Jace, Unraveler of Secrets: Official Thread

My no-rares deck that works for me (in silver):

Incubator Drone
Scrapskin Drake
Lashweed Lurker
Anchor to the Aether
Scour from Existence
Choked Estuary
Skyline Cascade
Retreat to Coralhelm
Ongoing Investigation
Sphinx's Tutelage

used hime as i had him set up on the last boss for the kaladesh challenge, it was shocking i won although the normal supports that slow down the ai like sphinx tuttelge and jaces sanctum and even fevered dreams didnt hurt him much but insious dreams did. that and getting a contraban kingpin out with all of those and the last ability was fun lol a 50/60 healer made short work of him, the ai decided that the buffed smugglers copter ar 30/30 was more dangerous lol.

You can try replacing Geralfs masterpiece with Mizzium Meddler for extra card denial. Sphinx's tutelage+Fevered Visions+Meddler really wreaks havoc on card draw. Other alternatives might be Scatter To The Winds, Broken Concentration, or enemy similar. Good deck though, I like it

didnt mention before i usually dont cast any creatures untill i can get the last ability out that is just me though, that and none of them are defenders of have abilities worth throwing out till needed.if i get mizzum it may change of course.

doesnt look bad but i wonder when it goes bad is it because you cant draw a thoper spy network?

this is just my opinion but i t looks to me more like another color deck than blue really very little control other than one sphinx tutelage, most i have ever faced against running j2not playing control just had a hard time building up fast enough to survive. just faced one with my koth and i had a dam hard time no mythics or rares in it. he full casted full hands disabled my creatures, bounced them i was ready to throw my phone. till i had swung the momentum around. i won but one of the better decks i have ever faced.

sphinx is always a good choice and i do hear you having a limited choice of mythics and rares.a decent cheap mana would help sunken hollow(rare i know) or one of the others like drownyard helps choked estuary is blue black also. perhaps let some of your creatures do double duty also get some that have a dual purpose like lashweed lurker. hangar back sounds good in theory but it is overkill honestly with thoper network and at 25 you will take a long time getting it out. turn to frog is ok but if you can bounce his creature back and make him pay for it again wouldnt that be better? jaces last ability is the one you want to get to then just draw like crazy and any creature will be a monster quickly. longfinned skywhale is a decent flying wall for 9 and not hard to get from kaladesh. anything you can use to get draws will help you. kill thier ability to keep energy, cast cards or keep them on the board and you have a great blue deck a bit of each just leads to an sort of ok deck, that depends on getting certain cards to win

oh i forgot to mention part of control with jace 2 (well with all planes walker that you can do is try to limit the good matches that the ai can get if it doesnt hurt you to much if they get off color matches only it slows them down. especially if your deck is set up for cheaper cost cards to take advantage of it. I will try to figure out a pauper deck for him this weekend since i have a friend who just got him also, and will explain how to play it when i can.

ok had a chance to get a pauper deck for jace 2. i havent had the chance to test him as fully as i would like but he went through several of the heroic battles and won easily.

Sphinxs tutelage (uncommon support) each card you draws adds 2 to casting cost of the first card
revolutionary rebuff (common spell) steals all mana from first colored card they own
Sigiled starfish (uncommon creature) draw an extra card per turn
Curious homunculus ( uncommon creature) fills spell cards in your hand 2 mana for first card tuntill transformed then every spell gains 2 at beginning of turn
Gone missing (common spell) bounce creature back to their deck
trail of evidence (Support uncommon) get an investigate token time delay card draw
negate (spell common) tiny mana steal but cheap
Clash of wills (spell uncommon) time delay mana steal
Choked estuary (support uncommon) converts gems to blue and black more if in delrium)

how to play
first round if you get sphinx or trail rf evidence they go first darken mana steal for later if you get extra mana then curious if you can get it if not sigiled. pore through the pages will help with drawing along with j2 first ability for mana if needed or second if card short.
once you get up and running with this with the supports and one of the creatures it is mostly just a matter of maintaining the supports, if they get taken out it will come crashing down fast. before long the curious will be feeding spells for free you work on supports and all the while the ai is trying to cast the first card with mana constantly being stolen and cost going up every turn. honestly in the heroic battles i had to kill a sigiled just to make the battle last longer. got a good start and he never cast one card the entire game.
give it a try always open to ideas and tweaks, plus let me know if it works for you.

this deck wont be a quick battle deck, to many beserkers to kill off needed creatures, and direct damage like chandra or koth will be a tough fight

good luck

startled awake is a keeper by all means good mana just not sure about using just thoper is all easy to take out because they become all one creature, granted would be hard to bounce them all before they did damage, plus aether revolt as some support board clearers now, so at least a decent other would help sigiled while not big is cheap and an extra card you dont feel bad losing it. if you had imprisoned i would say that instead of frog because it is always fun to prison your own creature to turn it into an attacking mana battery with his last ability lol got one up to 30 or so the enemy die before i could get higher lol lot of mana per turn to cast with.

Thanks for the reply...I am thinking on taking out Prism Array and adding in either Sigiled Starfish, Jori En, or Forgotten Creation.

I've gotten Jace2 up to level 60 and picked up more cards. This is my current deck...

Creatures: (1)
Drowner of Hope

Spells:(4)
Stratus Walk
Whir of Invention
Scour From Existence
Foundry Of the Counsuls

Supports: (5)
Shivan Reef*
Skyline Cascade
Oath of Jace
Sphinx's Tutelage
Thopter Spy Network

*Shivan Reef will be replaced by Corrupted Grafstone once I get it.

This deck has proven to be pretty powerful and wins almost 100% when I get Drowner.