Inspired Tethermage

A three-mana 3/2 has no immediate return, while six mana produces only a 2-loyalty Jace and one surveil before further investment.

Could be wrong if Unrevealed efficient Jace-token or loyalty-counter support could make its trigger substantially more reliable.

Pioneer demands much more from a three-drop; the loyalty trigger is conditional and Empower Jace is far too mana-intensive as baseline value.

Could be wrong if A dedicated planeswalker shell with unusually strong counter-generation could test it as a narrow payoff.

A fragile 3/2 for three and a six-mana delayed-value activation are both far below Modern's required rate and do not enable a known efficient plan.

Could be wrong if A previously unseen combo exploiting repeated loyalty-counter placement could change the otherwise poor rate.

Legacy offers no reason to spend three mana on this low-impact creature, and its six-mana Jace sequence is much too slow and exposed.

Could be wrong if Only a highly efficient new loyalty-counter combo shell would overcome its severe mana and tempo costs.

Its Elf type gives it a marginal testing case in Elves, but a three-mana 3/2 with a six-mana value sink is not an efficient payoff.

Could be wrong if Elf mana production may make Empower Jace less costly than expected, though the resulting payoff remains modest.

Jace and Superfriends decks can grow it from loyalty additions, but it is a fragile 3/2 and its token line provides slow selection and delayed card draw.

Could be wrong if Counter doublers or repeatable planeswalker-counter engines could make the growth trigger more rewarding than expected.

A 3/2 for three is serviceable filler, and excess mana eventually yields surveil plus a card, but the 6- then 12-mana sequence is slow.

Could be wrong if Unknown format speed, removal density, and Jace/loyalty synergies could move this from filler to a stronger mana-sink role.