---
name: "Shadow Guildmage"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "WC97"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 1997"
collector_number: "js140"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mike Kimble"
oracle_id: "cdda63d7-e3ea-455c-b7d4-c6cfdda2703c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shadow-guildmage-wc97"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shadow Guildmage
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{U}, {T}: Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.
{R}, {T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to you.

> *To keep the dead so others may live.
—Shadow Guild maxim*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Civic Guildmage](/printing/civic-guildmage-mir.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Sunscape Apprentice](/printing/sunscape-apprentice-inv.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Nightscape Apprentice](/printing/nightscape-apprentice-inv.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
4. [Balshan Beguiler](/printing/balshan-beguiler-ody.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Cult Guildmage](/printing/cult-guildmage-rna.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
6. [Granger Guildmage](/printing/granger-guildmage-mir.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 1997 (WC97) #js140
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mike Kimble
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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