Urza's Cave
Land — Urza's Cave
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.87
- EDHREC rank
- #452
Urza's Cave enters untapped and tutors any land — including non-basics — straight to the battlefield for three mana, which is a meaningful rate when you need a specific land on cue. Lumra, Bellow of the Woods decks treat it as a core piece because landfall triggers stack and the tutor is repeatable if you have ways to recycle it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods wants lands entering the battlefield as often as possible, and Urza's Cave delivers any land directly from the library — including utility lands that generate extra value on arrival — making it a near-automatic inclusion in over half of Lumra builds.
Omo, Queen of Vesuva
Omo, Queen of Vesuva spreads land subtypes across the board, and Urza's Cave lets you tutor whichever land makes Omo's subtype-granting ability most explosive in a given game state.
The Necrobloom
The Necrobloom triggers off Forests and Swamps entering, so Urza's Cave tutoring dual lands or fetchlands that share those types generates immediate value on top of the search.
Nine-Fingers Keene
Nine-Fingers Keene wants a critical mass of Gates, and Urza's Cave finds whichever Gate is missing from the battlefield to unlock Keene's attack trigger or hit a Gate payoff.
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite cares about lands entering from unconventional zones, and Urza's Cave putting a land directly onto the battlefield from the library syncs cleanly with that trigger condition.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Urza's Cave does its best work — singleton construction means finding the right utility land at the right moment is genuinely impactful, and three mana to tutor any land onto the battlefield is a fair rate when the payoff is a Cavern of Souls, Dark Depths, or the second piece of a land-based combo. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; those formats have better fixing and no reason to spend three mana fetching a land when the game is often decided by turn two. Urza's Cave is a Commander card through and through, and its 55%+ inclusion rate in Lumra decks confirms the format has found the right home for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.87 bulk tier
At $0.87, Urza's Cave sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap enough that budget is never a reason to skip it in a landfall or land-synergy build. Bulk uncommons with narrow applications don't typically spike, so treat it as a stable pickup rather than something to chase.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
- Omo, Queen of Vesuva
- The Necrobloom
- Nine-Fingers Keene
- Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.