Legion Guildmage
Creature — Human Wizard
, 
: This creature deals 3 damage to each opponent.
, : Tap another target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #23099
Legion Guildmage gives Rakdos decks two live abilities on the same body: a repeatable looting effect and a mass ping that scales with your creature count. The ask is two mana to activate either, which is steep enough that you need a dedicated shell to make it worth the slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Legion Guildmage is a role-player in token-heavy Rakdos builds — the ping ability can close games outright once you have ten or more creatures, and the loot ability provides consistent card filtering in a color pair that historically struggles with card quality. Competitive formats tell a different story: in Modern and Pioneer, two-mana activations on a 2/2 body can't compete with the raw efficiency available at the same slot, and neither ability is impactful enough to build around outside a token shell that already wins faster without it. Legacy and Vintage have no reason to touch it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Legion Guildmage is pure bulk — no barrier to picking up four copies if a token shell calls for it. Bulk rares at this price point rarely move unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so don't expect the price to matter either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.