RULE ZERO. read this first.

Bracket 3 readout.

Compliance checklist

Read this before sitting down. The pregame above is the script Colton reads when the pod asks what the deck does. The compliance block is the fifteen-second summary. The Q&A handles the specific questions players will run at him across pods.

What the deck does

Three axes that share parts but each stand on their own. Silverquill amplifies all three.

Silverquill’s copy mechanic

Every targeted instant or sorcery Colton casts gets copied. He picks new targets for the copy. Concrete examples:

• Single-target removal hits two creatures.
• A pump spell that buffs one creature buffs two.
• A targeted reanimation returns two creatures, one per copy.
• A bounce spell returns two permanents.

Rules note worth volunteering at the table: the copy is not cast. It is put directly onto the stack as a copy. Magecraft, prowess, and storm-style triggers fire once, off the original cast, not off the copy. Lifegain, damage, and reanimation effects that trigger on resolution do happen twice, because the copy still resolves as a spell.

If the original target becomes illegal on resolution, the copy can still resolve on its independent target. Half a spell is most of the time the half that matters.

Recursion

Five reanimation spells. Three graveyard-engine creatures: Postmortem Professor, Grave Researcher, Forum Necroscribe. The deck recycles instead of running out. Copied reanimation returns two creatures off one card. The recursion suite is over-rate because the commander multiplies it.

Magecraft and Colossus Hammer voltron

Five magecraft creatures grow or trigger on every instant or sorcery cast. With sixteen instants and seven sorceries in the list, they get oversized quickly. Colossus Hammer plus a magecraft body equals a fourteen-power one-shot. Silverquill himself is a 4/4 flying vigilance lifelink commander; he wears the Hammer for a clean 14/14 flier that ends a game in two swings, or one with any pump.

If they ask

Casual pod etiquette

Practical notes for Colton at the pod:

• Do not pile on one opponent. If three turns in a row the only legal target for removal is the same player’s board, that is functionally targeting that player. Hold a spell, hit a different opponent’s smaller threat, or trade off one of your own value pieces to keep the table balanced.
• Announce the copy trigger every cast. “Silverquill copies, second target is X.” Every time. The table needs to track both targets, and burying the copy in fast talk is how arguments start. Slow down on the trigger, declare the second target out loud, and let opponents respond before moving to resolution.
• Mulligan toward recursion when the pod is fragile. A hand that is five removal spells against a precon pod is the play that gets you scooped on. A hand with a graveyard engine, a magecraft body, and one or two removal pieces is the hand that wins the long game without making the pod miserable.
• Lifelink keeps you high; do not be the heat magnet. Silverquill swinging in for four a turn with lifelink puts you at 45 or 50 while the rest of the table is at 25. That is a kingmaker target. Volunteer that you are not the threat: do not taunt, do not tax the table, spread your draws into board development the table can see.

One more for the pod

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