Way of the Paradox
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
When Way of the Paradox 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, you gain 1 life. You may play an additional land this turn.
Combos with Way of the Paradox
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.
- Heart of Kiran Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes Simic Growth Chamber Infinite
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite surveil
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2026-08-21
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.
- 2026-08-21
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.
- 2026-08-21
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.
- 2026-08-21
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Way of the Paradox, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tam, the Possibility | 4 | 0 | — |
| Kiora of Salt and Sand | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kwia Vigorbloom | 1 | 0 | — |
| Zimone, Mystery Unraveler | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Five-Color 4 decks
- Simic 2 decks
- Selesnya 1 deck
Way of the Paradox price history
The Reality Fracture #267 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.36 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.36 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.35 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.31 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.30 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.31 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.36 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.38 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.36 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.34 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.32 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.31 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.29 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.34 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.33 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.34 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.34 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.34 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.39 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.43 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.42 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.37 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.36 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.34 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.36 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.35 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.37 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.41 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.45 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.44 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.38 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $1.14 | $0.40 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.39 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.35 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.38 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.39 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.40 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.41 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.58 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.66 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.65 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.60 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.28 | $0.39 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Way of the Paradox
1 printing, 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.
- Normal
- $0.25
- Foil
- $0.36
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Way of the Paradox. 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.
