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Quicksilver Elemental

Blue

4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Quicksilver Elemental, The Zeta Set printing
The Zeta Set SLZ · No. 150 2026-09-02

Card text

{3}{U}{U}
Creature — Elemental
{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.
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EDHREC rank #7713 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

8 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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."

2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2016-06-08 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Quicksilver Elemental, The Zeta Set printing
The Zeta Set
SLZ · #150
Mythic
∅ No QC price
Quicksilver Elemental, The Zeta Set printing
The Zeta Set
SLZ · #271
Mythic
∅ No QC price
Quicksilver Elemental, The Zeta Set printing
The Zeta Set
SLZ · #29
Mythic
∅ No QC price