Zameck Guildmage

Creature — Elf Wizard

{G}{U}: This turn, each creature you control enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

{G}{U}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.

Combos

• Phyrexian Altar + Woodfall Primus + Zameck Guildmage

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

DemonDragonJ on What Card Should Replace Otherworld …

1 month ago

sergiodelrio, among those cards, Reckoner Bankbuster simply does not interest me; Darksteel Reactor is a very nice card, but is too slow, and does nothing until its ability triggers; Vraska, Betrayal's Sting would raise the mana curve of my deck too much; and I actually very much would like to put Magistrate's Scepter in that deck, but it costs 4 mana to put one charge counter on it, so it is too expensive.

Given that I just put Zameck Guildmage into that deck, providing both an additional mana sink and an additional source of card advantage, I think that Empowered Autogenerator is very appealing, but I would like to receive further feedback from other users, before I make a decision, on that matter.

DemonDragonJ on All Will Be One

1 month ago

I have replaced Metastatic Evangel with Zameck Guildmage, since I feel that this deck does not contain a sufficient amount of creatures to justify the former, and making that change provides both another mana sink and another source of card advantage, and also improves the balance between colors in this deck (or, at least between three of the four colors in this deck).

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Abzan Falconer …

1 month ago

Gleeock, thank you, for that suggestion, so I shall keep that card, in mind.

What do you think about Zameck Guildmage? I was also contemplating that card, as well.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Abzan Falconer …

2 months ago

Mortlocke, all of those are excellent cards, but I am not certain about them, and I shall explain my reasons for feeling so about each one.

Mikaeus, the Lunarch has an ability that is very similar to Spike Weaver's first ability, and, while Spike Weaver's second ability is nice, I feel that it does not quite match the theme of the deck, and Spike Weaver also costs 4 mana, which would increase the mana curve of this deck.

I do not believe that this deck has quite a sufficient number of creatures with activated abilities to justify including Agatha's Soul Cauldron in the deck.

This deck does not have quite a sufficient focus on lands to justify including Felidar Retreat.

I feel that Hadana's Climb  ^Flip does not quite have a sufficient impact for this deck.

Again, all of those cards were excellent, so please do not think that I did not appreciate your suggestions.

As for the cards that I previously mentioned, I already have a copy of Fertilid in another deck, so, between Shapers of Nature and Zameck Guildmage, the guildmage has both a lower casting cost and a lower cost for using its ability, so I believe that that is the card that I shall I put into my Atraxa deck, to replace Abzan Falconer.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Abzan Falconer …

2 months ago

Mortlocke, I think that something with greater speed and utility would be very nice, such as Fertilid, Shapers of Nature, or Zameck Guildmage.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Abzan Falconer …

2 months ago

I have a copy of Abzan Falconer in my Atraxa, Praetors' Voice EDH deck, because it is quite awesome to give flying to all of my creatures that have +1/+1 counters on themselves, but since that deck also contains both Akroma's Memorial and Elspeth, Sun's Champion, both of which can also grant flying, I wonder if I should replace that creature with another creature, such as Fertilid, Shapers of Nature, Zameck Guildmage, Steelbane Hydra, or Mindless Automaton, as all of those creatures use +1/+1 counters for various purposes.

What does everyone else say about this matter? Should I keep Abzan Falconer in my Atraxa deck, or replace it, with another creature? I certainly would appreciate your feedback.

FormOverFunction on Should I Keep Fungal Shambler …

2 months ago

Zameck Guildmage could be nice for card draw, too.

Rhadamanthus on Zameck Guildmage and counter doublers

5 months ago

You can use double square brackets around a card's name to create a reference link: Zameck Guildmage, Hardened Scales, Kami of Whispered Hopes. It's the best way to help make sure everyone understands what's going on in the question.

Hardened Scales will just add one more +1/+1 counter in your specific question. The effects from Zameck Guildmage will cause the creature to enter with two additional +1/+1 counters and Hardened Scales will see a creature about to enter the battlefield with one or more counters, so will add another one.

All of the effects here are replacement effects (you can usually tell by the use of one or more of the words "as", "with" or "instead"). Replacement effects replace the usual results of an event with a modified event. If multiple replacement effects could modify how an event affects a player or object, then the affected player or controller of the affected object chooses which one to apply first. The modified event might then become eligible for other replacement effects and/or no longer eligible for others. You keep going until there are no more unused replacement effects that can be applied and then the event happens.

In your example this means at first only the replacement effects created by Zameck Guildmage could apply to the creature entering the battlefield. After you apply one of them, now the other Guildmage effect and the Hardened Scales effect could apply to the modified event. Whichever one of those you apply first, the other can still be applied to the further modified event. After you apply that one there's nothing left to deal with and the creature ends up entering the battlefield with 3 +1/+1 counters. If there were a doubling effect involved here like Doubling Season then the order in which you apply the effects would matter and you'd get the most counters by applying the doubling effect last.