---
name: "Guile"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Incarnation"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MM2"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2015"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "591bbf84-259d-4885-8b5f-b29c04222d41"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/guile-mm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Guile
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Incarnation
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6

## Oracle Text
This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vexing Shusher](/printing/vexing-shusher-prm.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman
2. [Hexing Squelcher](/printing/hexing-squelcher-pecl.md) — Creature — Goblin Sorcerer
3. [Mage's Guile](/printing/mages-guile-ons.md) — Instant
4. [Nivmagus Elemental](/printing/nivmagus-elemental-rtr.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Spelljack](/printing/spelljack-jud.md) — Instant
6. [Thranduil's Decree](/printing/thranduils-decree-hob.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #46
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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