Originally Posted by
Hanni
Yea, for the most part, the core is pretty solid and seems mostly agreed upon.
When I first started tuning my list, the first thing I noticed was that Jace was so much less good in this deck than it is in control decks. The deck also has tons of other stuff to do/cast throughout most of the game, so many times Jace just sits in hand for a long time. Honestly, there are very few matchups where I'd rather have Jace instead of Vendilion Clique.
Jace is still an incredibly powerful card. It's not necessarily wrong, and can be strong in the right meta. However, Clique just fits into this decks gameplan much better. Evasive Jitte carrier, disruption on a body, etc.
It may also be the way I view this deck. To me, this deck is a big tempo deck reminiscent of New Horizons, except obviously much better. To me, this deck is as much or more of an aggro deck than it is a control deck. Blue Maverick, if you will. A better Maverick, in my opinion. But at the same time, it's big tempo, so it's also like a midrange Delver deck in a way. Either way, Jace just doesn't really seem suited to those plans, for me.