BlueLegendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — JaceJace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
Mana value2Rank#6,495
The Commander
: Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are five or more cards in your graveyard, exile Jace, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
+1: Up to one target creature gets -2/-0 until your next turn.
−3: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
−9: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, target opponent mills five cards."
Guide
Gameplan
Mono-blue self-mill and card advantage that flips Jace into a planeswalker, then leverages instants/sorceries from the graveyard to grind value, protect yourself, and combo off. You loot to fill the graveyard early, flip Jace, and use his -3 to recast key spells while building toward a control or combo finish.
Strengths
- Cheap two-mana commander that provides repeatable card filtering and graveyard fuel
- Flips into a planeswalker that recasts spells from the graveyard, generating huge value
- Mono-blue gives access to the best counterspells, card draw, and interaction in the format
- Enables graveyard-matters and spellslinger synergies for very little investment
Weaknesses
- Fragile front side dies to any removal or combat before flipping
- Mono-blue struggles with permanent-based threats and lacks efficient creature/enchantment removal
- Self-mill can fuel opponents' graveyard hate or mill yourself out if careless
- Slow to close games without a dedicated combo or finisher
Key Cards
- Snapcaster Mage — Doubles down on Jace's graveyard-recursion theme, flashing back your best instants and sorceries.
- Mystic Sanctuary — Returns a key instant or sorcery to the top of your library, looping powerful spells with islands in play.
- Brain Freeze — With storm and Jace's mill emblem or recasting, it becomes a one-card mill kill.
- Thassa's Oracle — Mono-blue's cleanest win after self-milling your own library down to zero.
- Dramatic Reversal — Pairs with Isochron Scepter and mana rocks for an infinite mana combo to fuel a win.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and tutors (Mana Crypt, Mystic Remora, Mystical Tutor) to assemble combos faster and protect Jace through flips. Lean into a compact win like Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal with a payoff such as Aetherflux Reservoir or a wheel/mill engine, and pack premium counterspells (Force of Will, Mana Drain, Fierce Guardianship) to defend the plan.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Thassa's Oracle or Laboratory Maniac after emptying your library
- ▸Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal into infinite mana and a mill or draw outlet
- ▸Jace's -9 emblem milling opponents out with every spell
- ▸Grinding value with recurred counterspells until an unstoppable threat resolves
Archetypes
- Spellslinger — Jace's -3 recasts instants and sorceries, rewarding a high spell count and storm-style chains.
- Control — Mono-blue counters and card advantage plus a recurring planeswalker let you grind the game to your terms.
- Combo — Self-mill enables Thassa's Oracle/Laboratory Maniac kills and Jace recurs tutors and combo pieces.
- Mill — His -9 emblem and self-mill package support a dedicated graveyard/mill strategy.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (U), by popularity.
