Quicksilver Amulet
Artifact
, 
: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $3.28
- EDHREC rank
- #3798
Quicksilver Amulet lets you flash in any creature for four mana at instant speed, turning end-of-turn windows into free deployment of your most expensive threats. The four-mana activation on top of a four-mana artifact is real — but for commanders like Runo Stromkirk, where getting a 6/6 sea monster into play on your opponent's end step is the whole game plan, that price is worth paying.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Runo Stromkirk
Runo Stromkirk needs creatures with power 6 or greater to trigger his flip, and Quicksilver Amulet lets you deploy them at instant speed — often on an opponent's end step, so Runo flips before they can respond.
Mayael the Anima
Mayael the Anima already cheats fatties into play at instant speed, but her ability whiffs when the top five cards don't cooperate — Quicksilver Amulet is the guaranteed backup line that puts the exact creature you want onto the battlefield.
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors up dragons but doesn't put them into play, so Quicksilver Amulet bridges the gap by letting you slam a freshly-fetched dragon into play at instant speed without paying full retail.
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Kozilek, the Great Distortion costs ten mana, and Quicksilver Amulet doesn't change that — but it does let you deploy him at the end of an opponent's turn, leaving your own turn open and denying counterplay windows.
Kaalia of the Vast
Kaalia of the Vast is a removal magnet, and Quicksilver Amulet gives her decks a redundant threat-deployment engine that keeps working even when Kaalia is off the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Quicksilver Amulet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but competitive Legacy and Modern have no interest in a four-mana artifact that costs four more to activate when faster, cheaper cheating effects exist. Commander is where it actually belongs: singleton construction means you can't always draw your best cost-reducer, the four-mana activation is manageable in a format where games go long, and the instant speed is a genuine advantage over sorcery-speed alternatives. In Oathbreaker, the compressed game length makes the eight-mana total investment harder to justify, though it still works in dedicated big-creature shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.28 cheap tier
At $3.28, Quicksilver Amulet sits in the budget-staple tier — cheap enough to slot into any big-creature Commander build without a second thought. It's held this price point steadily due to consistent demand across high-synergy commanders, so don't expect it to drop further.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.