Way of the Necromancer

Way of the Necromancer

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{1}{B} · Legendary Enchantment
Uncommon · Reality Fracture · Art by Pauline Voss
When Way of the Necromancer enters, empower Jace 2. (Put two loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "D: Surveil 1" and "3: Draw a card.") Whenever a creature you control dies, put a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control.
Predicted power
Standard 42 Eng.D+Usr.

Much narrower and slower than Artist's Talent (73); only token-sacrifice shells can reliably turn creature deaths into meaningful Jace value.

Best home Black token-sacrificeBand speculativeConfidence 55%

Could be wrong if Revealed token and sacrifice support may prove dense enough to make a protected Jace a recurring draw engine.

Pioneer 36 Eng.DUsr.

Below Proft's Eidetic Memory (55) without reliable deaths: the Jace is fragile and the enchantment has little immediate impact.

Best home Black sacrificeBand speculativeConfidence 60%

Could be wrong if A deeper Pioneer sacrifice shell could exploit the low mana cost and loyalty trigger more efficiently than expected.

Modern 29 Eng.FUsr.

Compared with Modern Artist's Talent (48), this needs both a vulnerable Jace and creature deaths, making it too slow for most lists.

Best home Black token-sacrificeBand speculativeConfidence 66%

Could be wrong if A high-density sacrifice or combo shell could make the loyalty counters into a cheap recurring-card engine.

Legacy 22 Eng.FUsr.

Two mana for a fragile, setup-dependent value piece is far below Legacy's efficiency baseline, with no supported established home.

Band speculativeConfidence 72%

Could be wrong if An undisclosed shell with unusually cheap repeatable sacrifices or planeswalker payoffs could change its role.

Pauper Eng.NLUsr.
Commander 54 Eng.CUsr.

Deaths stock every planeswalker, while the Jace filters and can draw; it is a solid matching-deck role-player but slow and attackable.

Best home Aristocrats and superfriendsBand role-playerConfidence 62%

Could be wrong if It may be too replaceable versus established sacrifice payoffs if opponents can easily remove or attack the Jace.

Limited 54 Eng.CUsr.

Repeated surveilling and a death-assisted draw are useful, but this does not affect the board and its low-loyalty Jace is easy to attack.

Best home Black sacrifice deckBand playableConfidence 40%

Could be wrong if Unknown draft speed, removal, and sacrifice density could move it from narrow filler to a reliable engine.

Sacrifice-fueled Jace engine

“A fragile two-mana Jace/filtering engine whose payoff is meaningful mainly when friendly creatures die regularly.”

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

Previewed 10 September by Pauline Voss

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