributed, though it also loses that buff at the end of each turn
When Lantern Control draws perfectly, the basic script is to cast Inquisition of Kozilek, Lantern of Insight, and Codex Shredder or Ghoulcallers Bell in the first two turns (bonus points if you can also play Mox Opal, and maybe use that for another mill piece or an Ancient Stirrings), and then play Ensnaring Bridge or Abrupt Decay on the third turn to stop your opponent from killing you
If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard by the time you draw cards, those draws will cause the descend 8 ability to trigger
In fact, there was only a single rare land between all the decks, and it was the fine but not that exciting Mosswort Bridge
Abyssal Persecutor Angel's Grace Approach of the Second Sun As Luck Would Have It Azor's Elocutors Barren Glory Battle of Wits Biovisionary Call the Spirit Dragons Celestine Reef Central Elevator // Promising Stairs Central Elevator // Promising Stairs Chance Encounter Cloudsteel Kirin Coalition Victory Courageous Resolve Darksteel Reactor Doctor Doom, Unrivaled Duelists' Convocation International (playtest) Epic Struggle Everybody Lives
It's unclear whether this was the most necessary of the Slivers, but it was the one that frustrated the most opposing plans to deal with the problem and even opened up new game plans when the card advantage resulting from saving your creatures could allow Sliver decks to go the control route when backed up by counters and removal spells