Jace's Ruse
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
War of the SparkWAR · #273
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.29 € · 0.23 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Return up to two target creatures to their owner's hand. You may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Jace, Arcane Strategist, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Clint Cearley
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-05-03
Flavour text
"The Eternals can recognize faces. They just think I look like a blue minotaur."
Rulings
You may cast Jace’s Ruse without choosing any target creatures. You’ll just search for Jace, Arcane Strategist. However, if you choose any targets and all of those targets become illegal before Jace’s Ruse resolves, the spell won’t resolve and you won’t search.