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Urza's Bauble

Artifact

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at a card at random in target player's hand. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

CMC
0
Mana cost
{0}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Masters Edition
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2928
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Urza's Bauble card art
Urza's Bauble does almost nothing on its own — zero mana, peek at a hand, draw a card next upkeep — and that's exactly the point. In artifact-matters shells built around Emry, Lurker of the Loch or Fblthp, Lost on the Range, a free cantrip that counts as an artifact is worth more than its blank text suggests.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Fblthp, Lost on the Range

Fblthp, Lost on the Range

52.3% of decks · synergy 0.48

Fblthp, Lost on the Range plots cards off the top, and Urza's Bauble is a zero-mana artifact that replaces itself — exactly the kind of free spell that keeps the chain moving without spending a real resource.

02
Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

42.5% of decks · synergy 0.38

Emry, Lurker of the Loch can replay Urza's Bauble from the graveyard every turn, turning a single copy into a repeatable cantrip that also fuels self-mill and reduces Emry's own casting cost.

03
Glissa, the Traitor

Glissa, the Traitor

31.9% of decks · synergy 0.32

Glissa, the Traitor returns artifacts from the graveyard to hand whenever an opponent's creature dies, and Urza's Bauble is cheap enough to replay and sacrifice at will — making it a low-cost draw engine that Glissa reloads for free.

05
Urza, Lord High Artificer

Urza, Lord High Artificer

26.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Urza, Lord High Artificer converts every artifact into a Mox-style mana source, and Urza's Bauble is free fodder that both taps for blue mana through Urza's ability and replaces itself the following turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Urza's Bauble is legal in Legacy and Vintage but sees virtually no play there — free cantrips in those formats compete with Brainstorm and Ponder, and peeking at a hand card is too low-impact at that power level. Commander is where Urza's Bauble actually earns its slot, specifically in artifact-synergy builds where the type line matters as much as the effect. The delayed draw is a real cost in faster games, but in a 100-card singleton format that cost is usually acceptable when the artifact subtype is doing work for free.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Urza's Bauble isn't currently available here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Given its niche but genuine demand in Emry and Jhoira builds, copies tend not to sit at bulk rates, so grabbing one when you see it at a reasonable price is reasonable if you're building into those archetypes.

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