Duskmantle Guildmage

Duskmantle Guildmage card image

Duskmantle Guildmage: Creature - Human Wizard, Gatecrash. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{U}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Gatecrash (GTC)
Released
2013-02-01
Collector number
158
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
Commander rank
6,236 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mill

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About Duskmantle Guildmage

Duskmantle Guildmage is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and black creature from Gatecrash (GTC), an expansion set released in February 2013. It is collector number 158 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {U}{B} (one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Gatecrash is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.85 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{1}{U}{B}: Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere this turn, that player loses 1 life.

{2}{U}{B}: Target player mills two cards.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.85 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Duskmantle Guildmage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Duskmantle Guildmage, newest first.

  • Each time the first ability resolves, a delayed triggered ability is created. Whenever a card is put into an opponent’s graveyard that turn, each of those abilities will trigger. For example, if you activate the first ability twice (and let those abilities resolve) and then activate the second ability targeting an opponent, that player will lose a total of 4 life. Each card put into that player’s graveyard will cause two abilities to trigger, each causing that player to lose 1 life.
  • The delayed triggered ability created won’t trigger if a token permanent is put into an opponent’s graveyard.
  • The first ability considers each of your opponents. You don’t choose just one of them.

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