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Izzet Guildmage

Ravnica Remastered (RVR)

{U/R}{U/R}

Creature — Human Wizard

({U/R} can be paid with either {U} or {R}.) {2}{U}: Copy target instant spell you control with mana value 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy. {2}{R}: Copy target sorcery spell you control with mana value 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Plays as
Spell Copy
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

Used in 7 known combosEDHREC #18,750

Versions

3 printings · from $0.12

Ravnica Remastered
2024#191In products
Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari
2012#4CheapestIn products
Guildpact
2006#145In products

Rulings

9 · latest Jan 12, 2024
  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    Any choices made as a spell resolves won't have been made yet once it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately as the copy resolves.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If the spell has damage divided as it was cast, the division can't be changed (although the targets receiving that damage still can). The same is true of spells that distribute counters.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If you copy a spell, you control the copy. It will resolve before the original spell does.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    Izzet Guildmage's abilities can copy any instant or sorcery spell with an appropriate mana value, not just one with targets.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any alternative or additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any alternative or additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).