Obelisk of Urd
Artifact
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +2/+2.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander
- Price
- $3.33
- EDHREC rank
- #3769
Obelisk of Urd lands as a six-mana anthem that pumps every creature of the chosen type by +2/+2 — but Convoke means a wide tribal board often casts it for free. Anowon, the Ruin Thief decks want it as a payoff for flooding the board with Rogues, and Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist can leverage it the same way across any creature type he generates at scale.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Anowon, the Ruin Thief builds a wide board of Rogues naturally, which both pays for Obelisk of Urd through Convoke and then receives the +2/+2 bonus — the card costs next to nothing and immediately turns every attacker into a bigger mill threat.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci generates token creatures that can Convoke Obelisk of Urd out ahead of curve, then benefits if those tokens share a type the Obelisk names.
Kudo, King Among Bears
Kudo, King Among Bears builds a dense board of Bears, making Obelisk of Urd a near-free anthem that turns the entire tribe into a legitimate combat threat.
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Ovika, Enigma Goliath floods the board with Goblin tokens whenever you cast noncreature spells, so Obelisk of Urd consistently Convokes down to zero and pumps the whole horde in one line.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Obelisk of Urd does its best work — tribal decks that go wide get the Convoke discount and the anthem simultaneously, making six mana feel like a formality rather than a barrier. In Modern and Pioneer it competes against faster tribal payoffs and rarely makes the cut outside dedicated go-wide builds that can't access better options. Legacy has the card pool depth to find more efficient anthems, so Obelisk of Urd is fringe there at best. For Oathbreaker, the same tribal logic applies as in Commander, and the format's lower power ceiling makes a free or near-free anthem more impactful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Henry Wu, InGen GeneticistChatterfang, Squirrel GeneralNadir KrakenArtificial EvolutionObelisk of Urd
Infinite card draw; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$3.33 cheap tier
At $3.33, Obelisk of Urd sits in the comfortable budget tier — cheap enough to slot into any tribal deck without deliberation. It's a single-printing card with consistent tribal demand, so the floor is stable, but don't expect significant movement either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.