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I have asked many people what the combo for jace the ind sculptor is and no one seems to know what it is or what cards that are invovled with it. Would anyone here know what it is, or what cards it is? i know that he is banned in tournaments and everything but its still worht knowing i think. I have a copy which he is in my blue/black deck. 

I tried looking this up on google, but it just shows what decks have/had him in. My views on cards being banned arent the greatest but I know the combo is why he is banned. 

I've never heard of any specific combo, but the fact that he gives you a free Brainstorm every turn in a format where Brainstorm was never even legal to begin with is a little nuts.

im sure it has something to do with proliferate

For this combo, you need to have the following cards:

* Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Draw and play Jace TMS. Using his first three abilities, completely control the game until you win the game.
Here's your combo.

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Now, more seriously: Jace alone is strong enough. With Jace helping you draw whatever you from your deck (his '0' ability) and disrupting your opponent's draws (his +2), you just play your deck freely while your opponent can't respond well. He's very effective in basically any deck using blue, regardless of what your other cards actually are.

He was too strong. Thats why he got banned. He gets you CA, protects himself, helps you control the other players draws AND he gives you a win condition. All for 4 mana.

Alright,cool, thanks guys. I knew that he did pretty much control the field, I just heard from some people that there was a combo with him, and i tried to figure out that combo but it just seems like they just needed to cut him a effect or so. Although i do use him in one of my decks I only have 1 copy unlike most of other people that have 4 or so.

Also, using him with Squadron Hawk turned his 0 ability into "draw three cards" and using him with fetches such as Arid Mesa makes his Brainstorm so much better.

Also he had awesome synergy with Oracle of Mul Daya , but that's just gravy on top of everything else.

Dec 24, 2012 -- 8:46AM, shieldofash wrote:

im sure it has something to do with proliferate

No, Jace was seeing play in Standard pretty soon after Worldwake was released. After Alara rotated out, most answers to Jace were out; I remember Vampire Hexmage (one of the few answers to Jace) and Jace Beleren (the other answer to Jace) being quite in demand then.

Thing was, once Mirrodin Besieged came in, Jace provided control options for Caw-Blade . (For those who don't know, Caw-Blade used Stoneforge to search for Sword of Feast and Famine , which was perfect for Squadron Hawk .)