Way of the Mind Sculptor
New in Reality Fracture (FRA), released October 2, 2026.
Way of the Mind Sculptor: Legendary Enchantment, Reality Fracture. When Way of the Mind Sculptor enters, empower Jace 5. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Reality Fracture (FRA)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 224
- Artist
- Josh Hass
- Keywords
- Surveil, Empower Jace
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About Way of the Mind Sculptor
Way of the Mind Sculptor 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 224 in that set, with art by Josh Hass. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. 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 $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
When Way of the Mind Sculptor 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.")
Whenever you activate a loyalty ability, if you removed two or more loyalty counters to activate it, draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (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 Mind Sculptor 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Way of the Mind Sculptor, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- You will draw the card before the loyalty ability that you activated resolves.
- 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.
- 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.
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