In the top 8 of this event, the top 5 cards by volume were:
35 Island
32 Jace, the Mind Sculptor (+5 Jace Beleren)
32 Preordain
28 Mana Leak
25 (All Sideboard) Flashfreeze
There were only 35 islands in the top 8, but there were 37(!) Jaces! (that both cost UU)
There was something like one deck in the top 16, and 3 in the top 32 that didn't play JtMS/Preordain to the max.
Just like the Titan cycle nullifies virtually every other creature that costs 5-8 mana in their respective colors (or colorless for that matter), Jace nullifies entire strategies by himself. Play some creature without a CIP effect? Jace is something like three Time Walks against that deck.
I guess the lesson from this is play JTMS, Mana Leak, and Preordain, or have a solid matchup against decks packing them. (Mostly CawBlade and RUG in the top 8, some others filling out the top 32)
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