---
name: "Duskmantle Guildmage"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "158"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "ec44ca05-6b10-4be2-b4df-967535967fce"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/duskmantle-guildmage-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Duskmantle Guildmage
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cathartic Adept](/printing/cathartic-adept-ala.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Selhoff Occultist](/printing/selhoff-occultist-jmp.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Vedalken Entrancer](/printing/vedalken-entrancer-jmp.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
5. [Duskmantle, House of Shadow](/printing/duskmantle-house-of-shadow-rav.md) — Land
6. [Merfolk Mesmerist](/printing/merfolk-mesmerist-m12.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #158
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`