Is Urza's Tower good in Commander?

Urza's Tower

Land — Urza's Tower

: Add . If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add instead.

CMC: 0
Mana cost
Color identity: C
Rarity: uncommon
Set: Chronicles Foreign Black Border
Price: —
EDHREC rank: #816

Urza's Tower does nothing on its own — it only produces three colorless mana when you also control Urza's Mine and Urza's Power Plant, making the entire package a three-card land slot that competes with your colored sources. The payoff is real in dedicated Tron shells where commanders like Omo, Queen of Vesuva can copy land types to assemble the trio faster, but outside that context Magus of the Candelabra offers more upside from a single card.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Omo, Queen of Vesuva

94.3% of decks · synergy 0.89

Omo, Queen of Vesuva's ability to put land types onto permanents means she can effectively assemble the Urzatron on demand, and Urza's Tower shows up in over 94% of her decks as a result — it's one of the primary reasons to build around her.

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity

42.4% of decks · synergy 0.39

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity is a nine-mana commander, so the three extra colorless mana from a complete Tron set matters — Urza's Tower helps you hit that cost a full turn earlier and still leaves mana for backup interaction.

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

39.6% of decks · synergy 0.38

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite's foretell cost scales with available mana, so Urza's Tower is essentially an acceleration piece that lets you foretell and cast in the same turn window.

Urza, Lord Protector

38.8% of decks · synergy 0.37

Urza, Lord Protector leans into the thematic package and benefits from the colorless burst to flip into The Mightstone and Weakstone — Urza's Tower is as much flavor lock-in as it is functional ramp here.

Urza, Prince of Kroog

33.7% of decks · synergy 0.32

Urza, Prince of Kroog runs artifact-heavy lines that want large colorless payoffs, and Urza's Tower slots in as part of the Tron base that funds those activations ahead of schedule.

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	legal
oathbreaker	legal

In Commander, Urza's Tower is a narrow inclusion — only worthwhile when you're actively building around the Urzatron, since a conditional land that enters tapped competes hard against utility lands and colored sources in most 100-card decks. In Modern, Tron is a genuine archetype and Urza's Tower is a four-of staple there, making it far more impactful than in any singleton format. Legacy and Vintage both have access to it but faster mana makes the package redundant against the format's speed. Pauper Tron is a legitimate budget archetype, and Urza's Tower is a key piece in those colorless or green-based ramp shells.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,798 decks

Magus of the Candelabra Maze of IthUrza's TowerUrza's Power PlantUrza's Mine

Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't available for Urza's Tower at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current buylist and market prices, which vary significantly across the many printings this card has received. Given its staple status in Pauper Tron and casual Commander Tron builds, copies are widely available and rarely expensive.

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Updated 2026-05-30. Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.