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Silver Sable, Mercenary Leader
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Silver Sable, Mercenary Leader

{2}{W}

Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Hero

When Silver Sable enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature.

Whenever Silver Sable attacks, target modified creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

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Set
Through the Omenpaths (OM1 #12)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
3
Released
2025-09-23
Artist
Caio Cacau
EDHREC rank
#11,185
Colour identity
{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.35
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Wild Pack Squad 52 %+51.2 %
  2. Dusk Legion Duelist 48 %+46.7 %
  3. Requisition Raid 52 %+46.3 %
  4. Abzan Falconer 48 %+45.2 %
  5. Costume Closet 45 %+44.7 %
  6. Spider-Man, Peter Parker 45 %+44.3 %
  7. Spectacular Tactics 45 %+42.9 %
  8. Web-Shooters 42 %+41.2 %
  9. Felidar Retreat 48 %+40.5 %
  10. With Great Power . . . 48 %+39.4 %
  11. Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer 42 %+38.8 %
  12. Selfless Police Captain 39 %+38.4 %
  13. Daily Bugle Reporters 39 %+38.4 %
  14. Damning Verdict 39 %+36.3 %
  15. Friendly Neighborhood 35 %+35.0 %
  16. Bagel and Schmear 35 %+34.8 %
  17. Reprieve 58 %+34.7 %
  18. MJ, Rising Star 35 %+34.5 %
  19. All That Glitters 45 %+34.3 %
  20. Daily Bugle Building 35 %+33.8 %
  21. Soul Warden 52 %+30.6 %
  22. Take Up the Shield 32 %+30.3 %
  23. The Wind Crystal 52 %+30.2 %
  24. Cathars' Crusade 45 %+29.7 %
  25. White Widow, Free Agent 30 %+29.2 %
  26. Amazing Alliance 29 %+28.4 %
  27. Haliya, Guided by Light 39 %+28.2 %
  28. Elspeth, Storm Slayer 39 %+27.4 %
  29. Aunt May 29 %+26.7 %
  30. Thwip! 26 %+25.4 %
  31. Flash Thompson, Spider-Fan 26 %+25.2 %
  32. Web Up 26 %+25.1 %
  33. Luminarch Aspirant 26 %+24.1 %
  34. Patrolling Peacemaker 26 %+23.9 %
  35. Dazzling Angel 32 %+23.8 %
  36. Abzan Battle Priest 26 %+23.1 %
  37. Keeper of the Accord 39 %+22.9 %
  38. Mikaeus, the Lunarch 26 %+22.5 %
  39. Duty Beyond Death 26 %+22.5 %
  40. Amateur Hero 23 %+22.4 %
  41. Arachne, Psionic Weaver 23 %+22.1 %
  42. Welcoming Vampire 39 %+21.9 %
  43. Spectacular Spider-Man 26 %+21.8 %
  44. Light of Promise 26 %+21.5 %
  45. Light of Hope 23 %+21.4 %
  46. Basri's Lieutenant 23 %+21.3 %
  47. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 32 %+21.1 %
  48. Bastion Protector 32 %+20.8 %
  49. Qala, Ajani's Pridemate 23 %+20.0 %
  50. Ancient Den 26 %+19.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 97 %+3.0 %
  2. Sol Ring 90 %+7.3 %
  3. Swords to Plowshares 77 %+2.4 %
  4. Path to Exile 68 %+0.5 %
  5. Arcane Signet 68 %+10.1 %
  6. Reprieve 58 %+34.7 %
  7. Swiftfoot Boots 55 %+19.0 %
  8. Generous Gift 55 %+13.7 %
  9. Requisition Raid 52 %+46.3 %
  10. Soul Warden 52 %+30.6 %
  11. The Wind Crystal 52 %+30.2 %
  12. Wild Pack Squad 52 %+51.2 %
  13. Abzan Falconer 48 %+45.2 %
  14. Pearl Medallion 48 %-12.0 %
  15. Felidar Retreat 48 %+40.5 %
  16. With Great Power . . . 48 %+39.4 %
  17. Dusk Legion Duelist 48 %+46.7 %
  18. Costume Closet 45 %+44.7 %
  19. Cathars' Crusade 45 %+29.7 %
  20. Spectacular Tactics 45 %+42.9 %
  21. All That Glitters 45 %+34.3 %
  22. Spider-Man, Peter Parker 45 %+44.3 %
  23. Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer 42 %+38.8 %
  24. Web-Shooters 42 %+41.2 %
  25. Stroke of Midnight 42 %+15.9 %
  26. Haliya, Guided by Light 39 %+28.2 %
  27. Welcoming Vampire 39 %+21.9 %
  28. Keeper of the Accord 39 %+22.9 %
  29. War Room 39 %+3.7 %
  30. Selfless Police Captain 39 %+38.4 %
  31. Daily Bugle Reporters 39 %+38.4 %
  32. Damning Verdict 39 %+36.3 %
  33. Elspeth, Storm Slayer 39 %+27.4 %
  34. Authority of the Consuls 39 %+16.2 %
  35. Loran of the Third Path 35 %+12.8 %
  36. Bagel and Schmear 35 %+34.8 %
  37. Friendly Neighborhood 35 %+35.0 %
  38. MJ, Rising Star 35 %+34.5 %
  39. Daily Bugle Building 35 %+33.8 %
  40. Take Up the Shield 32 %+30.3 %
  41. Rogue's Passage 32 %+4.9 %
  42. Mind Stone 32 %+6.2 %
  43. Disenchant 32 %+16.3 %
  44. Dazzling Angel 32 %+23.8 %
  45. Bastion Protector 32 %+20.8 %
  46. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 32 %+21.1 %
  47. Sun Titan 32 %+10.8 %
  48. White Widow, Free Agent 30 %+29.2 %
  49. Reliquary Tower 29 %+5.3 %
  50. Cut a Deal 29 %+13.8 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-09-19

    A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.

  • 2025-09-19

    A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.

  • 2025-09-19

    An Aura controlled by an opponent does not cause a creature you control to be modified.

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