Hero card

Academic Ascent

Instant

SpellUsed once: what it does depends on when you cast it

Needs: Jace (Empower)

Gives: Jace (Empower), Spells

Not in winning lists yet: read from the card text and the graph

Build a deck with Academic Ascent as the hero

Makes it work

Campus Crier · Repurposed Enforcer · Mindseeker Oculus · Plan for All Outcomes · Way of the Cryomancer · Way of the Mind Sculptor · Jace, Reality Sculptor · Fatehold Charm

Use instead if you don't have it

Acrobatic Leap · Jump Scare · Panther Pounce · Hamato Guardian Stance · Harsh Annotation · Yip Yip!

Cards in the meta that answer it

Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Inevitable Defeat (4-Color Control) · No More Lies (Azorius Control) · We Say Thee Nay! (Dimir Aggro)