Neither side of this is really amazing, but maybe when you add both sides itll be good
Players have come to expect these elite few cards will have unique and powerful effects, so how do you decide what kind of effect is deserving of Legendary status, and how do you pick what characters get that premium treatment
They have an extra ability called cycling, but have a downside of entering the battlefield tapped, meaning you cant produce mana with them on the first turn they are played
I think that this card is likely to be undervalued at first, but I dont think that will last once people see it in action
Izzet Guildmage Izzet Guildmage | Illustration by Jim Murray Commander (1) Creature (7) Oliphaunt Automated Artificer Fallaji Archaeologist Ornithopter of Paradise Academy Wall Trinket Mage Murmuring Mystic Instant (31) Brainstorm Consider Dispel Electrickery Fiery Impulse Frost Bite Galvanic Blast Gigadrowse High Tide Intervene Lightning Bolt Opt Skred Arcane Denial Blink of an Eye Counterspell Deprive Dramatic Reversal Fire / Ice Fire Prophecy Impulse Into the Roil Memory Lapse Moment of Truth Muddle the Mixture Negate Radical Idea Think Twice Thrill of Possibility Volcanic Spite Dizzy Spell Sorcery (9) Gitaxian Probe Hard Evidence Lrien Revealed Ponder Preordain Treasure Cruise Cleansing Wildfire Hidden Strings Merchant Scroll Enchantment (1) Artifact (18) Everflowing Chalice Arcum's Astrolabe Moonsnare Prototype Relic of Progenitus Springleaf Drum Arcane Signet Fellwar Stone Izzet Signet Neurok Stealthsuit Sky Diamond Star Compass Bonder's Ornament Honored Heirloom Lantern of Revealing Network Terminal Firemind Vessel Sisay's Ring Ur-Golem's Eye Land (33) Ash Barrens Command Tower Evolving Wilds Great Furnace Izzet Boilerworks Maestros Theater Molten Tributary Mystic Sanctuary Prismari Campus Silverbluff Bridge Snow-Covered Island x17 Snow-Covered Mountain x4 Terramorphic Expanse Volatile Fjord The cycles of Guildmages from the various Ravnica sets have always made for good uncommon commanders
Add Firebending, and you can even double-cast spells by flashing it back
