Academic Ascent
Reality Fracture 2 • common
- Set
- Reality Fracture
- Collector number
- 2
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos
- Market price
- €0.18
What it does
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.
Empower Jace 2. (Put two 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.")
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Academic Ascent was released as part of the Reality Fracture set, an expansion designed to explore themes of temporal distortion and fragmented timelines. Produced by the game’s core development team, the card was intended to provide a utility-based mechanism that rewards players for tactical deck manipulation rather than raw power. Its design focuses on the synergy between resource management and long-term strategy, reflecting a trend in the set toward rewarding thoughtful, iterative play.
The visual aesthetic was commissioned from a lead illustrator who aimed to capture the feeling of unraveling order. By utilizing a color palette of muted violets and sharp, fractured geometries, the art seeks to convey the concept of knowledge gained through the disruption of reality. Upon its debut, the card was received by the player base as a balanced, reliable tool for control-oriented decks, finding a steady place in competitive formats due to its predictable and reliable utility.
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About Academic Ascent
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