Urgoros, the Empty One
Legendary Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever Urgoros deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card at random. If the player can't, you draw a card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #18312
Urgoros, the Empty One hits hard — a 4/3 flying unblockable threat that strips a card from any opponent who can't discard when it connects. The six-mana cost is steep for a creature with no immediate board impact, but Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal makes that irrelevant by turning every empty-handed trigger into a sustained engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal rewards opponents losing their last card, and Urgoros, the Empty One is one of the cleanest ways to manufacture exactly that — flying, unblockable, and forcing a discard or a hit every combat.
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 |
Urgoros, the Empty One is a Commander card through and through — six mana is a steep ask in competitive Constructed, and there are faster, cheaper discard payoffs in every 60-card format. In Legacy and Modern, hand disruption happens on turns one and two, not turn six, so Urgoros never gets off the ground. Commander is where it earns its slot: multiplayer means more targets for the discard trigger, games go long enough to cast it, and evasion plus repeatable hand pressure is a real threat in the late game. Oathbreaker is legal but shares the same timing problem as 60-card formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Urgoros, the Empty One is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow roles rarely spike, so expect it to stay in this range unless a new Aclazotz-style commander pushes black hand-control into popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.