---
name: "Jace's Ruse"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "WAR"
set_name: "War of the Spark"
collector_number: "273"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Clint Cearley"
oracle_id: "59cbed39-a07e-491e-a95a-adafe19eb652"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/jaces-ruse-war"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Jace's Ruse
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return up to two target creatures to their owner's hand. You may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Jace, Arcane Strategist, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

> *"The Eternals can recognize faces. They just think I look like a blue minotaur."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grasping Current](/printing/grasping-current-xln.md) — Sorcery
2. [Jace, the Living Guildpact](/printing/jace-the-living-guildpact-ps14.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
3. [Jace, the Mind Sculptor](/printing/jace-the-mind-sculptor-wwk.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
4. [Into the Void](/printing/into-the-void-ori.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sea God's Scorn](/printing/sea-gods-scorn-thb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Captivating Gyre](/printing/captivating-gyre-m20.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** War of the Spark (WAR) #273
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Clint Cearley
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`