Jace's Archivist
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
, T: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Combos with Jace's Archivist
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Mind Over Matter Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers for all players
- Infinite rummaging for all players
- Infinite self-discard triggers for all players
- Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
- Xyris, the Writhing Storm Intruder Alarm Bloom Tender Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Infinite
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite draw triggers
- Infinite draw triggers for each opponent
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite looting
- Infinite looting for opponents
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite mana of colors among permanents you control
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite self-discard triggers
- Infinite self-discard triggers for opponents
- Infinite untap of creatures
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2011-09-22
If this ability causes a player to draw more cards than are left in their library, that player loses the game as a state-based action. If this ability causes all players to do this, the game is a draw.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Jace's Archivist, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nekusar, the Mindrazer | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Grixis 1 deck
Every version of Jace's Archivist
5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $8.40
- Foil
- $12.54

The List
- Normal
- $15.27

Commander 2015
- Normal
- $8.15

Commander 2013
- Normal
- $7.84

Magic 2012
- Normal
- $8.61
- Foil
- $32.92
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Jace's Archivist. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.