Nivix Guildmage
Creature — Human Wizard
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #15599
Nivix Guildmage's copy ability turns any instant into a two-for-one on the same turn — stack it with Frantic Search and you're looting twice for the price of one spell. The two-mana body is the cost of admission, and for combo decks running blue-red, that's a bargain.
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 |
Nivix Guildmage sees almost all its competitive play in Commander, where instant-speed copy effects scale hardest — one Guildmage activation can cascade a chain of cantrips or storm-adjacent spells into a winning turn. In Modern and Legacy it's legal but ignored; the two-mana 2/2 body doesn't clear the baseline rate for those formats, and dedicated copy effects there come cheaper or with better upside. Pioneer offers the same story: legal, largely irrelevant outside niche brewing. Commander is the correct home, specifically in Izzet spell-slinger or combo shells where the copy ability closes games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nivix GuildmageBrass's Bounty
Infinite colored mana; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens
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Nivix GuildmageStorm-Kiln ArtistSeething Song
Infinite red mana; Infinite magecraft triggers
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Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Nivix Guildmage is deep bulk — the price of a sleeve, not a slot decision. That number is stable; this card has been reprinted enough times that it won't spike unless a new combo breaks it wide open.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.