Silverquill, the Disputant by user7882654

Format: Commander

Commander: Silverquill, the Disputant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

Silverquill, the Disputant leads an Orzhov strategy that merges token aristocrats with spell-copying value and a fast combo finish. The commander grants casualty 1 to every instant and sorcery, letting you sacrifice 1/1 creature tokens to duplicate removal, card draw, and token creation spells. The deck generates a continuous stream of sacrifice fodder with Bitterblossom, Ophiomancer, and Sedgemoor Witch, converting bodies into cards through Skullclamp, Deadly Dispute, and Plumb the Forbidden. The primary win condition is the two-card combo of Professor Onyx and Chain of Smog, which triggers Magecraft repeatedly to drain the entire table in a single turn. Backup paths include token overruns with Moonshaker Cavalry, mass drain via Torment of Hailfire, and aristocrats attrition. Strong spot removal and turn protection from Voice of Victory safeguard the game plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blot Out the Sky
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Eumidian Hatchery
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moment of Reckoning
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Petrified Hamlet
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silverquill Charm
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smallpox
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat