While his low-ish power might make it tricky to get excess damage in at first, with a few buffs or other damage-causing spells before combat you'll be raking in those sacrifices
As the lead developer (now known as final designer) of the team for both Conflux and Worldwake , we had accomplished this once before when we created Nicol Bolos, Planeswalker in Conflux , but unlike Nicol Bolas, this would be the second Jace card printed, which had unique challenges of its own
Assuming you've built your deck around the creature type, you usually won't have problems putting at least a few cards into play for free
This especially goes if you just want to duke it out with your friends without building the most brutal deck out there
Offering buffs, protection, life gain, and reanimation , Sword of Light and Shadow can be incredibly useful in a great many decks