---
name: "Silverquill Silencer"
mana_cost: "{W}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "353"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "df9ab83c-850a-4be7-89cd-5122353081f6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/silverquill-silencer-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Silverquill Silencer
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with the chosen name, they lose 3 life and you draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Council of the Absolute](/printing/council-of-the-absolute-dgm.md) — Creature — Human Advisor
2. [Meddling Mage](/printing/meddling-mage-pls.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Mage Hunter](/printing/mage-hunter-stx.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Gideon's Intervention](/printing/gideons-intervention-akh.md) — Enchantment
5. [Anointed Peacekeeper](/printing/anointed-peacekeeper-dmu.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Silverquill, the Disputant](/printing/silverquill-the-disputant-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #353
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`