Urza, Lord High Artificer

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Urza, Lord High Artificer: Legendary Creature - Human Artificer, Commander Masters. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
1/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
130
Artist
Grzegorz Rutkowski
Commander rank
803 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Urza, Lord High Artificer

Urza, Lord High Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue legendary creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 130 in that set, with art by Grzegorz Rutkowski. It costs {2}{U}{U} (two generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It is restricted in Duel Commander. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Modern Horizons (2019) to Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $18.09 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."

Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.

{5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $18.09 (as of 2026-11-03).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Urza, Lord High Artificer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderRestricted
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Urza, Lord High Artificer

Urza, Lord High Artificer has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) #5Mythic2025
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #244Mythic2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91229Rare2023
Commander Masters (CMM) #1060Mythic2023
Commander Masters (CMM) #502Mythic2023
Commander Masters (CMM) #674Mythic2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #296Mythic2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #423Mythic2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #71Mythic2023
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts (H1R) #11Mythic2021
Modern Horizons (MH1) #75Mythic2019

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Urza, Lord High Artificer, newest first.

  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
  • You can tap any untapped artifact you control to pay the cost of the mana ability, including an artifact creature you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn. Tapping an Equipment this way won't affect its abilities or the equipped creature.
  • Urza's last ability doesn't change when you can play the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.
  • The token created by Urza's first ability will count itself, so it'll be at least 1/1.
  • If you don't play the card exiled with Urza's last ability, it remains in exile.
  • If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

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