@OMG_A_Fox
First, in a 60 card deck with 4 Jace's Phantasm, 4 Tome Scours, and 24 blue sources, the chance of getting at least one Phantasm, at least two Scours, and at least two blue mana in the first eight cards is roughly 4%.
Second, there are other ways to get five power on turn two with three cards. Judge's Familiar and two Ethereal Armor. Most green one drops and double Rancor. Lotleth Troll and two Slitherheads gets 6 power, trample, and regenerates. The problem with each of these, although they can work, is that you just exhausted three cards to create one thing. Even for two mana, there are plenty of ways in standard to stop your 4% chance of happening Phantasm:
Abrupt Decay, Tragic Slip in response to the Scours, Izzet Charm in response to the Scours, Fog Bank, autoc... (see all)
Posted By:
oienarst
(10/8/2012 8:09:14 AM)
This little guy is fantastic. A great way to play him is in an Mono {U} deck where you use your mill spells on your opponent just to get him pumped to a 5/5, then drop a Runechanter's Pike and from then on use the mill on yourself. Extremely efficient, difficult for most decks to block, and just plain flavorful fun. This little guy deserves to have Glimpse the Unthinkable reprinted so he can get the 4.0+ rating he deserves. 5 out of 5, personally.
Posted By:
SnackyNorph
(10/13/2012 10:11:10 PM)
Problems Mill deck. There is a high possibility that your opponent will start to use cards that you sent to the graveyard. While one of the best way to avoid this is to exile their graveyard, which would cripple this cards effect. ~In this case, It can become a double-edged sword.
Posted By:
Infernaldarkness
(11/29/2012 3:27:05 PM)
Oh god this card is amazing in a lord of the unreal illusion deck, like a phantasmal bear that took 1 p/t to give flying and trading the drawback for mid game gravy.
Posted By:
Osprey_93
(12/11/2012 9:19:47 AM)
Even if you ignore the second ability, it's still a no-drawback 1/1 flier for 1. Not bad at all.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(1/3/2013 12:55:16 PM)
Kill them with kindness. If that fails, kill them with metroids.
Posted By:
zsd
(4/13/2013 6:57:25 PM)
Compare the left side of this card's art to this. I'm predicting that Jace is joining a guild.
Posted By:
The_AC
(4/15/2013 9:35:48 PM)
T1: Jace's Phantasm
T2: Glimpse the Unthinkable, PHANTASM SMASH!
Posted By:
Arachnos
(10/29/2013 10:02:05 AM)
They're trying to get threshold...and you want them to. Reminds me of Avatar of Woe's pseudo-threshold, somewhat.
Posted By:
MattLynn
(1/20/2014 4:15:10 PM)