---
name: "Swarm Guildmage"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Elf Shaman"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "201"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Simon Dominic"
oracle_id: "14b8b35e-57b6-4577-97a8-9d9c513db0b8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swarm-guildmage-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Swarm Guildmage
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Elf Shaman
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{4}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain menace until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
{1}{G}, {T}: You gain 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Root Manipulation](/printing/root-manipulation-sos.md) — Sorcery
2. [Shaman of the Pack](/printing/shaman-of-the-pack-ori.md) — Creature — Elf Shaman
3. [Teacher's Pest](/printing/teachers-pest-sos.md) — Creature — Skeleton Pest
4. [Moodmark Painter](/printing/moodmark-painter-j22.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
5. [Korozda Guildmage](/printing/korozda-guildmage-c15.md) — Creature — Elf Shaman
6. [Caterwauling Boggart](/printing/caterwauling-boggart-lrw.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #201
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Simon Dominic
- **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`