Way of the Deathbringer
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Enchantment
- Set
- Reality Fracture #238 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.20 USD
When Way of the Deathbringer 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.")
Planeswalkers you control have "[−2]: You may sacrifice a creature. If you do, create a 4/4 green Beast creature token with trample."
Way of the Deathbringer has 1 printing, first in Reality Fracture (2026). EDHREC ranks it #18,501 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tam, the Possibility decks (903 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Way of the Deathbringer most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tam, the Possibility: 903 decks
- Jace, Multiverse Architect: 744 decks
- Carth the Lion: 162 decks
- Tomik, Wielder of Law: 20 decks
- Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord: 19 decks
- Thomil, the Destroyer: 13 decks
- Nashi, Moon's Legacy: 10 decks
- Vraska, the Cutting Glare: 6 decks
Often played with Way of the Deathbringer
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : Only one loyalty ability of each planeswalker may be activated per turn, no matter how many it has gained.