Jace, Illusion Maker

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Posted on July 29, 2015, 4:09 p.m. by JWiley129

So one of the types of Jace that Mark Rosewater has tried to design is one that plays up Jace's ability to make Illusions. So I made this Jace as an attempt to capture what a planeswalker who made Illusions do. It is a bit narrow, so I'll take whatever advice you all give.

Jace, Illusory Master

+1: Put a 0/1 blue Illusion creature token with "When this creature blocks or becomes blocked, sacrifice it." onto the battlefield.

-X: Put an Illusion creature with converted mana cost X from your hand onto the battlefield

-8: You get an emblem with "Illusion creatures you control get +2/+2, gain flying and hexproof."

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Thoughts?

DERPLINGSUPREME says... #2

lower the cost to 3 or 4. 5 is WAY too much for what this does.

July 29, 2015 4:12 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #3

It's super limited, and it doesn't really make much sense for Jace. Sure, Illusions are a large part of what Jace does, but they're just a tool for capitalizing on the mind manipulation that is his trademark. An entirely Illusion-centric Jace is pretty bad both canonically and functionally.

July 29, 2015 4:16 p.m.

2npii says... #4

The ultimate could be something along the lines of "You get an emblem with 'Whenever you sacrifice an illusion creature, draw 2 cards,'" That fits in with theme of Jace learning from them. Could could vary the number of cards drawn (maybe draw X cards where X is it's toughness) or remove the illusion clause (although that's a more black ability; could we ever get a UB Jace?!).

Perhaps more fitting would be having a minus ability that reads "Draw a card for each illusion you control," or "Look at the top X cards of your library where X is the number of illusions you control. Put them back in any order. Draw a card." You could even start messing with the top of your opponent's library!

July 29, 2015 4:41 p.m.

Babafaba says... #5

First ability seems way too underpowered. How about: put 0/1 illusion tokens onto the battlefield equal to the number of cards in your hand.

The second one seems incredibly situational. Maybe do it: draw cards equal to the number of illusions you control.

Third ability seems really cool.

I'm not sure about 1st and 3rd, the second one definitely needs changing though.

July 29, 2015 4:50 p.m.