Urza's Incubator
Urza's Incubator: Artifact, Modern Horizons 3. As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
- Released
- 2024-06-14
- Collector number
- 297
- Artist
- Grzegorz Rutkowski
- Commander rank
- 314 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Urza's Incubator
Urza's Incubator is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), a draft-focused set released in June 2024. It is collector number 297 in that set, with art by Grzegorz Rutkowski. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Urza's Destiny (1999) to Modern Horizons 3 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $22.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells of the chosen type cost {2} less to cast.
"Our recruitment drives are bringing in fewer fresh troops every day. We need a new strategy." -Urza, to Tawnos
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $22.40 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Urza's Incubator by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Urza's Incubator
Urza's Incubator has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #297p | Rare | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #C15-273 | Rare | 2023 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #239 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #392 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #453 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #228 | Rare | 2018 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #273 | Rare | 2015 |
| Urza's Destiny (UDS) #142 | Rare | 1999 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Urza's Incubator, newest first.
- You choose a creature type right as it enters, before any continuous effects are applied or trigged abilities trigger.
- Multiple Incubators are cumulative.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Urza's Incubator is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.