Gruul Guildmage
Creature — Human Shaman
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, Sacrifice a land: This creature deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23688
Gruul Guildmage gives you a mana sink on an expendable two-drop body — pump a creature or deal direct damage, both at instant speed, both repeatable as long as you have mana to burn. The cost is real: three mana per activation is steep, and neither ability wins a game on its own without a significant mana advantage behind it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gruul Guildmage is a fringe inclusion — it fits in high-mana Gruul shells where the three-mana activation cost stops hurting, and the damage ability gives you a political tool or a way to close out a weakened opponent. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, it sees no meaningful play; both abilities are too expensive for formats where efficiency is everything and two-mana creatures need immediate board impact to justify a slot. Oathbreaker is the same story as Commander at a smaller table — marginally more interesting when your planeswalker's +1 floods your pool, but still a second-tier option.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Gruul Guildmage is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for the card itself, so the only real cost is the deck slot. That price is stable by default; there's no demand pressure that would move it in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.