jace off those phyrexian staroids by jamagic13

Format: Commander

Commander: Jace, Multiverse Architect

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color Polymorph Control strategy commanded by Jace, Multiverse Architect. The primary plan generates cheap creature tokens in the early game using resilient engines like Skrelv's Hive, Dreadhorde Invasion, and Lingering Souls, then casts Jace on Turn 3 or 4. Jace immediately uses his -3 loyalty ability to exile a token and reveal into a massive, game-warping threat from the library, such as Archon of Cruelty, Toxrill, the Corrosive, It That Betrays, or Serra's Emissary. A dense package of low-cost artifact ramp accelerates deployment, while library manipulation spells like Brainstorm and Doom Whisperer place drawn bombs back into the library. The deck protects its board using efficient countermagic, free defensive spells like Flare of Fortitude and Flawless Maneuver, and asymmetric board wipes like Sunfall and Toxic Deluge, steadily crushing opponents through overwhelming combat damage and continuous resource attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Brago, King Eternal
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ebon Stronghold
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force Spike
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Jace, Multiverse Architect
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Windcrag Siege