Urza's Blueprints
Artifact
Echo 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #22624
Urza's Blueprints draws you a card every turn — but the echo cost means you pay six mana total and skip a draw if you can't pay on the following upkeep. The floor is a fragile, expensive repeater; the ceiling is an engine piece that goes infinite with Mind Over Matter, and that gap determines whether it earns a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Urza's Blueprints actually lives — six mana total is acceptable in a singleton format full of value engines, and the card thrives in artifact-heavy or untap-combo builds that can leverage Mind Over Matter. In Legacy and Vintage it is strictly unplayable in any competitive context; the echo mechanic and the one-card-per-turn ceiling are laughably slow against the threats those formats present. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's slower, synergy-driven pace that Urza's Blueprints can find niche homes there, but the smaller starting hand size and lower life totals mean you need the engine online faster than it typically arrives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Mind Over MatterUrza's Blueprints
Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Infinite self-discard triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Urza's Blueprints is deep bulk — there is no financial risk to picking up copies, and the price is unlikely to move without a reprint-driven spike in a popular Commander precon. It holds bulk value confidently; just don't expect appreciation.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.