Jace, Multiverse Architect leads a four-color control deck that makes cheap creature tokens with noncreature spells and turns them into the strongest creatures and planeswalkers in its library. Jace's −3 exiles a token and reveals cards until it hits a creature or planeswalker, then puts that card onto the battlefield. The deck runs only a handful of creatures and planeswalkers, all of them high-impact, so each flip lands a bomb. Between flips, Jace's +1 filters the hand, his attack tax shields him, and a heavy suite of counters, removal and wraths keeps the board in check while the polymorph targets come together. How it wins: It cheats huge creatures and powerful planeswalkers into play off expendable tokens, then rides them to victory behind a wall of interaction once opponents have been ground down. Key roles: - Token fodder: Instants, sorceries, enchantments and artifacts that create creature tokens. They feed Jace's −3 and other polymorph effects without adding creature cards that would dilute the reveals. - Polymorph effects: Spells and abilities beyond the commander that exile, sacrifice or transform a token and reveal cards until they hit a creature or planeswalker. They give the deck redundant ways to turn a token into a bomb. - Curated payoff targets: A small, deliberate set of game-ending creatures and planeswalkers with high mana costs or immediate impact. These are the only cards the reveals can hit, so every hit is worth cheating out. - Control suite: Counterspells, spot removal and board wipes that keep opponents from developing or punishing the deck. One-sided or token-friendly sweepers fit best, since the deck can rebuild fodder cheaply. - Planeswalker support and protection: Effects that add loyalty, copy or reuse planeswalker abilities, or deter attacks. These pair with Jace's {2} attack tax to keep Jace and the other walkers alive long enough to activate repeatedly. - Card selection and setup: Jace's +1 plus scry, draw and library-manipulation effects. They smooth the deck's land and spell mix and keep its interaction flowing.

Jace, Multiverse Architect decklist

• Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• Spark Double
• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• Nissa, Leyline Tamer
• Ovika, Enigma Goliath
• Darksteel Angel
• Memnarch, the Warden
• Avacyn, Angel of Horror
• Serra's Emissary
• Archfiend of Despair
• Archon of Cruelty
• Monologue Tax
• Propaganda
• Flawless Maneuver
• Proteus Staff
• Mass Polymorph
• Synthetic Destiny
• Despark
• Fatehold Charm
• Spell Pierce
• Absorb
• March of Otherworldly Light
• Swords to Plowshares
• Path to Exile
• Preordain
• Treasure Cruise
• Into the Story
• Brainsurge
• Brainstorm
• Singularity Rupture
• Crux of Fate
• Cleansing Nova
• Sunfall
• Martial Coup
• White Sun's Twilight
• Austere Command
• Time Wipe
• Damn
• Overwrite the Multiverse
• Toxic Deluge
• Oath of Gideon
• Black Market Connections
• Secure the Wastes
• Grand Crescendo
• Skrelv's Hive
• Staff of the Storyteller
• Occult Epiphany
• Shark Typhoon
• Dreadhorde Invasion
• Windcrag Siege
• Lingering Souls
• Dimir Signet
• Azorius Signet
• Izzet Signet
• Rakdos Signet
• Talisman of Creativity
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Talisman of Progress
• Chromatic Lantern
• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Fellwar Stone
• Urza's Saga
• Command Tower
• Exotic Orchard
• Fabled Passage
• Reflecting Pool
• Path of Ancestry
• Prismatic Vista
• Flooded Strand
• Windswept Heath
• Marsh Flats
• Sacred Foundry
• Hallowed Fountain
• Steam Vents
• Turbulent Crater
• Turbulent Wetlands
• Turbulent Shore
• Drowned Catacomb
• Sulfur Falls
• Prairie Stream
• Isolated Chapel
• Glacial Fortress
• Sulfurous Springs
• Shivan Reef
• Caves of Koilos
• Underground River
• Battlefield Forge
• 2× Island
• 3× Plains
• Mountain
• Swamp
• Watery Grave
• Polluted Delta
• Escape Tunnel