---
name: "House Guildmage"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "177"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Winona Nelson"
oracle_id: "257cc8e9-55b4-4510-9d1f-5df8c1ae2061"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/house-guildmage-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
{1}{U}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
{2}{B}, {T}: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rummaging Wizard](/printing/rummaging-wizard-ons.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Dimir Informant](/printing/dimir-informant-grn.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Master of Death](/printing/master-of-death-pmh2.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
4. [Imperious Inkmage](/printing/imperious-inkmage-sos.md) — Creature — Orc Warlock
5. [Umbral Collar Zealot](/printing/umbral-collar-zealot-soc.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Sultai Ascendancy](/printing/sultai-ascendancy-ktk.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #177
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Winona Nelson
- **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`