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Quicksilver, Speedster
Legendary Creature — Mutant Hero · {3}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander
What Quicksilver, Speedster actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · restrictionAs long as Quicksilver is tapped, you may cast spells as though they had flash.
- Keyword · flashflash
- Keyword · double strikedouble strike
- Keyword · hastehaste
What a Quicksilver, Speedster deck needs
Plays as flash. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures and spells worth casting at instant speed — ambush enter triggers and end-of-turn threats (it gives them flash)
The Quicksilver, Speedster deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 24× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 8× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Quicksilver, Speedster
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Dire Fleet Daredevil2 mana
- Fear of Missing Out2 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
- Snapcaster Mage2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Jilt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Quicksilver, Speedster
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Quicksilver, Speedster is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Quicksilver, Speedster + Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Brass's Bounty3 decks
- Quicksilver, Speedster + Ashling, Flame Dancer + Worldfire2 decks
- Quicksilver, Speedster + Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Seething Song + Storm-Kiln Artist1 decks
- Quicksilver, Speedster + Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Drowner Of Truth1 decks
- Quicksilver, Speedster + Glen Elendra Pranksters + Phyrexian Walker + Memnite
- Quicksilver, Speedster + Glen Elendra Pranksters + Phyrexian Walker + Rograkh, Son Of Rohgahh
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