Golgari Guildmage
Ravnica: City of Guilds 248 • uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 248
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana or green mana black mana or green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
4 generic mana black mana, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
4 generic mana green mana: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Golgari Guildmage was introduced in the 2005 Magic: The Gathering set Ravnica: City of Guilds, serving as a signature uncommon creature for the Golgari Swarm. This set was designed to explore the concept of two-color guilds, with the Golgari representing the cycle of life and death through the black and green mana colors. The card was crafted to mechanically embody the guild's focus on graveyard recursion and creature token generation, allowing players to either return creatures from the graveyard to the hand or pump their creatures using the graveyard as a resource.
The card's striking visual identity is the work of illustrator Greg Staples, who captured the decaying, fungal aesthetic of the Ravnican undercity. Staples’ artwork emphasizes the gothic and organic nature of the guild, portraying the mage as a conduit for the rotting sprawl of the city. Upon release, the Guildmage became a staple in limited formats and casual play, praised for its versatility and its thematic resonance with the set's ambitious guild-based design philosophy.
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