Plan for All Outcomes — ruling 1

To empower Jace N, if you don't control a Jace planeswalker token, create a blue Jace planeswalker token with 0 loyalty, "[−1]: Surveil 1," and "[−3]: Draw a card." Choose a Jace planeswalker token you control. Put N loyalty counters on it.

Plan for All Outcomes — ruling 2

The turn you cast Plan for All Outcomes, its second ability won't trigger because you've already cast at least one noncreature spell (Plan for All Outcomes) before it is on the battlefield.

Plan for All Outcomes — ruling 3

If you control a Jace planeswalker token, you can't choose to create a new one when you empower Jace. You have to put the loyalty counters on your existing Jace planeswalker token. In the rare case that you control multiple Jace planeswalker tokens, you'll choose one of those tokens to put the loyalty counters on.

Plan for All Outcomes — ruling 4

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. You won't empower Jace.

Plan for All Outcomes — ruling 5

The last ability of Plan for All Outcomes resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.

Plan for All Outcomes — ruling 6

Empower Jace won't let you put loyalty counters on nontoken Jace planeswalkers. However, if you control a Jace planeswalker token that you got another way (such as an effect that creates a token that's a copy of a permanent), empower Jace will put loyalty counters on that.

Plan for All Outcomes : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Plan for All Outcomes is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

When this enchantment enters, the owner of up to one other target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Whenever you cast your first noncreature spell each turn, empower Jace 1. (Put a loyalty counter 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.")

How it works : Plan for All Outcomes

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
To empower Jace N, if you don't control a Jace planeswalker token, create a blue Jace planeswalker token with 0 loyalty, "[−1]: Surveil 1," and "[−3]: Draw a card." Choose a Jace planeswalker token you control. Put N loyalty counters on it.
Card named in this ruling
Jace
#2August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
The turn you cast Plan for All Outcomes, its second ability won't trigger because you've already cast at least one noncreature spell (Plan for All Outcomes) before it is on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
If you control a Jace planeswalker token, you can't choose to create a new one when you empower Jace. You have to put the loyalty counters on your existing Jace planeswalker token. In the rare case that you control multiple Jace planeswalker tokens, you'll choose one of those tokens to put the loyalty counters on.
Card named in this ruling
Jace
#4August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
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. You won't empower Jace.
Card named in this ruling
Jace
#5August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
The last ability of Plan for All Outcomes resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
Empower Jace won't let you put loyalty counters on nontoken Jace planeswalkers. However, if you control a Jace planeswalker token that you got another way (such as an effect that creates a token that's a copy of a permanent), empower Jace will put loyalty counters on that.
Card named in this ruling
Jace