[SCD] Nivix Guildmage - Commander (EDH) - The Game - MTG Salvation Forums (2024)

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I wanted nivix for the same reason you did and he has been awesome for me as well. The way I see it he is a Reiterate on a stick + some sweet filter. The funest thing I have done is copy Fact or Fiction. Nivix interacts well with any spell you want to copy.

8 mana used to buy you a Griselbrand, though, so paying 8 for 2 FoF... I don't know. Good in an instant speed deck where opportunity cost is low, but overall it's pretty expensive compared to other spell copying creatures.

Not needing to tap is beautifully unique, though, true. It's just that I've never really been a fan of combos. And so if you're judging whether this combo piece is good on its own, I'd say no. Then of course there's always that thing of an opponent seeing him, know you're playing Untap spells, then beat your face in a way you can't do anything about since you're playing a deck where it costs 1RU to loot a card. And opponent recognition also leads to scenarios where you have Turnabout on the stack, pay 4 to copy it, have 2-3 mana left, then someone kills it and you don't have enough mana to just put a copy on top of the stack and proceed as normal. Need 12 mana for that, at which point you might as well hardcast Omniscience or T&N the old fashioned way.

Meh. Izzet Guildmage is both better and worse.

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8 mana used to buy you a Griselbrand, though, so paying 8 for 2 FoF... I don't know. Good in an instant speed deck where opportunity cost is low, but overall it's pretty expensive compared to other spell copying creatures.

Not needing to tap is beautifully unique, though, true. It's just that I've never really been a fan of combos. And so if you're judging whether this combo piece is good on its own, I'd say no. Then of course there's always that thing of an opponent seeing him, know you're playing Untap spells, then beat your face in a way you can't do anything about since you're playing a deck where it costs 1RU to loot a card. And opponent recognition also leads to scenarios where you have Turnabout on the stack, pay 4 to copy it, have 2-3 mana left, then someone kills it and you don't have enough mana to just put a copy on top of the stack and proceed as normal. Need 12 mana for that, at which point you might as well hardcast Omniscience or T&N the old fashioned way.

Meh. Izzet Guildmage is both better and worse.

He is in my deck for redundancy with reiterate but has found extra utility so for now he is worth the slot. As for killing him at instant speed yes that is possible but it is also possible for them to counter reiterate or turnabout. Sometimes Omniscience does not work for the plan which in this case is to kill with BSZ or a fireball effect.