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Golgari Guildmage
Oracle Text
{4}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
{4}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Golgari Guildmage reads like a compact embodiment of the Golgari philosophy: decay fuels growth. Mechanically it best supports a value- and midrange-oriented game plan (and fits an aristocrats/sacrifice shell or a grindy reanimator-lite), not aggro or fast combo—both activated abilities are expensive but generate long-term advantage: recurring creatures into hand and applying +1/+1 counters. Because it’s a two-mana hybrid body (very flexible) with a small 2/2, expect to protect it or use it as an engine rather than a beatstick. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with cheap sacrifice outlets (Carrion Feeder, Viscera Seer, or recurring token producers) and creatures that have powerful enter-the-battlefield or cast triggers so you can recycle value by returning them to hand and recasting. The +1/+1 counter mode also plays well with +1/+1 matters cards like Hardened Scales or proliferate synergies to turn incremental pumps into real threats. Use the guildmage as a late-game value engine that keeps your board resilient through attrition.
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Character Background
Golgari Guildmage reads like a compact embodiment of the Golgari philosophy: decay fuels growth. Mechanically it best supports a value- and midrange-oriented game plan (and fits an aristocrats/sacrifice shell or a grindy reanimator-lite), not aggro or fast combo—both activated abilities are expensive but generate long-term advantage: recurring creatures into hand and applying +1/+1 counters. Because it’s a two-mana hybrid body (very flexible) with a small 2/2, expect to protect it or use it as an engine rather than a beatstick. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with cheap sacrifice outlets (Carrion Feeder, Viscera Seer, or recurring token producers) and creatures that have powerful enter-the-battlefield or cast triggers so you can recycle value by returning them to hand and recasting. The +1/+1 counter mode also plays well with +1/+1 matters cards like Hardened Scales or proliferate synergies to turn incremental pumps into real threats. Use the guildmage as a late-game value engine that keeps your board resilient through attrition.
Generated using gpt-5-mini · Updated at 2026-05-16 19:40:45 UTC