Jace's Machinations
New in Reality Fracture (FRA), released October 2, 2026.
Jace's Machinations: Instant, Reality Fracture. Until end of turn, you may activate loyalty abilities of Jace planeswalkers you control On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Reality Fracture (FRA)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 32
- Artist
- Serena Malyon
- Keywords
- Surveil, Empower Jace
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About Jace's Machinations
Jace's Machinations is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Reality Fracture (FRA), an expansion set released in October 2026. It is collector number 32 in that set, with art by Serena Malyon. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.61 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Until end of turn, you may activate loyalty abilities of Jace planeswalkers you control on any player's turn any time you could cast an instant.
Empower Jace 8. (Put eight loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.61 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Jace's Machinations by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Jace's Machinations
Jace's Machinations has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Reality Fracture (FRA) #337 | Rare | 2026 |
| Reality Fracture Promos (PFRA) #32p | Rare | 2026 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Jace's Machinations, newest first.
- You may still activate only one loyalty ability of each permanent you control during the turn you cast Jace's Machinations.
- If you control a Jace planeswalker token, you can't choose to create a new one when you empower Jace. You have to put the loyalty counters on your existing Jace planeswalker token. In the rare case that you control multiple Jace planeswalker tokens, you'll choose one of those tokens to put the loyalty counters on.
- To empower Jace N, if you don't control a Jace planeswalker token, create a blue Jace planeswalker token with 0 loyalty, "[−1]: Surveil 1," and "[−3]: Draw a card." Choose a Jace planeswalker token you control. Put N loyalty counters on it.
- Some spells and abilities that empower Jace may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't empower Jace.
- Empower Jace won't let you put loyalty counters on nontoken Jace planeswalkers. However, if you control a Jace planeswalker token that you got another way (such as an effect that creates a token that's a copy of a permanent), empower Jace will put loyalty counters on that.
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