Silverquill Charm
Instant
Choose one —
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Exile target creature with power 2 or less.
• Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15144
Silverquill Charm earns its slot by doing three distinct things — pumping a creature, stripping a small threat, or producing a 2/1 body — all on one mana-efficient modal card. The catch is that none of the three modes is backbreaking on its own, so you run it because flexibility matters more than raw power in your shell. Silverquill, the Disputant decks are the clearest home, where the ink-creature token and the pump mode both feed the engine directly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Silverquill, the Disputant
Silverquill, the Disputant cares about creating Inkling tokens and growing creatures with counters, and Silverquill Charm delivers both — the 2/1 Inkling mode triggers the engine directly, while the +2/+1 lifelink mode can push a combat step over the line. Twenty-four percent inclusion across nearly 7,000 decks confirms this is a near-auto-include, not a fringe pick.
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill rewards you for putting +1/+1 counters on creatures and watching them die, and Silverquill Charm's pump mode is a cheap way to load a creature with a counter right before a trade. The Inkling token mode also synergizes with Felisa's token-generation triggers, giving you two relevant lines out of one card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Silverquill Charm is a role-player rather than a staple — it belongs in decks that specifically care about Strixhaven flavor, Inklings, or the Silverquill mechanic, not as a generic include in any white-black shell. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, three-mode charms are typically too low-impact at two mana when dedicated spells do each job better; Silverquill Charm hasn't established a foothold in those queues. Legacy and Vintage offer even less reason to reach for it given the power density available. Standard legality is currently listed, but the card's ceiling there is similarly modest — a two-mana modal spell with no mode above rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Silverquill Charm isn't currently available in our index, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow appeal outside dedicated Silverquill Commander builds, it has historically been a bulk rare — expect to pay very little, which makes picking up a copy essentially risk-free if it fits your deck.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.