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This card can indeed combo with Lava Spike and Desperate Ritual, but you must have the mana to copy it once, with at least 1R free (For casting the Desperate Ritual). Just let the copy resolve, and use the mana to copy the original spell again before it resolves.

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Posted By: Luke_BPC (7/15/2010 4:32:08 PM)

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O.o...whoops. My bad on the infinite thing. I missed that "cmc 2 or less clause" XD. Good catch. Don't know how I missed that..would be broken if it didn't have it.

Nice call on Metamorphosis and rite of flame, very simple infinites.

Devastating Summons...that is...very...very...amusing.
(Boom) Nifty. Works best if you have more lands than opponent...or a Darksteel Citadel. =)

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I could have sworn there was a detailed de***ion of the combo with lava spike and desperate ritual up here already, I guess it was my imagination then. Anywho, there is a legitimate combo and it goes as follows:
You need 6 mana available to you (only 4 mana needed if you have training grounds out), of which at least 3 is red. You also need this here guildmage on the field (duh). Float y... (see all)

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Posted By: Flyheight (9/9/2010 3:54:28 PM)

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he's quite frail, but I've managed to use him before in legacy, copying Swords to Plowshares, Lightning Bolt, and Brainstorm. I suppose if you can copy Ancestral Visions, you would be living the dream - 6 cards for 2U!!!

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Posted By: meddlingmage21 (8/24/2009 1:17:57 PM)

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@redcap: Harrow costs 3, doofus. Maybe rampant growth?

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Posted By: Kryptnyt (6/14/2010 4:08:37 PM)

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i dont get how this combos with lava spike and desperate ritual.... can someone explain please?

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Posted By: Tezz (6/19/2010 2:34:55 PM)

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the good thing is that, unlike other guildmages, you won't have to regret not being able to use both abilities in a mono-colored deck if you run the accordant spell type.

besides, this guy actually works nicely with cantrips.

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Posted By: Mode (4/8/2009 1:21:00 AM)

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Sweet combo with Firestorm. Because you're not playing the copies you make with the guildmage, you don't have to discard additional cards. For

and three discarded cards, you could deal 6 damage to three target creatures and/or players! Kinda reminds you of Chandra Nalaar's ultimate.

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Posted By: LiXinjian (2/2/2010 6:50:13 AM)

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I think they should have taken the opportunity to do something a little different from the rest of the cicle, and make its ability look like this:
Variable Colorless

: Copy target instant spell you control with converted mana cost X. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Variable Colorless

: Copy target sorcery spell you control with converted mana cost X. You may choose new targets for the copy.
so you can copy every spell, and for cheaper spell it would be much easier to copy them! I would like it much more than now, that I almost worship it... Sadly, it isn't much synergic with other Izzet cards, and in Ravnica block it can copy only like 2-3 spell (counting only monoU, monoR and UR spells...)! But it's a very good card nonetheless...

I used his ability to copy an Ancestral Vision...

to draw 6 cards made me always happy...

As a side note, I would say that Ravnica block was probably the first block that emphasize a "instant and sorcery matter" theme for UR, that now is becomin... (see all)

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Posted By: leomistico (10/16/2011 9:00:43 AM)

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Tezz, it doesn't combo with Lava Spike and Desperate Ritual. I'm pretty sure that the person who posted that combo intended for Desperate Ritual to be spliced onto Lava Spike, giving 3 mana, then copying Lava Spike for another 3 to keep copying. The combo doesn't work though, since you can only copy the spell when it's on the stack and you don't get the mana until it resolves and is no longer on the stack.

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Posted By: Suedars (6/22/2010 2:36:14 PM)

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One of the best of Guildmages, second only to Simic Guildmage. His abilities are useful, fun, and he completely represents the flavor of the Izzet; a chaotic genius with a mastery of crazy spells and izzet gizometry in perfect looking izzet clothing with insane hair.

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Posted By: SavageBrain89 (7/24/2009 12:36:41 PM)

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