Silverquill by Jeffsleg

Format: Commander

Commander: Silverquill, the Disputant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck blends classic Aristocrats drain engines with Spellslinger token generation, led by Silverquill, the Disputant. The strategy focuses on establishing early low-cost token generators such as Ophiomancer, Sedgemoor Witch, and Lingering Souls, then deploying the commander on Turn 4 to grant casualty 1 to every instant and sorcery. By sacrificing disposable 1-power tokens as an additional cost, the deck copies potent card draw spells like Deadly Dispute and Village Rites, alongside removal like Anguished Unmaking and Bitter Triumph. The win condition consolidates around Turn 6 with drain amplifiers such as Teysa Karlov, Mirkwood Bats, Bastion of Remembrance, and Cruel Celebrant, executing mass sacrifice bursts via Plumb the Forbidden or combat pressure with Grand Crescendo. It exhibits outstanding recovery against wipes through Raise the Past and maintains high resilience without relying on rigid infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
  • 1 Abstruse Appropriation
  • 1 Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 16 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Season of the Burrow
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silverquill Charm
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Sinkhole Surveyor
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sram's Expertise
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat