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Bringing Magic to Life — EDH Archenemy! - Jace
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $132.93
Salt sum: 41.2
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Commander

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Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

Creature
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound (ori) 60Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound (ori) 60

Commander

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Artifacts

Quantity: 8Price: $33.72
Alhammarret's Archive

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead. If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
Hedron Archive

{T}: Add {C}{C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Hedron Archive (moc) 359
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (moc) 364
Sky Diamond

Sky Diamond enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (scd) 273
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") {T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Tamiyo's Journal (j22) 800
Thaumatic Compass

Artifact
Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca (xln) 249Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca (xln) 249
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (scd) 285

Artifacts

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Creatures

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Archaeomancer

When Archaeomancer enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Archaeomancer (plst) C17-81
Clever Impersonator

You may have Clever Impersonator enter as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

Creature
Clever Impersonator (c19) 82
Illusory Ambusher

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever Illusory Ambusher is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Creature
Illusory Ambusher (c20) 113
Illusory Angel

Cast this spell only if you've cast another spell this turn. Flying

Creature
Illusory Angel (ima) 59
Jace's Archivist

{U}, {T}: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Creature
Jace's Archivist (c15) 95
Jace's Mindseeker

Flying When Jace's Mindseeker enters, target opponent mills five cards. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Jace's Mindseeker (ddm) 19
Jace's Phantasm

Flying Jace's Phantasm gets +4/+4 as long as an opponent has ten or more cards in their graveyard.

Creature
Jace's Phantasm (plst) IMA-60
Jace's Sentinel

As long as you control a Jace planeswalker, Jace's Sentinel gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked.

Creature
Jace's Sentinel (xln) 283
Kefnet the Mindful

Flying, indestructible Kefnet the Mindful can't attack or block unless you have seven or more cards in hand. {3}{U}: Draw a card, then you may return a land you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Kefnet the Mindful (akh) 59
Mistfolk

{U}: Counter target spell that targets Mistfolk.

Creature
Mistfolk (ice) 84
Narcomoeba

Flying When Narcomoeba is put into your graveyard from your library, you may put it onto the battlefield.

Creature
Narcomoeba (grn) 47
Phantasmal Bear

When Phantasmal Bear becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

Creature
Phantasmal Bear (plst) A25-69
Phantasmal Dragon

Flying When Phantasmal Dragon becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

Creature
Phantasmal Dragon (plst) DDM-14
Phantasmal Image

You may have Phantasmal Image enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

Creature
Phantasmal Image (afc) 89
Phantom Warrior

Phantom Warrior can't be blocked.

Creature
Phantom Warrior (bbd) 129
Portal Mage

Flash When Portal Mage enters during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or their permanents.)

Creature
Portal Mage (c20) 122
Wall of Frost

Defender Whenever Wall of Frost blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Wall of Frost (plst) MM3-56

Creatures

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Enchantments

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Control Magic

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Control Magic (cma) 34
Induced Amnesia

When Induced Amnesia enters, target player exiles all cards from their hand face down, then draws that many cards. When Induced Amnesia is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owner's hand.

Enchantment
Induced Amnesia (rix) 40
Jace's Erasure

Whenever you draw a card, you may have target player mill a card.

Enchantment
Jace's Erasure (m12) 60
Jace's Sanctum

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1.

Enchantment
Jace's Sanctum (c19) 88
Mind Control

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Mind Control (m12) 67
Oath of Jace

When Oath of Jace enters, draw three cards, then discard two cards. At the beginning of your upkeep, scry X, where X is the number of planeswalkers you control.

Enchantment
Oath of Jace (ogw) 60
Sphinx's Tutelage

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent mills two cards. If two nonland cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process. {5}{U}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Enchantment
Sphinx's Tutelage (plst) ORI-76
Trail of Evidence

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Enchantment
Trail of Evidence (plst) SOI-93

Enchantments

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Instants

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Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 45
Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant
Dispel (plst) BFZ-76
Dramatic Reversal

Untap all nonland permanents you control.

Instant
Dramatic Reversal (kld) 44
Essence Scatter

Counter target creature spell.

Instant
Essence Scatter (dmu) 49
Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Fact or Fiction (dmr) 48
Imaginary Threats

Creatures target opponent controls attack this turn if able. During that player's next untap step, creatures they control don't untap. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Instant
Imaginary Threats (hou) 37
Jace's Ingenuity

Draw three cards.

Instant
Jace's Ingenuity (m15) 63
Jace's Scrutiny

Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Jace's Scrutiny (j22) 311
Lay Bare

Counter target spell. Look at its controller's hand.

Instant
Lay Bare (roe) 74
Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Mana Leak (2x2) 58
Memory Lapse

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

Instant
Memory Lapse (plst) EMA-60
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Open into Wonder

X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

Sorcery
Open into Wonder (znc) 34
Redirect

You may choose new targets for target spell.

Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
Send to Sleep

Tap up to two target creatures. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Instant
Send to Sleep (plst) ORI-71
Unsubstantiate

Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.

Instant
Unsubstantiate (m21) 82

Instants

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Lands

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Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (brc) 196
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (moc) 437

Lands

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Planeswalkers

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Jace Beleren

+2: Each player draws a card. −1: Target player draws a card. −10: Target player mills twenty cards.

Planeswalker
Jace Beleren (jvc) 1
Jace, Architect of Thought

+1: Until your next turn, whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn. −2: Reveal the top three cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library in any order. −8: For each player, search that player's library for a nonland card and exile it, then that player shuffles. You may cast those cards without paying their mana costs.

Planeswalker
Jace, Architect of Thought (nec) 93
Jace, the Living Guildpact

+1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your graveyard. −3: Return another target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. −8: Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library. You draw seven cards.

Planeswalker
Jace, the Living Guildpact (m15) 62
Jace, the Mind Sculptor

+2: Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library. 0: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. −1: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −12: Exile all cards from target player's library, then that player shuffles their hand into their library.

Planeswalker
Jace, the Mind Sculptor (2xm) 56
Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

+1: Scry 1, then draw a card. −2: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, counter that spell."

Planeswalker
Jace, Unraveler of Secrets (soi) 69

Planeswalkers

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Sorceries

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Call to Mind

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Call to Mind (c14) 101
Compulsive Research

Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.

Sorcery
Compulsive Research (clb) 715
Mind Sculpt

Target opponent mills seven cards.

Sorcery
Mind Sculpt (plst) M15-70
Pieces of the Puzzle

Reveal the top five cards of your library. Put up to two instant and/or sorcery cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Pieces of the Puzzle (soi) 78
Pore Over the Pages

Draw three cards, untap up to two lands, then discard a card.

Sorcery
Pore Over the Pages (soi) 79
Strategic Planning

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Strategic Planning (khm) 77
Talent of the Telepath

Target opponent reveals the top seven cards of their library. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the rest into their graveyard. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, you may cast up to two instant and/or sorcery spells from among the revealed cards instead of one.

Sorcery
Talent of the Telepath (ori) 78
Ugin's Insight

Scry X, where X is the highest mana value among permanents you control, then draw three cards.

Sorcery
Ugin's Insight (bfz) 87

Sorceries

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