Quicksilver Behemoth
Creature — Beast
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When this creature attacks or blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #26378
Quicksilver Behemoth is a 7/1 for six mana that returns itself to your hand at end of turn unless you pay an additional two — a built-in evasion tax that makes it almost impossible to keep on the battlefield permanently. The upside is recursive pressure in decks that can exploit enters-the-battlefield triggers or don't mind replaying it; the downside is that you're essentially renting a 7/1 for six mana a turn.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Quicksilver Behemoth is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Pauper, a 7/1 for six is legitimately large, and the bounce-back drawback is more manageable in a format with fewer ways to recur creatures — though six mana is a steep ask. In Commander, it finds its best home in decks that abuse enters-the-battlefield triggers, particularly those with blink, bounce, or cost-reduction engines that make replaying it each turn a feature rather than a bug. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no real interest in this card; the cost and condition are simply not competitive in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Quicksilver Behemoth is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box without thinking twice. Price stability is essentially a non-issue here; it was bulk when it was printed and will remain bulk unless a highly specific combo or commander emerges to spike demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.