Shaper Guildmage
Creature — Human Wizard
, 
: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
, : Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #29814
Shaper Guildmage offers two activated abilities — a tap to give a target creature +1/+0 until end of turn, and a second tap to give a target creature islandwalk until end of turn — for a one-blue-mana 1/1 body. The ceiling is narrow and the floor is a 1/1 that does nothing without mana investment, making it a cut in most lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shaper Guildmage is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the abilities are too low-impact at one target per activation — islandwalk is blanked by any non-blue opponent, and a +1/+0 pump on a single creature rarely swings a game. Pauper is the only format where a cheap blue one-drop occasionally earns a slot, but Shaper Guildmage's abilities don't hit the bar set by more efficient one-drops in that format.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Shaper Guildmage is deep bulk — the price reflects demand accurately. There's no meaningful collector or competitive pressure to move it off the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.