I don't think this card is terrible, nor fantastic. It's pretty powerful though, and deserves a >4 rating, but not 5. I gave it a 5 just so that it would be closer. It's powerful, and i'll be getting it at some point.
Posted By:
Samfu
(7/9/2013 8:14:15 PM)
I like this Jace well enough. Is it an exciting reprint? Not particularly, but it's par for the course:
1. They were going to print the Lorwyn 5.
2. There are already 4 versions of Jace, while the other Lorwyn 5 have not all reached that many versions. (Chandra 4, Garruk, 4, Liliana 3, Ajani 3)
3. Reprinting Jace Beleren would have been really odd and out of place. He's also a bit boring compared to today's standard of planeswalkers.
4. Reprinting Jace, the Mind Sculptor would have caused the world to end.
5. Reprinting Jace, Architect of Thought would have been much too soon as they JUST printed him. M14 and RtR will rotate at the same time!
So really, we're left with Jace, Memory Adept. And that's fine with me; I think he's good for the health of the game.
Also, I actually finally pulled him for the first time. That was quite a fun sealed pool, and particularly mean alongside my Scavenging Ooze, ... (see all)
Posted By:
TheChort
(8/10/2013 1:42:45 PM)
I actually like this Jace. But, as with Tiggurix, the art just turns me off entirely. Every time I open a pack of M14 I hope it's not one of the 4 or 5 junk rares or the junk mythic AND that it's not Jace-for-kids.
Posted By:
Beyond.Malachi
(8/10/2013 6:53:49 AM)
2 words: duskmantle guildmage.
Millkill at its finest in standard.
Posted By:
Sironos
(8/11/2013 7:19:39 PM)
Mill 10... mill 10... mill 10...
@academy_of_spheres: You're kidding, right?
Posted By:
Continue
(9/24/2013 2:28:13 PM)
To understand how ridiculous this guy is in draft, you have to play against it. It comes out, mills for 10 (your library is probably has 10 ish cards left after that) and then if you don't kill it by your opponent's next turn, it either kills you or leaves you very close to just naturally running out of cards.
It is the best card in M14 limited by far.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(10/2/2013 11:37:36 AM)
This card is insane if you ever do Magic Online's four booster sealed. In that format minimum deck size is 30 cards, rather than the 40 in draft or "normal" sealed, so of course most players go with that number or close to it. Two uses of the second ability will absolutely win you the game. I pretty much won the last event I played in the moment I opened this and put it in my thirty card deck.
Posted By:
Gishra
(1/15/2014 3:42:04 PM)
I grow weary of this Jace. He's good at what he does, but I think it's time for Jace 5.0.
Posted By:
Raexs
(7/13/2013 11:57:20 AM)
Ok, I think at this point it is time for the Lorwyn 5 to cycle out. Maybe some other planeswalkers, like Tamiyo could get the core set spotlight. Not that the L5 are bad, but they've just become a bit stale. And I can't be the only one thinking that
Venser would make a nice mono-blue 'walker too, but wizards had to go and keep that from happening :/
Posted By:
ThisisSakon
(7/9/2013 11:13:56 PM)
Anime Hair Jace is back, it seems. I would like this card a LOT better if they'd just change that darn illustration!
Posted By:
Tiggurix
(7/11/2013 2:01:43 AM)