Silverquill Command
Sorcery
Choose two —
• Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of turn.
• Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Target player draws a card and loses 1 life.
• Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #14747
Silverquill Command jams four useful modes onto one card — drain, pump, recursion, removal — and lets you mix two of them for four mana. The cost is that none of the modes are individually powerful enough to run alone, so the card lives or dies on whether your deck can consistently use both halves; Killian, Ink Duelist cuts that cost in half and makes the whole thing absurd.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Killian, Ink Duelist
Killian, Ink Duelist reduces Silverquill Command to two mana, which turns a solid modal spell into one of the best value plays in the deck — recur a creature, drain an opponent, and do it all at instant speed for the price of a cantrip.
Shadrix Silverquill
Shadrix Silverquill leans on aristocrats and token synergies where every mode on Silverquill Command is live: the drain closes out games, the +1/+1 counter mode pressures opponents, and the recursion keeps your board engine churning.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Silverquill Command punches above its mana cost because the format's multiplayer math makes the drain mode — which hits one opponent and pads your life total — more relevant than it would be in any 1v1 context. Outside Commander, it struggles: competitive Modern and Pioneer lists rarely want a four-mana spell with no single mode that dominates the board, and Legacy has enough raw power that modal value cards at this rate don't make the cut. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander setting where it finds a real home, particularly in white-black spellslinger shells that can exploit the recursion mode repeatedly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Silverquill Command is a bulk rare — easy to acquire, unlikely to spike unless a new Commander commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight. It holds that floor comfortably given steady casual demand, but don't expect upward movement without a reprint-driven buyout catalyst.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.