Quicksilver Elemental
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SetSLZ
Collector #271
Released2026-09-02
Raritymythic
ArtistMSCHF
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
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Quicksilver Elemental

MythicColour IDMV 5
Creature — Elemental
: 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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Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2003-10-02Newest 2026-09-02Cheapest priced $19.24 in MRD
Rulings (8)
wotc8 Jun 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.
wotc1 Dec 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.
wotc1 Dec 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.
wotc1 Dec 2004
Quicksilver Elemental gains only activated abilities. It doesn't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.
wotc1 Dec 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."
wotc4 Oct 2004
You can activate the ability more than once, collecting abilities from multiple creatures (or the same creature more than once).