Way of the Cryomancer

New in Reality Fracture (FRA), released October 2, 2026.

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Way of the Cryomancer: Legendary Enchantment, Reality Fracture. When Way of the Cryomancer enters, empower Jace 5. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Enchantment
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Reality Fracture (FRA)
Released
2026-10-02
Collector number
223
Artist
Andrey Kuzinskiy
Keywords
Surveil, Empower Jace

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About Way of the Cryomancer

Way of the Cryomancer is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue legendary enchantment from Reality Fracture (FRA), an expansion set released in October 2026. It is collector number 223 in that set, with art by Andrey Kuzinskiy. 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, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Reality Fracture is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).

Card text

When Way of the Cryomancer enters, empower Jace 5. (Put five 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.")

Planeswalkers you control have "[−3]: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (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 Way of the Cryomancer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Way of the Cryomancer, newest first.

  • If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one -" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
  • The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
  • If the copied spell divides damage or distributes counters among a number of targets, the division and number of targets can't be changed. If you choose new targets, you must choose the same number of targets.
  • The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
  • Any choices made when the spell resolves won't have been made yet when it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves.
  • Only one loyalty ability of each planeswalker may be activated per turn, no matter how many it has gained.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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