Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
+1: Draw a card.
+1: Untap all creatures you control.
−9: Gain control of up to three target creatures.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13283
Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage lands with a tap ability that draws a card from each opponent's deck and an ultimate that gains control of any number of creatures — genuinely threatening text for seven mana. The cost is the problem: seven mana and four loyalty puts Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage squarely in the crosshairs before he does much, and decks that can afford that slot usually have more reliable closers, though The Sixth Doctor builds that want value engines at the top of the curve are the clearest exception.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only realistic home for Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage — the multiplayer environment means the +1 draws multiple cards per activation, and the ultimate stealing several creatures at once can swing a board state dramatically. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer the seven-mana price tag is simply uncastable in any competitive context, and the effect doesn't compensate for how far behind you'd fall deploying it. Oathbreaker is theoretically legal but the same cost problem applies in a more compressed format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
The Sixth DoctorRomana IIJace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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The Chain VeilJace, Ingenious Mind-MageMarch of the Machines
Infinite activations of most planeswalkers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage isn't available in the current snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given the narrow Commander-only appeal and the crowded seven-mana planeswalker space, it tends to sit in bulk-rare territory — worth picking up cheap if the deck calls for it, not worth hunting down at a premium.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.