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Urza, Lord Protector

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{7}: If you both own and control Urza, Lord Protector and an artifact named The Mightstone and Weakstone, exile them, then meld them into Urza, Planeswalker. Activate only as a sorcery.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{W}{U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
mythic
Set
The Brothers' War Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#5555
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Urza, Lord Protector card art
Urza, Lord Protector makes every noncreature, nonland spell you cast cost one less — a static discount that compounds fast when you're chaining artifacts or stacking Sensei's Divining Top activations. The cost is a three-mana 2/4 that does nothing to the board the turn it enters, so if it dies before you untap, you've invested three mana for zero payoff; pair it with Urza, Prince of Kroog to meld into The Mightstone and Weakstone and the calculus flips entirely.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Urza, Prince of Kroog

Urza, Prince of Kroog

26.2% of decks · synergy 0.24

Urza, Prince of Kroog is the primary destination for Urza, Lord Protector because the two meld into The Mightstone and Weakstone — a seven-mana, 8/8 that draws and generates mana — and Prince's artifact-copying ability means the cost reduction from Lord Protector hits even harder when you're flooding the board with Construct copies.

02
Urza, Chief Artificer

Urza, Chief Artificer

22.6% of decks · synergy 0.21

Urza, Chief Artificer decks run Urza, Lord Protector as a cost reducer for the dense artifact suite Chief Artificer wants on the table — shaving one mana off every Thopter, vehicle, or equipment means you're deploying threats one full turn faster and giving Chief Artificer more fodder to make unblockable.

03

Tetzin, Gnome Champion

20.6% of decks · synergy 0.19

Tetzin, Gnome Champion leans on a high density of artifacts to trigger its chapter-advancement mechanic, and Urza, Lord Protector's blanket cost reduction lets that shell function on less mana while still hitting the artifact count Tetzin demands each turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Urza, Lord Protector earns its slot almost exclusively in artifact-heavy shells where the cost reduction is constant and the meld payoff is realistic to assemble — outside those decks it's a fragile three-drop that doesn't advance a board state. In Modern and Legacy, it sees fringe play in artifact-combo lists that can exploit the discount on multiple spells per turn, but it rarely headlines those formats because it asks for too much setup without providing immediate protection or a threat. Pioneer offers the same theoretical home but lacks the density of broken artifacts to make the reduction feel format-warping. Vintage is the one format where shaving a mana off Moxen-adjacent artifacts could matter in theory, but Urza, Lord Protector simply isn't on the radar there. Across all formats, the honest read is that this card is a Commander card — it's at its best on the battlefield for multiple turns in a artifact midrange or combo shell.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Urza, Lord Protector isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. As a mythic rare that sees mostly Commander play and is tied to a specific meld-combo payoff, it tends to hold modest value rather than spiking — worth grabbing a copy when you're building the deck rather than speculating.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.