Swift Silence
Instant
Counter all other spells. Draw a card for each spell countered this way.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #25009
Swift Silence counters a spell and draws you a card for each other spell countered this way — on a resolved Silence effect, that's a one-mana counterspell that replaces itself and strips the rest of the stack. Three mana is the real cost when cast alone, but in a storm or stax shell where multiple spells are flying, this card does serious work.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Swift Silence occupies a narrow but real niche: blue-white control and storm decks that expect stacked stacks, where the card-draw upside scales from marginal to absurd depending on how busy the table is. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition is brutal — Flusterstorm, Force of Will, and Mental Misstep all do more for less, and Swift Silence rarely makes cuts in those formats. Modern is legal but equally crowded, with Counterspell and Archmage's Charm doing cleaner work. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Swift Silence can shine, since the compressed threat density of two-player games with a consistent commander makes the draw condition more reliable.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Swift Silence is firmly bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price is unlikely to move meaningfully unless a prominent Commander deck pushes demand, so there's no timing consideration here: just buy it if you want it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.