Jace, Memory Adept
Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
+1: Draw a card. Target player mills a card.
0: Target player mills ten cards.
−7: Any number of target players each draw twenty cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- San Diego Comic-Con 2013
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5946
Jace, Memory Adept mills ten cards for a single zero-cost activated ability, and that rate is what makes him dangerous in dedicated mill shells. The five-mana cost is the ceiling — he doesn't protect himself and dies to any creature — but paired with Bruvac the Grandiloquent, that ten-card hit becomes twenty, which closes games on its own.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Bruvac the Grandiloquent's passive doubles every mill trigger, so Jace, Memory Adept's zero-ability mills twenty cards in a single activation — that's a third of an opponent's library gone before they can respond.
The Emperor of Palamecia
The Emperor of Palamecia rewards controlling the board and grinding opponents out, and Jace, Memory Adept supplies consistent, repeatable mill pressure every turn without needing combat to do it.
Phenax, God of Deception
Phenax, God of Deception decks want every mill vector they can stack, and Jace, Memory Adept contributes ten cards a turn at no mana cost after he lands — that kind of passive pressure adds up fast in a deck already attacking libraries from multiple angles.
The Mindskinner
The Mindskinner punishes opponents for having cards milled, so the faster a library empties the better — Jace, Memory Adept's high-volume zero ability accelerates that clock turn after turn.
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind wants high-value creatures hitting opponents' graveyards, and Jace, Memory Adept fuels that pipeline by milling deep enough each turn to reliably find something worth copying.
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 |
In Commander, Jace, Memory Adept is a role-player rather than a generalist — he earns his slot in dedicated mill decks and is a liability anywhere else. In Legacy and Vintage he's too slow and too fragile to see serious play; those formats have cheaper, faster ways to apply pressure. Modern and Pioneer are roughly the same story: five mana for a planeswalker with no immediate board impact is a difficult sell in competitive environments where threats are answered on the same turn they resolve. Oathbreaker is the other format worth mentioning — as a signature-spell-adjacent piece in a mill-focused shell, Jace, Memory Adept can close games quickly when he's protected.
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Price Context
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Pricing data for Jace, Memory Adept isn't currently available in this listing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. He's had multiple printings over the years, which historically keeps his floor accessible for a mythic planeswalker — worth confirming before you pay a premium.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent
- The Emperor of Palamecia
- Phenax, God of Deception
- The Mindskinner
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.