Grixis Jace Control

[Secretly.A.Bee]

So since Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy came out, I have had an itch to try out his interactions with Grim Lavamancer. This way, you generate a way to consistently deal damage while keeping Jace from flipping until you are ready for him to. As a bonus, I'm trying out the strategy with Ensnaring Bridges to stop tron, goyf, and still be able to get in with elemental tokens. Admittedly the deck is untested and will probably have quite a few kinks to work out, plus the graveyard dependency and overlap of strategies within the deck may make it difficult to play with in its current condition. Anyway, without further adieu....

60 Maindeck:
12 Creatures:
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Young Pyromancer
1 Spellskite
3 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar

26 Spells:
4 Serum Visions
2 Thought Scour
1 Forbidden Alchemy
2 Cryptic Command
1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
1 Shadow of Doubt
1 Thoughtseize
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Logic Knot
2 Mana Leak
2 Kolaghan’s Command
2 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Reality Shift
4 Lightning Bolt

22 Lands:
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Steam Vents
1 Watery Grave
1 Blood Crypt
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Sulfur Falls
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Desolate Lighthouse
3 Island
1 Swamp
1 Mountain

I have no Sideboard, as it seems a bit too early to decide what I'll need if I'm not even sure of the main. Anyway, thoughts, criticisms, etc. Let it begin.

-ABC

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[Dice_Box]

Grixis has taken over as my deck of choice in the format. Running this.

Creatures
4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Spells
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
3 Thought Scour
2 Mana Leak
1 Rise // Fall
3 Terminate
3 Kolaghan's Command
1 Painful Truths
1 Murderous Cut

Lands
2 Island
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Blood Crypt
2 Steam Vents
1 Watery Grave
1 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Drowned Catacomb
2 Sulfur Falls

Sideboard
1 Anger of the Gods
2 Blood Moon
1 Countersquall
1 Damnation
2 Dispel
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Fulminator Mage
1 Izzet Staticaster
1 Keranos, God of Storms
1 Spellskite
1 Vandalblast

Tron is still a bitch and Burn... Not much fun. I feel I have game against anything else.

[Secretly.A.Bee]

And it seems strong, albeit fairly stock as far as lists go. I'm going to put Terminate back in, but otherwise I haven't had a chance to test until later today.

A friend of mine thinks Jace will be banned in modern. Thoughts?

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[Philipp2293]

Tron is still a bitch and Burn... Not much fun. I feel I have game against anything else.

I guess you haven't run into Bx Eldrazi yet? This deck seems to catch on online and in some forums I frequent, and it's a horrible MU (I run a list very close to yours).

[Dice_Box]

I guess you haven't run into Bx Eldrazi yet? This deck seems to catch on online and in some forums I frequent, and it's a horrible MU (I run a list very close to yours).
Gods, those decks look like a pile. I guess I should jump onto youtube and see how they run.


A friend of mine thinks Jace will be banned in modern. Thoughts?
Yea its possible. But it's also possible I will win the loto tomorrow too. Both scenarios are about as likely as each other and I don't waste money on loto tickets.