Jace, Architect of Thought
Legendary Planeswalker β Jace
Jace, Architect of Thought
Legendary Planeswalker β Jace
Card Text
+1: Until your next turn, whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
β2: Reveal the top three cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library in any order.
β8: For each player, search that player's library for a nonland card and exile it, then that player shuffles. You may cast those cards without paying their mana costs.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Loyalty
- 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #7,789
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (36)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) | #329 | mythic | en | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #851 | mythic | en | Jaime Jones | $0.37 | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | en | Jaime Jones | $0.36 | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | en | Jaime Jones | $0.36 | β |
| Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (DDM) | #1 | mythic | en | Igor Kieryluk | β | $0.46 |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | en | Jaime Jones | $0.42 | $3.96 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #851 | mythic | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #851 | mythic | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #851 | mythic | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (DDM) | #1 | mythic | ja | Igor Kieryluk | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | ko | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | ru | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #114 | mythic | ru | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | ru | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | zhs | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | zhs | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #93 | mythic | zht | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #44 | mythic | zht | Jaime Jones | β | β |
Official Rulings (10)
You pick one of your opponents when Jace's second ability resolves. The ability doesn't target that opponent. All players may see the revealed cards and offer opinions. You (not your opponent) choose which pile is put into your hand and which pile is put on the bottom of your library.
When casting a card this way, ignore timing restrictions based on the card's type. Other timing restrictions, such as βCast [this card] only during combat,β must be followed.
When resolving Jace's third ability, you search each player's library (including yours) and exile the nonland cards before casting any of them.
Jace's first ability creates a delayed triggered ability that triggers whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks. It doesn't matter which player or planeswalker that creature is attacking.
If a card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
For each library, the search is complete only when you explicitly say it is. For example, you can look through one player's library, set that library down, look at another player's library, choose a nonland card in the first library, then choose a nonland card in the second library. Don't reveal any cards from those libraries to any other player until you exile them.
You cast the cards by putting them on the stack one at a time, choosing modes, targets, and so on. The last card you cast will be the first one to resolve.
If you cast a card βwithout paying its mana cost,β you can't pay alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
Piles can be empty. If one of the piles is empty, you choose to put all the revealed cards in your hand or on the bottom of your library.
If you can't cast a card, perhaps because there are no legal targets available, or if you choose not to cast one, it will remain exiled. Jace's ability won't allow you to cast it later.
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