Shadow Guildmage
World Championship Decks 1997 js140 • common
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1997
- Collector number
- js140
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mike Kimble
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
blue mana, tap: Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.
red mana, tap: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to you.
To keep the dead so others may live.— Shadow Guild maxim
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Shadow Guildmage was originally printed in the Mirage expansion in 1996, but this specific iteration hails from the 1997 World Championship Decks. These decks were produced by Wizards of the Coast to replicate the exact card lists used by the top eight finalists of the 1997 World Championship, allowing players to experience the high-level tournament environment of the time.
The card features art by Julie Baroh, whose evocative style was a hallmark of the early Mirage block. In the context of the 1997 World Championship decks, the card was included to represent the strategies of competitive players who utilized black-red aggressive archetypes, characterized by the guildmage's ability to provide incremental damage and board manipulation, making it a functional utility piece in a refined tournament meta.
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