Guildmage Alliance (2024) (WIP)

Commander / EDH* Counters Lifegain Multiplayer Tokens

Izzetaura

Land (40)

• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 12x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 5x Plains
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Other (6)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Brinebarrow Intruder
• 1x Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Rubinia Soulsinger

Activated damage/Removal (4)

• 1x Harbinger of the Hunt
• 1x Skyway Sniper
• 1x Spikeshot Elder
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker

Life gain (3)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest
• 1x Alabaster Mage
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Extra mana (13)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Centaur Nurturer
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Golden Hind
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Llanowar Visionary
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid

Activated draw (6)

• 1x Faerie Formation
• 1x Gretchen Titchwillow
• 1x Mystic Archaeologist
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
• 1x River Hoopoe
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi

Copy/redirect (6)

• 1x Aura Graft
• 1x Divert
• 1x Meletis Charlatan
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Mirror Sheen
• 1x Redirect

Cool/fun (3)

• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Scrambleverse
• 1x Sunblast Angel

Commander (1)

Token generator (10)

• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Druid's Call
• 1x Earl of Squirrel
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x Jade Mage
• 1x Oketra the True
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Side to Side
• 1x Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage

+1/+1 Counters (4)

• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Simic Guildmage
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade

Activated Abilities (2)

• 1x Deathless Angel
• 1x Training Grounds

Draw (2)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Psychic Membrane

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Sideboard

Other (21)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Azure Mage
• 1x Black Cat
• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Cosi's Trickster
• 1x Domineering Will
• 1x Downsize
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Oneirophage
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Surveilling Sprite
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Turn to Frog
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Viridian Joiner
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

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Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Blood of the Martyr
• 1x Courier's Briefcase
• 1x Dimir Guildmage
• 1x Golgari Guildmage
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

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I've been playing for years, but this is the first deck I'm really happy with. Still tinkering with parts here and there, but settled on focusing on activated abilities. Not being forced into a color lets me use any cards I want, and activated abilities allow for a lot of flexibility and different decisions during the game.

Main goals:

• Get mana dorks out first

• Try to maintain hand of 7, and/or keep playing 1 land per turn

• Create creature tokens, and boost creatures with +1/+1 counters

• Keep life up to around 40 if possible (through lifelink)

Combos:

• Archaeomancer, Auramancer, or Brinebarrow Intruder with: Kenrith, the Returned King (Return from graveyard), Rite of Replication, and/or Followed Footsteps

Mana notes:

• x14 forest symbols?

• 4 each minimum basic lands: UGR (colors of all 1 drops)

Date added	1 month
Last updated	2 days
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 40 - 5 Rares 16 - 8 Uncommons 12 - 7 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Centaur 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Faerie 1/1 U, Insect 1/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U, Squirrel 1/1 G, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance
Based on	Activated Bant (2023) (WIP) Izzetaura EDH