Silver Bolt
Artifact
, 
, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 3 damage to target creature. If a Werewolf is dealt damage this way, destroy it.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #27447
Silver Bolt pays two mana and a counter to deal 1 damage — enough to kill a 1-toughness creature, and nothing else most of the time. It is too narrow and too inefficient to earn a slot in any serious list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Silver Bolt is legal everywhere but Standard, and that ubiquity is irrelevant — there is no format where spending two mana and a charge counter to deal 1 damage is a competitive line. In Commander, where threats routinely have 4 or more toughness and one-for-one removal already faces stiff competition, Silver Bolt cannot justify its slot. Legacy, Modern, and Pauper all have access to Lightning Bolt and its peers, which deal three times the damage for one mana at instant speed. The only context where Silver Bolt has ever mattered is extremely narrow combo or Pauper-legal Arcane synergy lists that chain cantrips, and even those have long since found better options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Silver Bolt sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its real demand. Don't expect this to move — bulk commons that see no competitive play stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.