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Shadrix Silverquill

Shadrix Silverquill

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

Shadrix Silverquill wants a deck that sacrifices its own creatures to drain opponents' life. It also works in a deck built around Dragons or Elders.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhiteblack
  • White, Black ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 5
  • RarityMythic

Flying, double strike

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may choose two. Each mode must target a different player.

• Target player creates a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

• Target player draws a card and loses 1 life.

• Target player puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature they control.

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Cards That Fit Shadrix Silverquill

Picked for what they do in Shadrix Silverquill's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Shadrix Silverquill's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Shadrix Silverquill

explain how Shadrix Silverquill works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 16 Apr 2021

You can target a player with the third mode even if they control no creatures.

Wizards of the Coast 16 Apr 2021

You may choose exactly zero modes or two modes. You can't choose only one mode. If you choose two modes, you choose which two and the target players as you put the triggered ability on the stack.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWBPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black.AristocratsAristocrats decks sacrifice their own creatures on purpose and profit every time one dies, often by draining life from each opponent. A sacrifice outlet, a card that lets you sacrifice whenever you like, decides when that happens.Open the Aristocrats pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion page