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Izzet Guildmage
USD $0.26
USD foil $0.27
EUR €0.12
MTGO 0.04 tix

Izzet Guildmage

{U/R}{U/R}

Creature — Human Wizard

({U/R} can be paid with either {U} or {R}.)

{2}{U}: Copy target instant spell you control with mana value 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.

{2}{R}: Copy target sorcery spell you control with mana value 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.

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Set
Ravnica Remastered (RVR #191)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
2
Released
2024-01-12
Artist
Jim Murray
EDHREC rank
#18,830
Colour identity
{R}{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In 2 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 0.21
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 7

Izzet Guildmage+Dramatic Reversal
{U}{R}
Infinite colored mana
Izzet Guildmage+Lava Spike+Desperate Ritual
{U}{R}
Infinite damageInfinite magecraft triggers
Reset+Izzet Guildmage
{U}{R}
Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack with mana value 2 or less that you controlInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
Turnabout+Twincast+Izzet Guildmage
{U}{R}
Infinite colored manaInfinite colorless mana
Zirda, the Dawnwaker+Izzet Guildmage+Manamorphose+Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
{R}{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawNear-infinite colored manaNear-infinite magecraft triggersWin the game
Zirda, the Dawnwaker+Izzet Guildmage+Manamorphose+Thassa's Oracle
{R}{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawNear-infinite colored manaNear-infinite magecraft triggersWin the game
Zirda, the Dawnwaker+Izzet Guildmage+Manamorphose+Laboratory Maniac
{R}{G}{W}{U}
Infinite card drawNear-infinite colored manaNear-infinite magecraft triggersWin the game

All 7 combos.

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2024-01-12

    Any choices made as a spell resolves won't have been made yet once it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately as the copy resolves.

  • 2024-01-12

    If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell.

  • 2024-01-12

    If the spell has damage divided as it was cast, the division can't be changed (although the targets receiving that damage still can). The same is true of spells that distribute counters.

  • 2024-01-12

    If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.

  • 2024-01-12

    If you copy a spell, you control the copy. It will resolve before the original spell does.

  • 2024-01-12

    Izzet Guildmage's abilities can copy any instant or sorcery spell with an appropriate mana value, not just one with targets.

  • 2024-01-12

    The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any alternative or additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any alternative or additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy.

  • 2024-01-12

    The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.

  • 2024-01-12

    The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

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