Silverquill: Putting Eloquence into Politics

Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov)

Ravenrose

Creature (21)

• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Combat Calligrapher
• 1x Deathbringer Liege
• 1x Elite Spellbinder
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
• 1x Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
• 1x Keen Duelist
• 1x Killian, Ink Duelist
• 1x Leonin Lightscribe
• 1x Loyal Unicorn
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1x Scholarship Sponsor
• 1x Selfless Glyphweaver  ^Flip
• 1x Shaile, Dean of Radiance  ^Flip
• 1x Silverquill Pledgemage
• 1x Silverquill Silencer
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Instant (10)

• 1x Blood Pact
• 1x Closing Statement
• 1x Crushing Disappointment
• 1x Fateful Absence
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Semester's End
• 1x Shadow Prophecy
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vanishing Verse

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Goldmire Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 14x Plains
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Snowfield Sinkhole
• 1x Study Hall
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Artifact (10)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Poet's Quill
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Tempting Contract

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Cruel Entertainment
• 1x Cut a Deal
• 1x Devastating Mastery
• 1x Exhilarating Elocution
• 1x Go Blank
• 1x Hex
• 1x Incarnation Technique
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Secret Rendezvous
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Silverquill Command
• 1x Storm Herd

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Dramatic Finale
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Monologue Tax
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Song of the Worldsoul
• 1x Sparring Regimen
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Tenuous Truce

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Sharp Style, Sharp Wit. That is the motto of the college of Silverquill, and that is what this deck tries to emulate. My goal is use the power of spells associated with the College of Silverquill's ability to manipulate their words, for either good or ill, and to try and use the political nature of Commander and Shadrix to my advantage. Just like the inklings who serve as mascot to this slippery college, I will try and see just how well my cutting words and strategy can chip away at the life force of my opponents!

Silverquill students major in Communications, Ethics, Foreign Languages, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Rhetoric, Public Relations, Speech and Writing, and any other subject that may be related to these subjects. Thus, the majority of my deck is centred around these subjects as well as known Silverquill staff members and students, such as the Deans, Killian, Felisa, Nils, Fain, Silverquill Silencer, Elite Spellbinder, etc. Combat Calligrapher, Poet's Quill and Author of Shadows are also obvious choices for the Writing category. Song of the Worldsoul, Monolgue Tax, Vanishing Verse, Exhilarating Elocution and Cunning Rhetoric fell easily into the Speech segment. Closing Statement fitted into all of them, especially Law - debates and essays always have a proper closing statement.

Tempting Contract, Coveted Jewel, Cruel Entertainment, Cut a Deal, Teysa and Hex are my political pieces alongside my Commander. My opponents will either be forced to stand in each other's shoes for a bit, choose whether or not they want to attack me or try not to get tempted by potential Treasures. Sounds like fun to me!

I have not tested this deck out yet, but I still welcome any and all suggestions for improvements to the deck.

Raven Rose

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.52
Tokens	Clue, Inkling 2/1 WB, Pegasus 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure