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Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Legendary Planeswalker — Jace

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
+1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
−8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
War of the Spark
Price
$4.86
EDHREC rank
#1064
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Jace, Wielder of Mysteries card art
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries wins the game on the spot if your library is empty — draw a card with an empty library and it's over, no attack step required. The four-mana cost is real, but in any deck that can mill itself out or chain into Enter the Infinite, Grolnok, the Omnivore included, Jace is the cleanest win condition blue has access to.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Grolnok, the Omnivore

Grolnok, the Omnivore

54.3% of decks · synergy 0.50

Grolnok, the Omnivore mills your library naturally as frogs connect, so Jace, Wielder of Mysteries sits at the top of the curve as a guaranteed one-card win once the engine has done its work.

02

Jin-Gitaxias

59.4% of decks · synergy 0.45

Jin-Gitaxias decks habitually empty their own libraries through sheer draw volume, and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries converts that self-mill into an instant win rather than a awkward decked-out loss.

03
Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Vnwxt, Verbose Host

55.7% of decks · synergy 0.41

Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards casting spells and drawing cards in enormous quantities, making library depletion a natural outcome — Jace, Wielder of Mysteries is the payoff that turns that depletion into a victory condition.

04
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

44.2% of decks · synergy 0.40

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler symmetrically fills everyone's hands and drains everyone's libraries, and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries lets you be the player who cashes in when the decks run thin.

05

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

39.9% of decks · synergy 0.36

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student flips into a powerful card-draw engine that accelerates library depletion, and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries is the natural finisher once Tamiyo has done enough work.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Jace, Wielder of Mysteries does its best work — the format's longer games and abundant self-mill synergies make the win condition clause consistently reachable, and four mana is easy to hit before the library is gone. In competitive EDH it shows up as a redundant Laboratory Maniac effect, giving combo decks a second copy of the effect that's harder to interact with because it doesn't need to survive to trigger. In Pioneer and Modern, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries has seen fringe play in dedicated mill and self-mill combo shells, though counterpressure and faster clocks make it less reliable than in the 100-card format. Legacy and Vintage have better options at the same cost, so it rarely appears there outside of pet builds. Oathbreaker is a natural home given the planeswalker-commander structure, where Jace can sit in the command zone and threaten a win from turn one of setup.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$4.86 cheap tier

At $4.86, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries sits at the low end of competitive staples — it's cheap enough to include without much deliberation in any deck that wants the effect. The price reflects steady demand across multiple formats rather than a spike, so it's unlikely to crater.

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