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Gylwain, Casting Director

Gylwain, Casting Director

Legendary Creature — Human Bard

Gylwain wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also works in a deck built around Bards, Humans or Role Tokens.

  • Mana cost1 genericgreenwhite
  • White, Green ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 3
  • RarityMythic

Whenever Gylwain or another nontoken creature you control enters, choose one —

• Create a Royal Role token attached to that creature.

• Create a Sorcerer Role token attached to that creature.

• Create a Monster Role token attached to that creature.

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Cards That Fit Gylwain, Casting Director

Picked for what they do in Gylwain's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Gylwain's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Gylwain, Casting Director

explain how Gylwain works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

A permanent can have multiple Roles attached to it if each one is controlled by a different player.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

Cards in the Wilds of Eldraine main set create six different Role tokens: Cursed, Monster, Royal, Sorcerer, Wicked, and Young Hero. A seventh Role token, Virtuous, is created by Ellivere of the Wild Court, the commander of the "Virtue and Valor" Commander Deck.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

Hexproof and shroud won't prevent a Role from becoming attached to a permanent if the ability creating that Role attached to that permanent doesn't target it.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

If a permanent has more than one Role attached to it controlled by the same player, each of those Roles except the one with the most recent timestamp is put into its owner's graveyard. This is a state-based action.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

If two or more Roles controlled by the same player become attached to a permanent at the same time (perhaps due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), that player chooses which one to keep and which are put into their owners' graveyards.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

In rare cases, a spell or ability might attempt to create a Role token enchanting a permanent that it can't legally enchant (because of an ability like protection from enchantments). In such cases, the Role token isn't created.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

Roles are colorless enchantment tokens. Each one has the Aura and Role subtypes and the enchant creature ability.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Sep 2023

Some spells and abilities that create Role tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Role token won't be created.

8 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Gylwain, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWGPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, G for green.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageToken EngineMakes tokens again and again rather than once. A token is a creature or other permanent created by a card, with no card of its own. Something that makes one token gives you a body; something that makes them every turn gives you a board you can keep rebuilding after it is cleared. Grave Titan, Bitterblossom, OphiomancerOpen the Token Engine pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker pageRole TokensRole tokens are Aura tokens that give a creature a job, like Monster (+1/+1 and trample) or Cursed (it becomes a 1/1).Open the Role Tokens page