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Urza, Academy Headmaster

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}

Legendary Planeswalker — Urza

USTUnstable#136mythic
Foil
Border
silver
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 80–2133
Illustrator
Terese Nielsen
Found in
Unstable Booster Pack
Printings1
CommanderNot legalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyNot legal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageNot legal
+1: Head to AskUrza.com and click +1. −1: Head to AskUrza.com and click -1. −6: Head to AskUrza.com and click -6.
Loyalty 4
Market · per finishspark updated 15h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$2.36
$1.92 low$1.52 gap
Foil+0.0%
$31.52
$26.45 low$11.45 gap
Cheapest playable copy$2.36· across 1 printing

Rulings

4 · latest Jan 19, 2018 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    If an ability comes up that requires a target and there are legal targets available, you must use that ability even if you may not want to. However, the effects are all good for you or bad for your opponent. In some cases, you may not be able to take advantage. For example, if it ends up that creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn but you don't control any creatures, you're out of luck. But nothing bad will happen.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Players can respond to the activation of any of Urza's abilities, but not after players know what effect is going to happen.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Urza's abilities work a little differently with respect to targeting. Unlike other abilities, you may have to choose the targets for an ability as part of that ability resolving. If the ability that comes up requires a target and there are no legal targets available, click again until that's not true.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Urza, Academy Headmaster is just like any other planeswalker, except you're never quite sure what his abilities are going to do. Urza is very unpredictable. To find out what happens, head to AskUrza.com. There you will find three buttons: +1, -1, and -6. Click the button for the loyalty ability that's resolving, and follow whatever instructions appear.