Ghitu Journeymage
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, if you control another Wizard, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #20505
Ghitu Journeymage enters the battlefield and deals 2 damage to any target — that's the whole pitch, stapled to a 2/2 body for three mana. Outside of dedicated Wizard-tribal synergies, a 3-mana 2/2 with a one-time Shock is well below rate for nearly every format.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ghitu Journeymage is a Pauper-playable Wizard with a relevant enters-the-battlefield trigger, and that's the format where it sees the most legitimate play — Wizard-tribal shells can chain it with Snap or Ghostly Flicker for repeated pings. In Commander, the bar for three-mana creatures is high enough that Ghitu Journeymage only belongs in dedicated Wizard-tribal decks, particularly under commanders like Azami, Lady of Scrolls or Adeliz, the Cinder Wind where the type line does real work. In Modern, Legacy, and Vintage, the card is technically legal but never correct — those formats have far more efficient burn and better Wizard payoffs.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Ghitu Journeymage is deep bulk — the kind of card that shows up in a common box rather than a purchase. There's no realistic demand driver that moves a fair three-mana common off the floor, so expect this price to hold indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.