Mages of all Guilds, Unite!

Commander / EDH*

FrancisGalloway

Creature (40)

• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Azorius Guildmage
• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Boros Guildmage
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Clan Guildmage
• 1x Combine Guildmage
• 1x Conclave Guildmage
• 1x Cult Guildmage
• 1x Dimir Guildmage
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Golgari Guildmage
• 1x Gruul Guildmage
• 1x House Guildmage
• 1x Izzet Guildmage
• 1x Knight of New Alara
• 1x Korozda Guildmage
• 1x League Guildmage
• 1x Legion Guildmage
• 1x Mercurial Chemister
• 1x New Prahv Guildmage
• 1x Nivix Guildmage
• 1x Orzhov Guildmage
• 1x Rakdos Guildmage
• 1x Rix Maadi Guildmage
• 1x Selesnya Guildmage
• 1x Senate Guildmage
• 1x Simic Guildmage
• 1x Skarrg Guildmage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sunhome Guildmage
• 1x Swarm Guildmage
• 1x Syndicate Guildmage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Vedalken AEthermage
• 1x Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Land (36)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 3x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze's End
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Tome of the Guildpact
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (7)

• 1x Atarka's Command
• 1x Azorius Charm
• 1x Dromoka's Command
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Rakdos Charm

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Diabolic Vision
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Supply / Demand
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie

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Sideboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Open the Gates

Creature (1)

• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths

Land (1)

• 1x Memorial to Unity

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Maybeboard

Artifact (13)

• 1x Azorius Cluestone
• 1x Azorius Keyrune
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Glass of the Guildpact
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Tome of the Guildpact
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Creature (7)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Elvish Rejuvenator
• 1x Hero of Precinct One
• 1x Knight of New Alara
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Path of Mettle  ^Flip

Land (1)

• 1x Forbidden Orchard

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Glittering Wish
• 1x Supply / Demand
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie

Instant (3)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Izzet Charm

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A guildmage tribal EDH deck. Just casual for fun, the main goal is to run EVERY guildmage ever printed.

Picked Jodah as commander in case I want to go with wizard tribal synergy. The other option was Cromat, because he has a ton of activated abilities.

The "Acquireboard" stores the core deck: staples, 30 guildmages, and Jodah. "Sideboard" keeps lands and mana-fixing.

There's basically three paths I can take to build a Guildmage deck:

1. Multicolored Tribal. Tome of the Guildpact turns all my mages into draw-one bears, Knight of New Alara turns them all into 4/4's. Solid plan, and it actually makes the weaker guildmages useful (just by being multicolored bears).

2. Ramp/Activated Abilities. Cards like Training Grounds, Illusionist's Bracers, and Meekstone focus this deck on getting value out of the mages' abilities. This can be a bit wonky, as several of said mages have shitty options. But it is also probably the most authentic "Guildmage" deck build.

3. Wizard Tribal. Azami turns all my guildmages into card draw engines, and if that's coupled with ramp it can quickly work my way through the whole deck.

Regardless of the path, there are some constants: the guildmages, Jodah, and a few EDH staples make 37 cards. My tutors are Muddle the Mixture, Supply/Demand, and Vedalken Aethermage.

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NOTES FROM TESTING:

1. Ancient Ziggurat and Pillar of the Paruns are annoying af. Better off with something else
2. Little mana-starved atm; have to add more fixing and RAMP
3. No wizard tribal stuff, yet; might add it later

Underperforming guildmages:

1. Boros: I thought haste would be better, but nah

2. Civic: most of these 1-mana gms are useless

3. Simic: No auras, and few +1/+1 counters

4. Cult: The discard isn't useful enough to justify it, and ping face is worthless in this format unless I go infinite

5. Duskmantle: One-card kill... if you have infinite mana already.

6. Izzet: I have literally 3 sorceries in this deck

7. Gruul: Trash

8. Korozda: Kinda useless without graveyard shenanigans

9. Orzhov: ...3 mana for one life? really?

10. Rix Maadi: Possibly the worst one here besides Izzet, I'm not swinging enough to use either ability

11. Shadow: Yeah, I've decided: one-mana guildmages have got to go.

Overperforming guildmages:

1. Azorius: I knew it was gonna be good, but damn this thing is useful

2. Dimir: Card draw is good. Forced discards are also good.

3. Golgari: Really just for the +1/+1, that ends up being so good at creating a strong blocker

4. League: Hey, 4-mana draw one isn't bad

5. New Prahv: Repeatable pseudo-removal is good

6. Sunhome: 4-mana 1/1's, yeet

7. Skaarg: Makes good blockers, and repeatable too! Unlike cult...

8. Swarm: Surprising, right? The health is nice, and the menace/pump is pretty useful too

TO BE REMOVED:

1. That 4-mana golem thing

TO BE ADDED:

1. Some infinite mana combo.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 2 Mythic Rares 24 - 5 Rares 49 - 1 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	103
Avg. CMC	2.51
Tokens	Centaur 3/3 G, Elf Knight 2/2 GW, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Goblin 2/1 R, Octopus 8/8 U, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 RW, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
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