The Boogeyman | A History of Jace, the Mind Sculptor
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- This video looks at Jace, the Mind Sculptor's tumultuous relationship with tournament play and with the Magic brand.
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Funny note in Venezuela we call Jace, TMS "Maradona" like the Argentin soccer player cause he have his blue uniform and once he hits the battlefield he can do what ever he wants.
¿pero también tiene Jace la mano de dios?
hahaha first time i've heard that one
Do you speak spanish? Argentinian subscriber here!
Another argentinian subscriber here!! Nice reference, haha!! ;-)
Sir, you made me chuckle.
You did it. You let people remember his name, he got his powers back.
Jace isn't even that good anymore.
@@philithegamer8265Don’t say his name godammit
@@RickyChops I'm sure he's talking about one of HIS other cards.
You can tell how heroic/antiheroic Jace is depending on where his hood is and how much of his face you can see
Hmmm
Pirate Jace!
Also makeup.
hahaha i didn't notice until now
@@hamlet8179 wholesome-vraska's-boyfriend-jace
It's funny to rewatch this six years later and having Jace be unbanned everywhere and played nowhere because 4 mana is just too much
I see him in legacy miracle lists sometimes. BoshnRoll seems to still swear by it.
The price also tanked around the time of the unban.
Still quite powerful in Canadian Highlander which is one of the only formats I still care about.
Two years later, it’s 2019 and both Jace and Stoneforge have been unbanned in modern.
aayacrance that couldn’t be farther from the truth lol. Jace is still the premier top end for control or blue-based midrange, and stoneforge Mystic is the best fair white card you can play. Both are very playable, but neither are broken in the slightest (mostly because modern is still dominated by unfair or linear decks).
Now another planeswalker becomes the new target as its banned in all but commander, vintage and legacy. xD
Flareon id bet money it gets banned in legacy at some point.
"Hold my beer Titan, I'll take this young whippersnapper and you get the next one, it might be that annoying shadow again" ~ Urza
yayyy
Rhystic: "There's seven Chandras total"
M20: **Hold my beer**
Jack Huber Chandra is now the most commonly printed Planeswalker at 14 cards. Ajani is second at 12. Jace is third at 11.
No Idea why M20 was so obsessed with Chandra
The three chandra's were her 3 periods in her life.
@@fluffykins1460 I believe there were 4 Chandra planeswalker cards in M20. I feel everyone forgets that Chandra, Flame's Fury existed since it was overshadowed by Chandra, Awakened Inferno.
I'd also like to know what the total number of printings of each planeswalker are, not just how many unique cards each walker has. That may help explain the Jace fatigue.
_It's showtime._
_-Jace, the Mind Sculptor_
Nothing in the entire game of magic makes you feel more defeated than when your opponent says “you can keep it”. The game is not over, but you’ve already lost
There’s also the mind game of telling an opponent they can keep a good card so that they fetch into potentially a bad card I watched a recent tour where fate sealing was relevant because of the tricks Jace players did
And now Oko is the new boogeyman... a thief of crowns you could say
Stole Jace’s crown as best planeswalker
ironic
I never again want to hear the phrase "you can go ahead and keep that at the top".
*draws land*
Andrew Upvote this man....so that his comment can stay at the top....
plays 8th land, casts cruel ultimatum.
@@RagingRugbyst theres multiple counterspell waiting for that one spell
It could be worse. You could keep a good card at the top just to exile it using something like Ashiok.
You could also yoink that card and cast it as your own. Because you really like tormenting your opponent.
The nostalgia is unreal in this comment
*Teferi, Hero of Dominaria*
That's the new Boogeyman for standard right now
never again will i make the mistake of sitting through a 1 hour game just because i didnt know the deck had kaya in it
XD yup!
Tooth fairy can get a bolt to the face too
As a player of Esper Superfriends Control on Arena I wholeheartedly agree...mwhahahaha
3feri is becoming the new boogeyman, he's the perfect control planeswalker
I have a friend who is a really good deckbuilder, and he decided to make a meme deck once; it basically ran 2-4 copies of each Jace variant... It actually won a lot... but one game he almost got all 9 out at once, and then, gloriously, I top-decked
Merciless Eviction.
It was pretty merciless indeed.
XDDDDD
The (almost) 9 Jaces forgot to pay rent
@@Aigis31 I mean, forgetting things is something he is notoriously skilled at, so that would make sense.
Jace fatigue has quickly become jace nostalgia. Seeing Jace be completely overrun ever since the war of the spark era has been disheartening for those of us who loved the card (especially now that bowmasters and the one ring both exist)
I love how stoneforge has come full circle twice and is now a key feature in Hammertime, the #2 modern deck
What I find fascinating about this video is just how much its perspective on things has changed in such a relatively short amount of time. In less than three years, Jace has been unbanned and barely impacted modern, Planeswalkers have cemented themselves even further as the games premier card type with Wren and Six, both 3 and 5 mana Teferis, and of course, BrOko been banned in nearly all formats. There's also both WAR Narset and Karn, which have both been restricted. Furthermore, in the past 3 years of the total 13 years of Planeswalkers being a card type, the amount of them has more than doubled from 102 that were present during this videos' production to the over 200 we have now (exact number of 215 as of August of 2020). It goes to show both how Magic as a game evolves, and more specifically a shift in a certain aspect of design, that being Planeswalkers and their Power Level, and what I find even more interesting about all of this is that the modern increase of power level of planeswalkers can be traced back to, in my knowledge, Battle for Zendikar and the Gideon card printed in that set (Although it is arguable that Magic Origins and the printing of Jace, Vryn's Prodigy and all of the flip walkers in that started off this shift) which 'coincidentally' ties into the start of the modern age of Magic Storytelling and the shift to a more long form narrative with the central characters of the Gatewatch. Which then raises the question, which came first, the desire to print more and more powerful planeswalkers, or the desire to tell a greater narrative (basically all of the Gatewatch/Bolas Arc)? That I don't have an answer for. If one of the few readers of this comment knows, please share, preferably with cited sources.
Just survive another turn.
All I can hope is that he’s merciful.
Can’t hold on much longer...
End of game.
Storm Crow huh?
A Guy how did you know?
You aren't the only one who has nightmares...
Patrick Froysland Nunca mejor dicho
They made a mistake when they made Jace, The Mind Sculptor. The card made me quit the game entirely!
I started playing Magic in 2010, saw a red dragon tribal deck (iirc) at a game store and begged my mom to buy it for me, along with a single booster pack. I opened Jace, The Mind Sculptor in the very first Magic booster pack I ever opened. I had no idea what value he had, but he was the only Planeswalker I had and I thought that was just so unique and cool, so he was my favorite and I shoved him into every deck I built (including the dragon deck--I was not a very good deck builder).
He's in awful shape now, water damaged and bent and unplayable without sleeves because of how distinctly the card back has worn. But I keep him double sleeved, protected and in a secure spot, and even as my interest in Magic has waxed and waned, he's my most prized card and I'll always keep him around. I just find it so funny how I managed to have the amazingly good luck to immediately open one of the infamous cards in Magic history, and yet have absolutely zero clue about his value until he was already pretty much destroyed from use. It reminds me of my first few years playing Magic, and he never fails to make me smile.
Watching this in 2019 after hoogak summer and urza/oko winter is just funny
And then they learned absolutely nothing and printed Oko even more powerful than JTMS. Yes, print a Vintage level card in a Standard Environment, nothing wrong here, wheeeeeee
It’s crazy to imagine there’s a video for jace but oko absolutely dwarfs him in pure raw power and it’s even worse in older formats where his “ult” can do way more damage in formats like vintage and legacy.
@@Darling-su3ci after a one turn up-tick... And still survives...
At least they learned enough to ban him instantaneously.
That's nothing compared to the nightmare that is the early Companion mechanic. One person speculated that Lurrus of the Dream Den could've been banned in more formats than Oko if the mechanic wasn't nerfed.
@@cyrusrule3164 he was legal in standard way too long, just like freakin’ Uro and Omnath.
Ahahaha at 2:20 I legit had to pause the video and open a new tab, actually saying out loud "Chapin did a what now!?".
I had never seen that song before. Man this is beautiful.
What a good youtuber
s wise Honestly by far the best
ya he's okay
Really one of a kind, love his work.
And then BOOM! Jace is unbanned! The end is nigh.
And then........it was a dud all along!
@@pairot01 I wouldn't say he's a dud, he just isn't format warping.
A month ago when I wrote that comment miracles wasn't a thing in modern, it took a long time to get there.
@@melindagreer4177 he isn't good in modern because he is to slow. In formats like legacy and vintage he is still center stage in a lot of decks.
@@pairot01 azorius control and such still use Jace to a certain extent. He's if I am not wrong number 21 In the most played cards right now. Teferi is better right now in modern dou.
its crazy how now jace would never be played in modern
It's a funny point that was brought up about jace's dark side...
It was said that Jace, when fully bad guy, is willing to wipe everyone's mind, and his ability would reflect that.
Now that we have a Phyrexian Jace, I considered the plot against the card against character design and... I truly think Jace has something up his sleeve for the Phyrexians, ultimately. How many times has he unwittingly or unwillingly become a pawn to someone else's schemes? Twice? Or is it 3? Hmmm... interesting implications
Nah bro he's on a weird "compleat the multiverse" honeymoon with Vraska
@@thefinalboss4471 sadly
Beetlejace Beetlejace Beetlejace
Fix that spaghetti you idiot. Now we're all going to die
Louise Drake After the unban I came back to watch this, dear god what have I done
is this part of crazy diamond's ability
IIIIIIIIIT'S SHOWTIME!
What did you do!?
Now make one on the Menace that was “Oko, Thief of Crowns” so good that it had to be Banned in essentially EVERYTHING.
He's baaaaaa~aaaack...
Thanks for killing Modern, Wizards of the Cunt :|
Guess $$$$$ > healthy metas.
Was that a Joey World's Tour "back"? Because that's how I read it 😂
BrewBrewBrewTheDeck 4 months later, modern is great :D
He didn't break the meta tho
Jace was a healthy unban actually
One, two Jace is coming for you...
ConsoleCleric 3 4 counter your sword.
The Phantom of the Telethon 9 10 did you think you could win
11 12 modern is hell
13, 14 he hasn't really been seen
WHERE DID 7 *8 GO
Jace, the Metagame Sculptor
he is the equivalent of feh's Reinhardt
I'm really glad that someone else combs through and watches older episodes of The Magic Show.
"No room to unban Jace without a sufficient reprint..."
*Sees Masters 25 have a Jace on its pack art.
:O
Guess what happened next... XD
gotta love how Both jace, and stone forge got unbanned from modern watching this vid is weird on this day
One video I would love to see in the future is "The Magic Art of Rebecca Guay". I'd imaine it would be quite interesting, given her unique artistic style and variety of cards.
I remeber hearing a story of a guy opening a foil Jace on prerelease, sat up, took the Jace and all his belongings and walked out the door. It was kind of a small place at the time and it was winner got to take first pick of the card pool.
He was banned for awhile.
Fun parallel you drew with the boogeyman and Jace. Good storytelling.
I think you make some of the best magic content in existence. I seriously have never seen higher quality stuff. One with nothing is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen. I still watch that one and thoughtseize pretty regularly. That and bolt. Basically all of them
Content Cop - Jace
What we do here is go back back back back
Waiting on content cop Teferi
There is character fatigue with all of gatewatch, Jace is just predominant because he has 2 more then the next highest amount. Also his face doesn't just appear on planeswalkers. How many cards bare his image/referance him in some way?
i once had a commander deck with flip jace as the commander and very card including the islands had jace in the art. theres literally enough cards with his face on them to build an entire 100 card singleton deck with him only lol.
A note of intrest about the 4 ability template for planeswalkers is that in the span of time from the release of this video to current time of writing; is that even though the planeswalker count has nearly tripled, the number of planeswalkers added with this template is only 3. Guess some things can still remain unique design notes even all these years later.
I've seen this video a while ago but dorget to say you thank you for something that I wouldnt even had to say thank you but its so rare that as an artist I want to say THANK YOU for..
Giving credits to artist which you use the content.
I am sick of nearly never see credits when youbuers use music that arent their own so 99,999999999 % of the time..
So as an artist I am very grateful for giving credits even if its not my music, I am grateful.
And a second THANK YOU for having me discored this music that I like a lot and listened a lot since I discoverd it in your video, great music ! And theres even a link in the description, thanks again !
People, when you use music, even if its rights free, give credits ! We artists needs it, art is a work and we rarely have financial security, you use our work for your videos, give credits ! Write the name of the musician/group and the name of the song ! And dame for other pieces of art, drawing, foto, etc, credits! Its easy to do and take just a couple.seconds to do..
I just found you channel after seeing you on The Command Zone. Your videos really are top notch, thank you for the effort and unique content.
A buddy of mine just introduced me to your channel using the Colors of Ravnica video. Loving what I’m watching! Your vids are simultaneously fascinating and enriching - absolutely deepening my love for an already incredible game. Cheers, brother.
Your videos are so awesome! I wish they would come out more often, but at the same time, it's probably for the best that you don't rush them. Keep up the amazing work.
Enjoying rewatching some great Rhystic Studies episodes
I think you described Jace as a whole. Through this video you painted a picture of what is Jace. I'm a fan of blue and he is my favorite planeswalker. So thank you for the great content as always.
*jace gets unbanned* "oh" *deconstructs all modern decks for cards to move to commander decks*
Matiya024 he's legal in commander
He can only be a one of in the 99. People seem to forget that big threats in Modern/Standard tend to be nothing in Commander since they're a one of. Thoughtseize is powerful but not at all against 4 other players when you have a single copy in your deck you'll more than likely never see due to odds.
jace isnt that good in commander cause there are multiple people
He's not really all that good in commander, at least not multiplayer, 3+ other people 3 times the likelihood for there to be answers, ability only targets one player. He doesn't work with Doubling Season. He's just okay in a commander game.
Never saw a planeswalker performing well in our commander games.
Good to know other people were freaked the fk out by their friends doing the bloody mary thing....
Hello, long time lurker and big fan of your content, and would like to chime in.
I think a huge proponent of JTMS of being a "villain" is the card does not actually kill you or winning the game on the spot. Unlike Emrakul just simply attacks, you lose some permanents and a huge chunk of life total, and you go to the next game, When you cast JTMS on an empty board, he just cutting your chances of winning from 50% to 10% (or less) by either giving you a bad card in +2 ability, or bury you in card advantage in the 0 ability. You still have a slight chance to win the game even Jace is on board, but the chances are slim enough that you still lose anyway, and frustratingly thinking "Why I do not just concede instead of putting myself into this torturing game". The despair of Jace slowly but surely devouring your mind (and the game) is the perfect image that stuck in everybody's mind (heh) to be a villain.
This video is actually still pretty insightful in retrospect post-ban. You did your research well!
Fun to watch this when Bloomburrow released and JTMS is now on arena.
Teferi Time Raveller: Hold my Beer
Matthew Staats oko...
@@joshwhitmire5753 ya oko is definitely better then them both
Keep It comning TheMagicManSam.
In my opinion you're amongst the most interesting magic related youtube content out there.
10:41, Jace's distribution is as prevalent as we think it is.
You called out Garruk, Gideon, Liliana, Nissa, and Chandra. Throw in Ajani and you have account for half of the planeswalkers ever printed between seven characters and Jace has the most of all.
At nine cards Jace makes up almost a tenth of all planeswalker cards ever printed. Furthermore, Lorwyn was released in October of 2007, which means there has been a new Jace almost ever year since the planeswalker card type was introduced and when there wasn't a new one, there was a reprint of an old one.
All of that makes him very prevalent and his ubiquity anything but false perception.
He also failed to mention that Jace hate has not-so-much to do with the number of cards he has, but the amount and tone of snarky Jace comments in flavor text across a huge number of cards. He seems like the obnoxious self-insert of somebody with a delusional, intellectual superiority complex.
ulrickts, it's both. Jace is a boring asshole that is constantly being used as the face of MTG. I absolutely hate the character. He is in practically every set and has way too many cards of him. This has nothing to do with JTMS as a card. I did not play during that era and I still hate the character. I was praying that Nicol Bolas would kill him off in HoD
A Jace Planeswalker card has been in standard every season since Lorwyn, in October of 2007. Over 10 years. THATS where the fatigue is coming from. Just saying 'oh its nine cards' doesn't dismiss that its been over ten years straight now of Jace in standard.
I don`t hate Jace but i simply do not like he`s character many of he`s Planeswalker cards are pretty good or amazing in JTMS case. But i do think that the characters boring and there are so many planeswalkers with great story potential like Ashiok, Elspeth, Dack Fayden, Karn, Koth and many more i would honestly love if the Phyrexians got a planeswalker card or honestly anything to shake up all of the Jace and Gatewatch feeding we have gotten like People have gotten Gideon fatigue as well
@@mmurphy373 Venser is my favourite but they had to go kill him off and we only get ONE planeswalker card of him, and he's about a million times more interesting (even ability wise) than jace ever has been.
I built a kitchen table Kor Tribal/Equipment deck when Zendikar and Worldwake were around. I had an abundance of all these Kor commons, and my buddy gave me Stoneforge Mystics and Armament Masters to round out the deck. At the time they were bulk rares and he even said, "don't worry about trading anything for them, they're not really worth anything."
So I threw in Sword of Fire and Ice and Sword of Light of Shadow... My play group asked me to not play that deck anymore lol
As always sir, loved the video! Can't wait for the next one!
Now we have both Stoneforge and Jace. What a time to be alive
This video got my sub.
I have to say, I'm absolutely transfixed by the way you tell these stories. It's masterful. I can't pinpoint certainly what makes your way of storytelling here so compelling, but I must say I love it.
Excellent.
I would have to disagree with you on the point that "Jace-Fatigue" is only based on perspective.While there may be only nine cards depicting our favorite mind mage, he's had a major part in the story of a majority of the blocks released since Return to Ravnica. It's not that people are complaining that there are too many Jace cards (although some may argue this as well), but that Wizards seems to be using him a a character in almost every new story.
He had no part in Alara, Mirrodin, original Innistrad, Theros, Tarkir. And he only showed up in the following blocks because of the Gatewatch, and not all of them had cards of Jace. While he is indeed the most used character, it isn't as much as people think it is.
He is a convenient perspective for Wizards to use. A relatively muted personality who can read minds makes for an easy method of delivering exposition. I would assume that's one of the other big reasons behind this feeling
He appears as a character in approximately 40 Magic Story articles of over 230 total. In 1 Planeswalker novel of 3 total. In 1 post-Mending block novel series of 5 total.
Even if you were to cut pre-RTR story content away, Jace isn't present in anywhere near a majority of the stories.
Beleren Typeface as well?
What does he mean 'only nine cards'? Jace has nine fucking cards! That's a lot!
You remember Jace much more than the rest of the Planeswalkers, because of how impactful those decks are.
The first time Jace beat me, I had already seen him, Ajani, Garruk, Liliana and Chandra. I would say that Chandra was the mascot at the time. I played the 2010 videogame and Garruk and Liliana were important there I think... But the moment that I realized I couldn't do anything else with my cards against a seemingly unending source of counter spells, and my deck was one turn away to be depleted, I realized that mfer was the devil. I didn't even knew the names of the Planeswalkers back in the day. But I remembered Jace.
WOW SAM. Just wow. Perfect combination of story, play, and lore. Absolutely beautiful. Well done.
I don’t even play magic, I just like hearing someone talk passionately about something! Also your voice is nice!
Two unbannings, one Oko and two Teferis later, this video didn't age very well
Every video you make is a masterpiece. Can't thank you enough for your dedication to your craft.
You missed one of the largest component of why Jace was so busted: Gideon Jura.
Gideon was the lock for the deck. turn 4 jace to 5 jura meant game.
And Jace/Gideon was the bulwark against Valakut. The other broken deck.
as someone who's never so much as touched a magic card, but has a lot of experience across a wide range of card games, these videos are fantastic, and you do a great job both dramatizing and authentically telling the history of this game. thank you so much, great source to learn about both design and history
Jace was banned July 1, 2011
Zendikar block was scheduled to rotate September 30, 2011
They banned Jace and Stoneforge Mystic only 3 months before their planned rotation. That's like if two douchebags were at a club and they were on their way to the door, when suddenly two bouncers grabbed and threw them outside.
they banned him from modern too not just standard
Not to mention 3onths is a long time in standard to only see one truly viable deck
Oh this is gold. T3feri banned weeks before he rotated.
rewatching some of your old videos is making me want to get back into magic lol. Haven't played since Throne of Eldraine released
The "Boogeyman of magic"
Laughts in Oko thief of Crowns
I love that a card that was named "The mind sculptor" altered the minds of so many real life players
Ohhhh I love this videos!!! Thank you!!
I loved this video! It had such a great, lore like feel. I wasn't able to play with The Mind Sculptor when it was insane in standard, but I remember a con I went to that was running a tournament and walking the tables and only seeing the Caw Blade deck. I had never seen the like and it was something to behold. Really great vid!
Opponent- *taps out and plays jace*
Me an intellectual storm player- guess I'll win
Your videos are pure editorial genius. They come across like mini-documentaries.
Its interesting coming back here after a couple years, times sure have changed. Jace the once overpowered insane card is now what id consider a relatively fair and well designed planeswalker. Its been unbanned along with stoneforge and nowhere near as busted as people feared, set after set has drawfed these cards in powerlevel and overall they've been pushed into just playables
We've moved on into an environment where even 'underpowered' sets can still give you turn 2 kills in nearly-standard sets. All hail the kobold lethal meme deck.
I'm so glad RUclips decided to pop your video on automatically after a Rudy video. This is fantastic stuff man, and I can tell it's hard work putting these together. Bravo!
thank you so much!!
In Modern, powerful linear strategies can win turn 3. Storm, burn, vizier/druid combo, affinity, etc. In Modern, the best 'fair deck' can counter that turn 4 jace for 1 mana with a stubborn denial. Modern games are regularly over by the time Jace had the chance to activate once or twice. He's obviously strong, but considering how few and far between you get good Modern control decks, Jace seems a reasonable supplement to a weak archetype.
William Butler Humans doesn’t play Stubborn Denial, just going to put that out there.
Never did I think a magic card name flashing on the screen with eerie music could give me goosebumps. Mastercraft
I'm an Elf mage....I see Jace , the Mind sculptor? My army has already killed him...and I keep going. Never was afraid of this card.
Andy Hall you haven’t played a good control player then....
CawGo/CawBlade was one hell of an intense time. Once Bloodbraid rotated, shit went mental.
I remember GP Dallas 2011. It was my first GP as a competitive Magic player, and I went in confident that I could at least get a decent win/loss ratio. 8 rounds of nothing but Caw-Blade later, I was disgusted at the Standard format, and have since stuck strictly with Modern and Legacy, only dabbling in Standard when the format isn't completely warped or a 3-deck format.
I started re-playing RL MTG when Jace came out. $200 a pop, and you weren't going to beat a deck without four copies of JTMS. I saw that overpowered bullsh*t firsthand, and WotC did nothing to stop it for a full year and a half. They were making too much money on Worldwake cases. It didn't become a Boogeyman after it was banned. It was already one as soon as it hit decks.
I stopped playing real-life MTG shortly afterwards and swore off RL CCGs altogether. Digital CCGs weren't nearly as brutal. (Hearthstone sucks nowadays, though.)
I appreciate all of the random information about jace!! I appreciate all the work you out into these videos man
You make great content keep it up
No one comes even remotely close to the content you have generated on your channel. Really really awesome work.
Wait. since when was unban Jace a meme? I've been sacrificing virgin sheep every unban cycle to get Bloodbraid Elf or Deathrite Shaman back! Screw Jace.... signed. Long time Jund player
BBE would be fine, but Deathrite NEEDS to stay banned.
They're talking about banning Deathrite in legacy.. it would NEVER be legal in modern :p
Bloodbraid would probably be fine thou..
I though unban twin was the popular banlist meme.
Unban Mental Misstep.
BBE died for Deathrites sins
Just had a thought about jace the mind sculptor vs oko and how Jace while powerful stuck around for a while and also shows how far power creep has come. I'd love to see a video about power creep! And seeing very clearly evidence like that
and here we are... the boogeyman unleashed!
ONce again, never played a game of Magic in my life, but your videos are absolutely captivating to watch
"I wanna talk about how worldwake in type 2 will be more then just 'Jace is good'. Let me start by talking about how Jace will define the format"
I remember after the 2nd print run of worldwake. I was at my LGS for a draft, and was surprised because it was a 30$draft because drafting worldwake. I did not play blue in my drafts then, so woe was me when 2nd pack I open a JTMS. Ended up giving it to a friend for a future card of my pick when he was 120$ non foil.
Exceptionally well thought out and above par editing, which for you is par for the course lol, keep up the awesome ^_^.
Brilliant work as per usual, you always exceed my expectations with each new entry to your library!
Here we go.
Sam and Jace, The Mind Sculptor in one video set to a fitting Halloween theme? Awesome.
Also, definitely agree on the perspective issue regarding Jace.
Jace is Magic's worst villain confirmed.
I have watched this video probably 10 times and the first two minutes every single time has giving me chills very well-made video sir.
love how all these op cards are unbanned now
I love it Sam! Every time you release a new video, I think there's no way the next one can be so amazing. And every time i think that, you prove me wrong.
I loved the deep-dive, especially because I started playing (long) after Jace the Mind Sculptor was in standard. This provided a lot of cool backstory that I didn't know before!
Dude, this channel rocks. Not many folks get me to sub within three minutes of their first video I watch but you pulled it off.
Another example for the beginning is the Scottish play.
I remember when JTMS came out the card did not get a look in because Bloodbraid Elf kept the card in check. Back when Jace came out Jund decks dominated which is why a lot of the pro's did not regard the card very highly initially. It took bloodbraid rotating out of standard for Jace to become playable.
Yeppers! And there are plenty of good cards in modern to keep Jace in check. People don't understand that yes, a control deck can place JTMS and do really well with him, but the control deck doesn't deploy or start using a win condition until turns 7 or 8, which by that point you're already dead.
If a Jace landed turn 4 against a Death Shadow deck or a Jund or Zoo deck, he'd die or just not matter at all. It takes a wrath plus a great hand of protection to make a JTMS matter in a game. This isn't standard where you only have 600 cards to chose from, this is modern.
I think he's completely fair to unban ALONGSIDE bloodbraid elf in modern.
This card is why i am Jace-ist.