The Most Powerful Ever?!? | Urza, Lord Protector | The Brother's War Spoilers | EDH | MTG 

I like how hes op but still fair. The amount needed for him makes his final form feel super hype and not bullshit like his Lord High version

The reason Urza has the stones in his eyes because when he set off the Sylex to destroy his brother, he got caught in the blast. What saved his life was the the stones landing in his eyes and with their power he ignited his spark and escaped the explosion.

Finally decades later, Urza gets a dedicated admittedly broken card, and lore accurate to boot. Love the art on these too.

Urza's "activate twice" does not stack with the identical ability from Oath of Teferi, but *does* stack with Chain Veil

Urza HAD to be the strongest Planeswalker the man was pretty much the First ever Planeswalker, glad to hear he's OP.

This is the first time we've had the powerstone subtype on a card, but DMU had 2 cards that made Powerstone tokens, so we have seen it before.

The moment urza hits the field every one starts blasting that player

I’m putting this Urza and the power stone into my Shorikai deck. Both cards are solid on their own and synergies with the deck and are nuts when melded

Good to see Wotc doing Urza justice. He’s supposed to be a god-tier freak of nature. That’s pre-mending walkers for you.

5:46 Yeah, reading the Brother's War book, I want to say that it was because of Urza using the Golgathian Sylex and amplifying an obliteration spell that literally rocked the multiverse, (seriously he actually locked Dominaria and like 11 other worlds away in their own multiverse and sentenced Dominaria to an ice age that regressed society back to the stone ages, crazy ish) but after he set off the ruinous detonation, the stones became embedded in his eyes, giving him Planeswalker powers. For those who didn't know, technically Urza doesn't have a spark, he's using the spark of Glacian, which was trapped inside the power stone that Yawgmoth's evil ass stuck inside the poor artificer's dying body just to be petty

I’m definitely making a deck for Urza. It’s also cool to see Urza get a legit planeswalker card

Dominaria united, unfinity, 40k commander, and the brothers war all coming out within a short time! Wow!

As Urza being my favorite MTG character, this does put a smile on my face. Already have a cEDH Urza, Lord High Artificer deck, now Ima make one for this one.

urza is one of the coolest cards to me and love artifact commander decks decks.

Urza planeswalker over here looking like a "Sorcerer Supreme "

so happy they finally did it! we finally have a black border urza planeswalker, and a pretty interesting one at that

Apparently there's a saheeli in this set, with her art showing her holding the sylex xhe made for teferi, so I can't wait to see her

So this is what a pre mending planeswalker looked like? Damn.

If you wanna be technical then no Planeswalker has more abilities than Nicol Bolas, Dragon God because his passive is gaining the Loyalty Abilities of all other Planeswalkers on the battlefield

Pretty dope card and great lore representation. I feel like he will be able to get real nutty in Commander so it will be interesting to see what the community thinks once he's playable

DMU Karn makes powerstones, which track with the tap ability of the mightstone and weakstone

I think Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant would be perfect in this deck wit this Urza as a commander :)

cards with X like stroke of genius and blue sun zenith are set ups for thassa oracle/mill wins

Urza died after using the golgathian sylex and then the stones went into his skull and revived him

19:50 This depends. I've seen two versions of this spoiled card, one says "You may activate the loyalty abilities of Urza, Planeswalker twice each turn rather than only once." (the one you have here). Another says "Once during each of your turns, you may activate an additional loyalty ability of Urza, Planeswalker." I haven't seen the official spoiler from wizards anywhere, but that makes a big difference. Version 1 does not work with Oath of Teferi because they're both replacement effects. Version 2 does work with Oath of Teferi because Urza would give himself an extra activation, rather than replacing his normal activation. Both versions work with The Chain Veil.

Thanks for this.

not the first time urza's been printed as a plainswalker but I understand if you don't count the silverbordered one with 60 activated abilities.

Yeah I definitely see him with sensei top and reality chip

I have been really ill the last week and I kid you not when the erza planeswalker side was shown I immediately "lost my food for that day" all over my desk how fun

Of all the things to save a destruction or exile for I think this planeswalker takes the cake. After going through all the trouble to get him out it's as much of a liability as it is an advantage. This guy is going to draw death beams like nobody's business .

If you have Urza lord protector as your commander, is the mightstone and the weakstone part of your commander as well? Or is it in your library and you need to find it? I'm new to meld cards, never used one.

This will go into my Stenn, Paranoid Partisan deck as an alternative commander. 😂

I just finished my Stenn Artifact Deck.. now I’m gonna chase these 2 cards for a new commander

I do love this Urza but like most Azorious decks it does not really have a wincon. I guess if I go with a subtheme of life gain i can try to use the Reservoir to win. And of course approach of the second sun.

Just insane. I juat build urza, lord high artifice. Now i need the precon and must build planeswalker urza. This screams almost urza tribal😅👌🏼

looks like a really good commander replacement for the kamigawa mech deck possibly?

yep i found my replacement on my deck lavinia azorious

Do remember that unfinity and warhammer 40k were delayed and were supposed to come out in April so it’s not like they planned to have so many spoilers at once

The might and meek stones yes indeed ignite urza's spark to make him a planeswalker, fun fact, those same stones are now Karn's eyes and that is why Karn is a planeswalker.

Oh my God!!! I know Urza was the first planeswalker and was very powerful... but... but this is something else...

Can you do the Urza meld combo as partner commander? I’ve heard you could but I wanted to confirm.

I mean, technically the will and rowan from strixhaven have five abilities, just not all at the same time

Might be a dumb question but can you use the original Mightstone and weakstone to meld him or does it have to be the new one?

This set seems to be expectacular...

Gonna build an Esper deck with Trazyn and Urza in it. I wanna pull off Thopterblade in EDH as a meme.

I love the flavor of it

"Very first time we've ever seen Urza as a planeswalker." Like, bro. do you even play magic? Urza Academy Headmaster was apparently the zeroeth time we've seen Urza as a planeswalker

Yes the stones are in his eyes

"Wizards, can you hold up on the spoilers?" Wizards: "No. Release more spoilers! Must milk the masses for all of their money!"

Far cry from Oko, the real heir to the throne.

This set is largely based on just the first book it looks like. Read The Brothers War, which can be found for cheap on Kindle, and all your lore questions will be answered.

I think if I pull both Urza pieces, I am going to put them into my Shorikai vehicle deck.

This just insta combos with ancestral statue

FIVE loyalty abbilities on ONE planeswalker?! No other PW has that many loyalty abilities all by itself! It could possibly have had *SIX* due to the extra line up at the top!

The creature side is better than the melded planeswalker lol

Thats a spicy planeswalker

Does spykit work with this?

Old School planeswalkers!

I think the only thing that won’t unmeld it would be phasing out cause it wouldn’t excel it or return it to your hand

The spoilers never stop. Unfinity isn't even out yet.

urza, lord protector is busted. arifacts, sorcery, and instants are one less to cast? for three mana?

Imma brew artifact tribal with him

I wish the stones didn't get exiled, suck for commanded unless you copy them and then use the copy to use with urza so you can reuse the stones.

i have to say, it's probably expected that The Mighstone and Weakstone would be a new card, just due to the sheer way Meld works, but I'm somehow still half disappointed that it's not somehow merging with the original Mightstone and Weakstone cards. Probably for the better, given how they're kinda crap cards (overcosted, no reason for that shit to be symetrical), but still.

Is it wrong of me to think about putting Lord High Artificer in the 99?

no oath of teferi is a nonbo I think

Does this mean that you can: Turn 3 - Summon Urza Turn 4 - Play M & W stone cause Urza lowers cost by 1 Turn 5 - Meld them cause M&W stone gives 2 colorless mana and with 5 that's 7 total?

It's a shame that they push product out so fast, because Brother's War should've been an important and much hyped set. Instead it seems to just blend into the tableaux of set after set. Either way, I'm happy that my boy Urza finally got his Planeswalker form. Now just waiting for a Yawgmoth in his Phyrexian God form.

I thought there was an UN set Urza already? So this technically wouldn't be the first Urza PW.

What about Urza vs Bolas

If you add teferi , temporal Archmage, teferi, who slows the sunset and oath of teferi then things get more interesting.

The planeswalker looks insane, but luckily you will never ever see this guy hit the board.

need

Can mightstone and weakstone Go To the command Zone ?.or so they Go To grave

So, the lore junkie in me is REALLY excited about this chain of cards; I've wanted to see a Planeswalker Urza since Planeswalkers first appeared, and this one doesn't seem to disappoint. My only complaints are this is probably going to be EXPENSIVE AS HELL, because Urza + Mythic Rare this, and the second is that I don't like how he can fail, slightly, as a Commander. So, obviously Urza is a powerhouse, even if it isn't the LHA one. He doesn't make free Mox Sappires, or give you a vessel to pour that mana into, but he's mighty, all the same, and Azorius, instead of mono-Blue, but I'd want to use Urza, Planeswalker, and while he's awesome, once he's dealt with, he's gone. Maybe it just reflects poorly on me, asca player, and if you Meld, you SHOULD be able to just win the game right away, but I've had way too many Planeswalkers get countered, or simply destroyed, and if that happens, while Commander Urza is fine; he's back in the Command Zone, and can be played again, his "Planeswalker Spark" just burned out, because the Stones got exiled, and you won't be able to prep for another sylex blast, because you can't meld him, again. It's whiny, I know, but a bit of a shame. Regardless, he's going to be great, and I'll just have to hope I can ever get one.

Of course the first attempt at a Pre-mending planeswalker is super powerful. To be honest given what we know about planeswalkers pre mending the card is probably a little weak.

I would love it if I did not fear the power creep.

On his own he's comparable to Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. The Powerstone card is pretty mediocre. Someone will try and force it in other formats, and it's guaranteed to run away with games if it sticks, but it'll likely never stick. In EDH though you only need to find the Powerstone card if Urza is sitting in your command zone. Probably would be pretty easy to pull off.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!! Do not read if you want to read the Brother's War novels. About the eyes. Back when novels about the mtg universe were everywhere the brothers war novel trilogy explains the eyes. When Urza kills his brother Mishra in an apocalyptic explosion, Urza survives and the two stones are reunited. The brothers found the powerstone in Thran ruins and when they fought over it it broke in two(mightstone and weakstone) Urza had the mightstone while Mishra had the weakstone.

It’s funny how urza’s a planeswalker, but hasn’t gotten one till now

and I'm here liking Stenn, Paranoid Partisan smh...

Keep in mind that this ONE card that can only protect itself with a +0 ability costs a total of FIFTEEN mana to play

Excuse me, This card does what?

I have run my Bruna deck for years now, and I will let you know that melding her with Gisela is rarely going to happen. I have played that deck over a hundred times, and I have only had the meld happen about 20 times. It’s only mattered about 7 times. You would have to play a lot of the scary white and blue instants to run this properly. Teferi’s Protection, both blue Force of’s, every artifact tutor, and probably Spark Double for redundancy. It’s going to be an expensive deck, and it isn’t going to be extremely impactful. None of those abilities just win games on their own.

Poor mishra, playing 2nd fiddle again.

Early damn

god i've been hating the game design choices for the last few sets and this is no exception yes it's strong but superbland and uninspired. never thought when urza would drop he'd be so lame xs

This is gonna get banned for sure

I love that you can have both urza and the might/weakstone as your commander Edit: yes you can, the RC made a blog saying you can Edit 2: I'm guessing it was either fake or a dream I had because now I can't find the article. I'll keep searching though, because I swear I saw the article 😅

Not even close to being as powerful as his mono blue card

So...this is gonna get banned. Mark my words....Also #Blameeddie

I dont get the hype for this card. Spending 15 mana (or technically 12 if you do it in the intended order) for a two card combo that isnt just winning you the game is so underwhelming. Baby urza is fine but his design is pretty boring and simple and the mightstone thing is actually trash on its own

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Stop complaining

I really want to like this cards but with how WoTc is just pushing sets like an assembly line and just trying to cash in on nostalgia makes it hollow.

Mark rosewater has pretty well destroyed mtg. Not a single person has asked for any of this bs that he thinks we want. Dudes out of touch of literally everything and needs removed so we can ya know,have our beloved game back.