Jace's Sanctum
Jace's Sanctum: Enchantment, Commander 2019. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander 2019 (C19)
- Released
- 2019-08-23
- Collector number
- 88
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Commander rank
- 4,113 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Scry
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About Jace's Sanctum
Jace's Sanctum is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue enchantment from Commander 2019 (C19), a Commander product released in August 2019. It is collector number 88 in that set, with art by Adam Paquette. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Magic Origins (2015) to Commander 2019 (2019). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1.
"For all our lofty talk of keeping watch, we had no idea what we were getting into." -Jace Beleren
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.52 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Jace's Sanctum by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Jace's Sanctum
Jace's Sanctum has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Origins Promos (PORI) #61p | Rare | 2020 |
| Magic Origins (ORI) #61 | Rare | 2015 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Jace's Sanctum, newest first.
- The first ability of Jace’s Sanctum can’t reduce the colored mana requirement of an instant or sorcery spell.
- Jace’s Sanctum’s scry ability will resolve before the instant or sorcery spell that caused it to trigger.
- If there are additional costs to cast an instant or sorcery spell, apply those before applying cost reductions.
- Jace’s Sanctum can reduce alternative costs such as miracle or overload costs.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.