Silverquill by Blacksyde

Format: Commander

Commander: Silverquill, the Disputant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

Silverquill, the Disputant commands an Orzhov aristocrats strategy that blends token swarms with spell copying. By granting casualty 1 to every instant and sorcery, the deck turns disposable creature tokens into spell velocity, doubling the output of cheap removal, card draw, and mass token creation. The deck begins by establishing low-cost token generators such as Bitterblossom and Skrelv's Hive before casting the commander on Turn 4. Once operational, value spells like Plumb the Forbidden and Deadly Dispute replenish resources, while asymmetric hate pieces such as Opposition Agent and Drana and Linvala impede opponents. The deck closes games around Turn 6 or 7 by duplicating mass token spells like Call the Coppercoats or Grand Crescendo, converting the resulting creature flood into lethal life drain with Mirkwood Bats, Corpse Knight, and Cruel Celebrant, or generating massive mana via Ashnod's Altar for an overwhelming Torment of Hailfire.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Baron Bertram Graywater
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat