Quicksilver Elemental is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
: 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.
How it works : Quicksilver Elemental
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· 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."
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
You can activate the ability more than once, collecting abilities from multiple creatures (or the same creature more than once).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If you make two copies of an ability that can be activated once a turn, you can activate each of them once a turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Vivi Ornitier + Quicksilver Elemental
- 1Activate Quicksilver Elemental by paying , causing it to gain Vivi's activated abilities until end of turn.
- 2Activate Quicksilver Elemental using Vivi's ability by paying
, adding 
. - 3Repeat.
Mairsil, the Pretender + Quicksilver Elemental + Gilded Lotus + Staff of Domination
- 1Activate Mairsil using Gilded Lotus' ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Mairsil using Staff of Domination's first ability by paying
, untapping it. - 3Activate Mairsil using Quicksilver Elemental's ability by paying , causing it to gain all activated abilities of itself until end of turn.
- 4Repeat.
- 5If desired, you may use any of Staff of Domination's other abilities using Mairsil, and then use Quicksilver Elemental's ability to use them infinitely.
Mairsil, the Pretender + Morphling + Gilded Lotus + Quicksilver Elemental
- 1Activate Mairsil using Gilded Lotus' ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Mairsil using Morphling's first ability by paying , untapping Mairsil.
- 3Activate Mairsil using Quicksilver Elemental's ability by paying , causing Mairsil to gain all activated abilities of itself until end of turn.
- 4Repeat.
Mairsil, the Pretender + Quicksilver Elemental + Gilded Lotus + Horseshoe Crab
- 1Activate Mairsil using Gilded Lotus' ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Mairsil using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying , untapping it.
- 3Activate Mairsil using Quicksilver Elemental's ability by paying , causing it to gain all activated abilities of itself until end of turn.
- 4Repeat.
- 5If desired, you may use any of Staff of Domination's other abilities using Mairsil, and then use Quicksilver Elemental's ability to use them infinitely.
Quicksilver Elemental + Incubation Druid + Horseshoe Crab
- 1Activate Quicksilver Elemental twice by paying , causing it to gain all activated abilities of Incubation Druid and Horseshoe Crab until end of turn.
- 2Activate Quicksilver Elemental using Incubation Druid's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 3Activate Quicksilver Elemental using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying , untapping it.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Quicksilver Elemental + Incubation Druid + Pili-Pala
- 1Activate Quicksilver Elemental twice by paying , causing it to gain all activated abilities of Incubation Druid and Pili-Pala until end of turn.
- 2Activate Quicksilver Elemental using Incubation Druid's first ability by tapping it, adding three mana of any color.
- 3Activate Quicksilver Elemental using Pili-Pala's ability by paying
and untapping it, adding one mana of any color. - 4Repeat from step 2.
Quicksilver Elemental + Incubation Druid + Simic Ragworm
- 1Activate Quicksilver Elemental twice by paying , causing it to gain all activated abilities of Incubation Druid and Simic Ragworm until end of turn.
- 2Activate Quicksilver Elemental using Incubation Druid's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 3Activate Quicksilver Elemental using Simic Ragworm's ability by paying , untapping it.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Quicksilver Elemental + Argothian Elder + Horseshoe Crab
- 1Pay using Quicksilver Elemental to target Horseshoe crab.
- 2Pay using Quicksilver Elemental to target Argothian Elder.
- 3Tap Quicksilver Elemental to untap lands for at least
. - 4Pay to untap Quicksilver Elemental.
- 5Repeat.
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