Could Not Reproduce Izzet Guildmage won't copy sorceries

[FizzyBuggles]

I've played several games now that I use the combo of izzet guildmage copying lava spike with a desperate ritual spliced. I can copy desperate ritual or any instant cmc 2 or less but it won't let me copy lava spike with the other ability.. It cost me a fair few games which I would have won had it not been for that interaction. Thanks!

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[Toxic Stench]

Izzet Guildmage is in my cube so I tested this interaction and it all worked for me. I was able to copy Desperate Ritual and Lava Spike, both spliced and unspliced. Maybe there was something else happening in your game that affected it, or possibly the interface is arcane and caused difficulties in executing the combination.

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