Urban Evolution
Urban Evolution: Sorcery, New Capenna Commander. Draw three cards. You may play an additional land this turn. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- New Capenna Commander (NCC)
- Released
- 2022-04-29
- Collector number
- 355
- Artist
- Eytan Zana
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About Urban Evolution
Urban Evolution is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and green sorcery from New Capenna Commander (NCC), a Commander product released in April 2022. It is collector number 355 in that set, with art by Eytan Zana. It costs {3}{G}{U} (three generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Gatecrash (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Draw three cards. You may play an additional land this turn.
As the Simic released more of their krasis experiments, they required new habitats, always at the expense of the locals.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Urban Evolution by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Urban Evolution
Urban Evolution has been printed in 11 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #251 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #276 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #455 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #MM3-198 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Commander 2019 (C19) #205 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) #126 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #208 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #198 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora (DDO) #57 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Gatecrash (GTC) #204 | Uncommon | 2013 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Urban Evolution, newest first.
- Urban Evolution's effect allows you to play an additional land during your main phase. Doing so follows the normal timing rules for playing lands. In particular, you don't get to play a land as Urban Evolution resolves; Urban Evolution fully resolves first and you draw three cards, perhaps including a land you'll play later.
- The effects of multiple Urban Evolutions in the same turn are cumulative. They're also cumulative with other effects that let you play additional lands, such as the one from Explore.
- If you somehow manage to cast Urban Evolution when it's not your turn, you'll draw three cards when it resolves, but you won't be able to play a land that turn.
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