Silverquill by Brolunda

Format: Commander

Commander: Silverquill, the Disputant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages Silverquill, the Disputant to copy instant and sorcery spells through casualty 1, turning small disposable creature tokens into doubled value and pressure. The core strategy establishes an early board of token generators such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Sedgemoor Witch, and Raise the Alarm, then casts the commander to double draw spells, token makers, and removal. Card flow thrives on engines like Skullclamp and doubled draw spells like Deadly Dispute, rapidly digging into aristocrat drain payoffs including Mirkwood Bats, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, and Corpse Knight, or mass token enhancements like Divine Visitation and Mirror Entity. The interaction package excels at flexible removal, exiling or destroying opposing permanents twice per cast while leaving up defensive protection such as Selfless Spirit and Blacksmith's Skill. Even without its commander, the deck transitions smoothly into a conventional go-wide aristocrats strategy that threatens table-wide life drain and lethal alpha strikes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Battle Screech
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 16 Plains
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Raise the Alarm
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silverquill Charm
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Procession
  • 1 Sram's Expertise
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thraben Charm
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack