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Quicksilver Elemental

{3}{U}{U}

Creature — Elemental

MRDMirrodin#47rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 6160
Illustrator
Tony Szczudlo
Found in
Mirrodin MTGO Redemption · Mirrodin MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings4Combos55EDHREC rank#7,927
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
{U}: This creature gains all activated abilities of target creature until end of turn. (If any of the abilities use that creature's name, use this creature's name instead.) You may spend blue mana as though it were mana of any color to pay the activation costs of this creature's abilities.
3/4
Market · per finishspark updated 59m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-12.4%
$20.03
$15.72 low$2.22 gapTCGplayer
Foil+1.3%
$82.47
$80.00 low$15.00 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$20.03· across 4 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

8 · latest Jun 8, 2016
  • WotCJun 8, 2016

    Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    Quicksilver Elemental can gain the activated abilities of any creature on the battlefield that you can target with its ability, even if you don't control that creature.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    Quicksilver Elemental gains only activated abilities. It doesn't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    Quicksilver Elemental has a rather tricky interaction with Leonin Bola. You can actually unattach your opponent's Bola as part of the cost of activating the Elemental-copied ability.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    The granted abilities effectively use "this permanent," rather than "[that card's name]," so you treat the abilities as if they were printed on Quicksilver Elemental. For example, you treat an ability that says "Sacrifice a creature: Nantuko Husk gets +2/+2 until end of turn" as "Sacrifice a creature: Quicksilver Elemental gets +2/+2 until end of turn."

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If you make two copies of an ability that can be activated once a turn, you can activate each of them once a turn.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If you use this card to gain Wall of Deceit's ability to turn itself face down, you will not be able to turn this card face up because it will not have the Morph ability.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    You can activate the ability more than once, collecting abilities from multiple creatures (or the same creature more than once).