Urza's Command

Urza's Command

Instant

Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Creatures you don't control get -2/-0 until end of turn.

on-cast — shrinks a creature by -2/-0

Create a tapped Powerstone token.

on-cast — makes a token

Create a tapped 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."

on-cast — makes a token

Scry 1, then draw a card.

on-cast — scries

on-cast — draws you 1 card

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature dies, create a Powerstone artifact token, put a Powerstone artifact token onto the battlefield, create a Construct artifact token, create a Construct creature token, put a Construct artifact token onto the battlefield, put a Construct creature token onto the battlefield, scry, draw a card.

Cares about: an artifact you control.

Works well with

you scry — 420 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

When Urza's Command scries:

  1. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  2. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  3. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  4. Celeborn the Wise — makes your creatures bigger
  5. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  7. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Elminster — costs less
  9. Elrond, Master of Healing — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Galadriel of Lothlórien — puts a land onto the battlefield

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

When Urza's Command poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Urza's Command makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — Urza's Command makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Proteus Staff — Urza's Command makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Urza's Command makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  5. Mass Polymorph — Urza's Command makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

2,715 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

Urza's Command puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Urza's Command:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

When a Construct enters thanks to Urza's Command:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Urza's Command makes a Construct token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Urza's Command:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  4. Shadows of the Past — scries
  5. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  7. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

458 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Urza's Command makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

When Urza's Command is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  3. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back
  4. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1
  5. Jeskai Sage — gets +1/+1
  6. Pink Horror — deals 2 damage
  7. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers

430 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Highspire Bell-Ringer — Highspire Bell-Ringer reduces what Urza's Command costs
  2. Geyser Drake — Geyser Drake reduces what Urza's Command costs
  3. Uthros Psionicist — Uthros Psionicist reduces what Urza's Command costs
  4. The Immortal Sun — The Immortal Sun reduces what Urza's Command costs
  5. Cloud Key — Cloud Key reduces what Urza's Command costs
  6. Helm of Awakening — Helm of Awakening reduces what Urza's Command costs
  7. Locket of Yesterdays — Locket of Yesterdays reduces what Urza's Command costs
  8. Seal of the Guildpact — Seal of the Guildpact reduces what Urza's Command costs
  9. Stone Calendar — Stone Calendar reduces what Urza's Command costs
  10. Trinisphere — Trinisphere reduces what Urza's Command costs

4,521 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tidal Barracuda — Tidal Barracuda gives Urza's Command flash
  2. Thrumming Stone — Thrumming Stone gives Urza's Command ripple

4,529 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

  1. Golbez, Crystal Collector — When a Powerstone enters thanks to Urza's Command, Golbez, Crystal Collector surveils

70 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Urza's Command puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. The Water Crystal — The Water Crystal reduces what Urza's Command costs
  2. Sapphire Medallion — Sapphire Medallion reduces what Urza's Command costs
  3. As Foretold — As Foretold reduces what Urza's Command costs

19,389 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Urza's Command is one).

When a Construct enters thanks to Urza's Command:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — mills a card
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

493 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.