First printed in Reality Fracture (2026)

All 6 prints

Reality Fracture (FRA) #443, 2026
Reality Fracture (FRA) #363, 2026
Reality Fracture (FRA) #405, 2026
Reality Fracture (FRA) #415, 2026
Reality Fracture (FRA) #43, 2026
Reality Fracture Promos (PFRA) #43p, 2026

The Theorist, Jace Beleren

Legendary Planeswalker — Jace

At the beginning of each opponent's draw step, you draw a card.
+1: Create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token.
−2: For each opponent, return up to one target artifact or creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
−6: Draw three cards. Then put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

In the last 30 days 28.4% of Standard decks played it (27 of 95). Most played in Dimir Midrange. In the last 30 days 11.1% of Pioneer decks played it (1 of 9). Most played in UR (unclassified).

Staple

Standard staples: main deck, 26% of decks (#7); sideboard, 3% of decks (#73)
Blue, Planeswalkers, Removal, Creature removal, Card draw, Artifact removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 27 of 95 decks (28.4%).

Share of decks

28.4%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

25 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.7

in the main deck

Win rate

64%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Dimir Midrange	12.6%	58%
UB (unclassified)	12.6%	92%
Azorius Control	5.3%	100%
UBR (unclassified)	5.3%	40%
WU (unclassified)	3.2%	33%
WUR (unclassified)	1.1%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Shipwreck Marsh	72%	2.9
Gloomlake Verge	72%	2.6
Watery Grave	72%	2.6
Bitter Triumph	72%	2.5
Requiting Hex	72%	2.0
Restless Reef	68%	2.6
Strategic Betrayal	56%	2.8
Overlord of the Balemurk	48%	3.8
Undercity Sewers	48%	3.5
Winternight Stories	48%	3.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UB pepeteam in Standard Challenge 32	9-1 90%
UB vtuberArmpits in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%
UBR hankthepigeon in Standard Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Dimir Midrange itstime in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UB sedotwc in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UB peter780108 in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UB peter780108 in Standard Challenge 16	5-2 71%
Dimir Midrange itstime in Standard Challenge 16	6-3 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UB KevinCon, 28 Oct	3 main	5-0
Azorius Control mindslaver909, 28 Oct	4 main	5-0
UB Kneki, 28 Oct	3 main	5-0
UB pepeteam, 27 Oct	1 main	#1 9-1
UB vtuberArmpits, 27 Oct	3 main	#4 7-2
Dimir Midrange itstime, 27 Oct	1 main	#9 5-2
UB sedotwc, 27 Oct	2 main	#10 5-2
UB peter780108, 27 Oct	3 main	#14 5-2

Pioneer Other periods →

In 1 of 9 decks (11.1%).

Share of decks

11.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)