Silverquill Silencer
Creature — Human Cleric
As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with the chosen name, they lose 3 life and you draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #23399
Silverquill Silencer names a nonland card on entry and taxes your opponents one life every time they cast it — effectively a rattlesnake that punishes the most predictable cards at the table. Three mana for a 3/2 with that upside is efficient enough that the cost never feels like a drawback.
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 |
Commander is where Silverquill Silencer earns its keep — naming a staple like Sol Ring, Cyclonic Rift, or whatever your most threatening opponent's commander relies on turns it into a soft lock piece that accumulates real damage over a long game. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer it loses most of its teeth, since the guessing game is less one-sided and opponents will simply build around the named card or ignore the life drain. Legacy has faster, more decisive threats that crowd it out entirely. Silverquill Silencer is a Commander card wearing a multi-format legal badge.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Silverquill Silencer is deep bulk — the price reflects low demand outside Commander, not low power. It's stable at this floor; no spike incoming, but it doesn't need one to justify a slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.