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Urza's Saga

Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}."
II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Modern Horizons 2
Price
$39.31
EDHREC rank
#121
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Urza's Saga card art
Urza's Saga is a land that converts itself into an artifact tutor — it enters, builds two Construct tokens across its first two chapter triggers, then sacrifices itself to fetch any zero- or one-mana artifact directly onto the battlefield. The cost is a land drop that destroys itself by turn's end, which is why commanders like Tameshi, Reality Architect treat that self-sacrifice as a feature rather than a drawback, bouncing it repeatedly for fresh tutors.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Urza's Saga is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, and Oathbreaker — it's only restricted in Vintage, where one copy per deck is the concession to how efficiently it finds Mox Opal, Black Lotus, and other zero-mana engines. In Modern and Legacy it earns its slot on raw power: tutoring Amulet of Vigor, Shadowspear, or Pithing Needle on curve while generating two 1/1 Construct tokens as incidental pressure is simply too much value for one land slot. Commander gives it an additional pass — the singleton format means the self-sacrifice clause barely registers when you have graveyard recursion, land-bounce commanders, or enough artifact density to make the tutor hit something backbreaking every game.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Tameshi, Reality Architect

Tameshi, Reality Architect

52.3% of decks · synergy 0.41

Tameshi, Reality Architect's ability to return enchantments from the graveyard by paying one mana makes Urza's Saga effectively reusable — bounce it before the final chapter, replay it next turn, and you're generating Constructs and fetching artifacts on a loop.

02
Urza, Lord High Artificer

Urza, Lord High Artificer

56.3% of decks · synergy 0.40

Urza, Lord High Artificer turns every artifact into a mana source, so the Constructs Urza's Saga produces pull double duty as both blockers and fuel — and the tutor line can fetch the exact zero-cost artifact needed to push his mana engine over the top.

03
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

43.0% of decks · synergy 0.38

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods triggers off lands entering the battlefield, meaning replaying Urza's Saga through recursion chains stacks damage and life loss on top of the tutor and token generation the enchantment already provides.

04
Arcum Dagsson

Arcum Dagsson

54.8% of decks · synergy 0.38

Arcum Dagsson tutors artifacts from the library, and Urza's Saga feeds that engine from both directions — the Construct tokens it produces are artifact creatures Arcum can sacrifice to go find whatever combo piece he needs next.

05
Urza, Lord Protector

Urza, Lord Protector

47.6% of decks · synergy 0.36

Urza, Lord Protector reduces artifact and instant costs, which compounds the value of Urza's Saga by making the zero- and one-mana artifacts it fetches either free or nearly free to deploy the turn they arrive.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

No single card fully replaces Urza's Saga — the combination of land-slot cost, token generation, and unconditional artifact tutoring is unique. Inventors' Fair gets closest at under $1: it gains life each upkeep and tutors any artifact for three mana, though you pay a real mana cost rather than sacrificing a land drop, and it produces no tokens. If the token angle matters more, Sai, Master Thopterist or Workshop Assistant let you convert artifact play into bodies, but neither searches your library.

Price Context

Current price

$39.31 premium tier

At $39.31, Urza's Saga sits firmly in the premium tier — it's a multi-format staple with meaningful demand in Modern, Legacy, and Commander simultaneously, which is what keeps the floor elevated. Cards with that cross-format pull tend to hold price rather than collapse, but the ceiling is already priced in, so you're buying it for the power, not for appreciation.

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