Illustrated by Andrey Kuzinskiy
Reality Fracture
Way of the Cryomancer
FRA #223 · Oct 2, 2026
- Type
- Legendary Enchantment
- Mana cost
- 2U
- Mana value
- 3
- Rarity
- uncommon
When Way of the Cryomancer 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 "[−3]: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy."
Way of the Cryomancer is an uncommon Legendary Enchantment from Reality Fracture (FRA #223).
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Format legality
- Standard
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
Card notes: Way of the Cryomancer
Way of the Cryomancer is a three-mana blue enchantment that empowers Jace 5 when it enters, then gives your planeswalkers a -3 that copies your next instant or sorcery that turn. The rulings cover the copy: same modes, no extra costs paid, new targets allowed. EDHREC lists it in a few thousand blue decks, and its top cards include Jace's Machinations and Way of the Wildspeaker, so it does best in a deck built around the set's Jace tokens.
- Way of the Cryomancer is a Legendary Enchantment. Source
- Its mana cost is {2}{U}. Source
- Its rules text begins: "When Way of the Cryomancer 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" ... Source
- Next line of rules text: "Planeswalkers you control have "[−3]: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy."" Source
- Scryfall lists it as legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Oathbreaker, Historic, Timeless. Source
- Ruling dated 2026-08-21: 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. Source
- Ruling dated 2026-08-21: If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. Source
- Ruling dated 2026-08-21: You can't choose to pay any additional costs for a copied spell. Source
- Ruling dated 2026-08-21: If the copied spell divides damage or distributes counters among a number of targets, the division and number of targets can't be changed. Source
- Ruling dated 2026-08-21: The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. Source
- Scryfall lists 1 printing of this card. Source
- EDHREC lists this card in 5,766 of 784,814 decks it could fit. Source
- On EDHREC, Jace, Vryn's Prodigy is one of its top commanders (369 of 809 decks). Source
- On EDHREC, Uldaros Theorix is one of its top commanders (121 of 1,478 decks). Source
- On EDHREC, Leori, Sparktouched Hunter is one of its top commanders (100 of 310 decks). Source
- EDHREC's Top Cards list for Way of the Cryomancer includes Jace's Machinations. Source
- EDHREC's Top Cards list for Way of the Cryomancer includes Jace, Reality Sculptor. Source
- EDHREC's Top Cards list for Way of the Cryomancer includes Way of the Wildspeaker. Source
