Urborg Repossession
Sorcery
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain 2 life. If this spell was kicked, return another target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #12287
Urborg Repossession returns two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand and gains you life equal to their combined mana values — that's real card advantage and a life swing on a single spell. The cost is three mana at sorcery speed, which is acceptable when the creatures you're buying back are doing double duty through a payoff like Dina, Soul Steeper.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
Dina, Soul Steeper triggers on every life gain event, so the life Urborg Repossession dumps into your total converts directly into damage — recouping two creatures while pinging opponents is exactly the engine Dina wants to loop.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Urborg Repossession earns its slot in graveyard-value decks that also run a life-gain payoff — recovering two creatures at once is card-neutral at worst and a two-for-one when the mana values are high. In Pauper it competes in a removal-heavy environment where graveyard recursion is genuinely scarce, making it a reasonable role-player in black midrange shells. Modern and Pioneer have too many faster, more flexible options — Persist, Unearth, and similar effects do more for less — and Urborg Repossession gets outclassed quickly at those power levels. Legacy and Vintage don't want sorcery-speed recursion at three mana when the format runs Time Spiral effects and Entomb lines.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Urborg Repossession is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. The price is stable at this floor and unlikely to move unless a life-gain commander pushes it into wider demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.