Protege's Awakening

Protege's Awakening

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{3}{U} · Sorcery
Common · Reality Fracture · Art by Cynthia Sheppard
Empower Jace 6. (Put six loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.") Draw a card.
Predicted power
Standard 59 Eng.C+Usr.

It can immediately draw a second card via Jace and leave loyalty behind, but is slower and less immediate than Stock Up (84).

Best home 4-Color ControlBand role-playerConfidence 61%

Could be wrong if Aggressive decks or efficient planeswalker answers may make a four-mana sorcery-speed value play untenable.

Pioneer 42 Eng.D+Usr.

A delayed draw engine is plausible in control, but four mana compares poorly with Pioneer’s cheaper selection, including Stock Up (72).

Best home Azorius ControlBand fringeConfidence 64%

Could be wrong if The token may not survive long enough to justify paying an extra mana over more immediate card-draw options.

Modern 28 Eng.FUsr.

Four mana at sorcery speed for delayed value is far below Modern’s rate; even Stock Up is only a 58-score role-player.

Band speculativeConfidence 72%

Could be wrong if A future shell exploiting Jace tokens or repeated loyalty placement could give the card a specialized engine role.

Legacy 22 Eng.FUsr.

Legacy demands much more immediate impact or efficiency; this is substantially slower than Stock Up (56) without a proven token payoff.

Band speculativeConfidence 78%

Could be wrong if Unrevealed token or loyalty synergies could create a niche unavailable from current context.

Pauper 42 Eng.D+Usr.

It offers real eventual card advantage and a diversion for attacks, but four-mana sorcery speed trails Pauper draw benchmarks such as Deep Analysis (77).

Best home Mono-Blue ControlBand fringeConfidence 60%

Could be wrong if If slower blue control shells can reliably protect the Jace token, its repeated surveil and second draw become more valuable.

Commander 42 Eng.D+Usr.

It is a reasonable Jace/proliferate payoff that immediately draws two cards if activated, but unprotected planeswalkers fare poorly in multiplayer.

Best home Jace SuperfriendsBand fringeConfidence 65%

Could be wrong if A high density of proliferate or Jace-token support could turn six starting loyalty into a stronger repeatable engine.

Limited 76 Eng.A-Usr.

It replaces itself, can immediately draw a second card, and leaves a six-loyalty token that can repeatedly surveil or demand attacks.

Best home Blue-based controlBand first-pickConfidence 48%

Could be wrong if An especially fast format or abundant direct planeswalker interaction could punish its lack of immediate battlefield presence.

Slow card-advantage engine

“A four-mana cantrip that can immediately become a Divination plus a fragile residual Jace engine.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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