Jace, the Living Guildpact

Legendary Planeswalker — Jace

+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.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
San Diego Comic-Con 2014
Price
EDHREC rank
#16970
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Jace, the Living Guildpact card art
Jace, the Living Guildpact offers a +1 that sculpts your hand and a -3 that bounces any nonland permanent — real, repeatable interaction stapled to a five-mana planeswalker. The problem is that five mana buys you The One Ring in formats where that's legal, and Jace's ultimate rarely resolves before he dies, leaving you with a value engine that underperforms its price of entry.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Jace, the Living Guildpact is a fringe inclusion — the bounce effect is useful and the looting keeps your hand full, but five mana is steep when you're one of four opponents and planeswalkers die fast at a crowded table. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition from cheaper, more explosive blue threats makes him unplayable competitively. Pioneer is the friendliest non-rotating home: he survives in slower midrange shells where the +1 filters toward your threats and the -3 answers problem permanents. Modern is too fast for a five-mana planeswalker with no immediate board impact. Oathbreaker is the format where Jace, the Living Guildpact most naturally slots in, since his spell-slinging identity pairs well with signature spells that let you cash in the hand-sculpting immediately.

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Price Context

Current price

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Current pricing data for Jace, the Living Guildpact isn't available here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Historically he's sat in the bulk-rare range, which makes him easy to pick up if the effect fits your deck, but the low price also reflects genuine low demand rather than a hidden gem waiting to be discovered.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.