Urza's Sylex
Legendary Artifact
, 
, Exile Urza's Sylex: Each player chooses six lands they control. Destroy all other permanents. Activate only as a sorcery.
When Urza's Sylex is put into exile from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.71
- EDHREC rank
- #14797
Urza's Sylex is a one-sided board wipe on a stick — tap it and sacrifice it to destroy all permanents with mana value equal to or less than the number of lands you control, which in a healthy game wipes most of the board while leaving your high-cost threats standing. The catch is the full-turn setup window: an opponent with cheap removal or a counterspell can strand the activation before it resolves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Urza's Sylex does its best work — games go long enough that you'll reliably have eight or more lands, which means the wipe hits nearly everything on the table while your top-end threats survive. It's a strong fit in green-based decks that ramp hard and want to clear the board without nuking their own five-drops. In Legacy and Vintage the activation cost is prohibitive; you're rarely untapping with this in a format where games end on turns three and four. Modern and Pioneer are similarly hostile — the two-mana activation plus a full turn of vulnerability is too slow against linear combo and aggressive decks, and better board control options exist at every price point.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.71 bulk tier
At $0.71, Urza's Sylex sits firmly in bulk rare territory — fair pricing for a card that sees fringe Commander play but almost no competitive demand. It's unlikely to spike without a major reprint catalyst or Commander breakout, so pick it up cheaply now if it fits your build and don't expect significant movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.