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Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Legendary Planeswalker — Jace

+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.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Masters 25
Price
$17.42
EDHREC rank
#3449
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Jace, the Mind Sculptor card art
Jace, the Mind Sculptor enters the battlefield and immediately takes over — Brainstorm every turn, hard lock with Fateseal, and an ultimate that straight-up exiles an opponent's library. Commanders like Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus that proliferate loyalty counters accelerate him to the ultimate in two activations, and God-Eternal Kefnet turns the free Brainstorm into an extra spell every turn.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.25

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus proliferates every time you proliferate, which means a single counter trigger can stack Jace, the Mind Sculptor from four loyalty to six or beyond — he ultimates a full turn ahead of schedule and is nearly impossible to attack down.

02
Commodore Guff

Commodore Guff

21.3% of decks · synergy 0.20

Commodore Guff adds a loyalty counter to another planeswalker you control at the start of each of your end steps, so Jace, the Mind Sculptor gains an extra tick every turn for free, reaching his game-ending ultimate without spending an activation on it.

03
Marvo, Deep Operative

Marvo, Deep Operative

14.1% of decks · synergy 0.13

Marvo, Deep Operative cares about manipulating the top of libraries, and Jace, the Mind Sculptor's Brainstorm and Fateseal abilities give Marvo a free look and arrangement every turn — that's consistent trigger fodder built into a single card.

05

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager

9.4% of decks · synergy 0.09

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager runs a Grixis shell that wants to grind opponents out of resources, and Jace, the Mind Sculptor's Fateseal and Unsummon modes are premium disruption tools that slot cleanly into that attrition game plan.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Jace, the Mind Sculptor is a legitimate threat rather than a casual toy — four loyalty on entry is hard to attack through in a single turn, and a free Brainstorm every upkeep generates enough card advantage to pull ahead in a long game. His Unsummon doubles as interaction against commander-reliant strategies, which is a real bonus in a format where commanders are the axis most decks win on. In Legacy, he was a format-defining four-of for years and remains a staple in controlling shells — the Brainstorm plus Fateseal combination locks opponents out of draws and the ultimate is a reliable close. Modern unbanned him in 2018, but the format has since accelerated past four-mana permanents that don't immediately win the game; he sees fringe play in control but is no longer a format pillar. Vintage and Oathbreaker are both legal, and in Oathbreaker specifically he is one of the most powerful planeswalkers you can name as your signature-spell target.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Jace, Architect of Thought and Narset, Parter of Veils both cost under two dollars and cover pieces of what Jace, the Mind Sculptor does — Architect filters draws reasonably well, and Narset shuts off opponents' card draw in a way that's arguably more impactful than Fateseal. Neither replaces the full package: you lose the hard bounce, the raw card selection of a free Brainstorm, and the library-exile ultimate, so the gap in ceiling is real.

Price Context

Current price

$17.42 mid tier

At $17.42, Jace, the Mind Sculptor sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that it shouldn't require justification in any Commander deck running blue at that budget level. The price reflects a card that has been reprinted multiple times and is no longer scarce; you're paying for raw power, not scarcity.

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