Upgrade Jace 2.0 by MadboyVaughn

Format: Commander

Commander: Jace, Multiverse Architect

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck leverages Jace, Multiverse Architect as a repeatable polymorph engine from the command zone. Supported by an efficient 2-CMC mana rock curve and low-cost token generators, the deck aims to cast Jace on Turn 4 and immediately activate his −3 ability. Sacrificing a disposable token flips a high-impact permanent from the library directly onto the battlefield, including game-warping threats like Archon of Cruelty, Serra's Emissary, Archfiend of Despair, and Ovika, Enigma Goliath. To insulate its tempo advantage, the list incorporates symmetrical spell-limiting stax pieces such as Rule of Law and Archon of Emeria, breaking parity because Jace cheats threats into play via activated abilities rather than casting them. Evasive combat damage, life-drain triggers, and backup mass-polymorph spells systematically eliminate opponents across subsequent turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jace, Multiverse Architect
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Mass Polymorph
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Occult Epiphany
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Synthetic Destiny
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Reproach
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vraska, Soul of Stone
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Windcrag Siege