Urza, Lord Protector
Urza, Lord Protector and Urza, Planeswalker are the two sides of a Transforming White and Blue human Planeswalker, introduced after the release of the set that documents his disastrous feud with his sibling and fellow Artificer - Mishra : The Brothers' War.
| Urza, Lord Protector | |
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| Full Name | Urza, Lord Protector |
| Transformed |
Urza, Planeswalker  |
| Affinities |
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| Origin set |
 The Brothers' War |
| Cost |
650  |
| Stats (max level) | |
| Health | 119 |
| Deck limits |
 5 ·  7 ·  7 |
| Mana bonuses |
 +5 ·  +5 ·  0 ·  -2 ·  0 |
| Leveling cost |
160,720  |
| Planeswalkers (Infobox · Data) | |
Urza has average health, very good Mana gains in his colors and good Spell and Support limits.
Lord Protector gains Mana and draws cards.
Urza, Planeswalker gains Life and summon Artifact Soldiers. He can Exile cards and destroy all enemy cards, at the cost of any non-vanguard and non-artifact cards he controls.
Each have a different version of the same Passive Ability : Impending Ignition, which is activated when they use Loyalty abilities.
Urza's Transformation is called Tag, as with the Royal Scion twins. It is achieved differently than previous PWs; any Loyalty ability will trigger it, as long as the player controls both of two specific cards. Any Loyalty ability will also trigger Lord Protector's Passive ability, and Fetch one of those cards from outside the game (Urza's Spellbook). As with Nicol Bolas, the Ravager, the transformation is permanent: Urza cannot return to Lord Protector once he has become Planeswalker.
Urza returns to the concept of abilities costing differently at different levels, and turns it on its head; instead of more powerful abilities costing More, as with some early Hibernum Planeswalkers, Urza has abilities - Calculating Assessment and Essence Disassembly - that may grow more powerful or stay the same, but cost Less at each new level.
Contents
Stats
| Urza, Lord Protector - level 60 | ||||||||||
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| Mana bonus | Deck limits | Health | Leveling cost | |||||||
 +5
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 +5
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 0
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 -2
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 0
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 0
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5
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7
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7
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119 | 160,720
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Abilities
Urza, Lord Protector
| 1: Power Redirection | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level | 
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Effect |
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6-19 | 8 | The first Artifact or Spell card in your hand gains 5 mana. |
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20-35 | 8 | Artifact and Spell cards in your hand gain 3 mana. |
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36-49 | 8 | Artifact and Spell cards in your hand gain 3 mana. If you have a card named The Mightstone and Weakstone in hand — It gains full mana. |
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50 | 8 | Artifact and Spell cards in your hand gain 5 mana. If you have a card named The Mightstone and Weakstone in hand — It gains full mana. |
| 2: Calculating Assessment | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level |
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Effect |
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10-25 | 14 | Discard a card, then draw 2 cards. The last card in your hand gains 3 mana. |
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26-39 | 13 | Discard a card, then draw 2 cards. The last card in your hand gains 6 mana. |
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40-55 | 12 | Discard a card, then draw 2 cards. The last card in your hand gains 6 mana. If you have a card named Urza, Lord Protector in hand — It gains half of its mana. |
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56 | 11 | Discard a card, then draw 2 cards. The last card in your hand gains 6 mana. If you have a card named Urza, Lord Protector in hand — It gains full mana. |
Urza, Planeswalker
| 1: Artificer's Transcendence | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level |
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Effect |
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6-19 | 8 | You gain 1 life for each Artifact you control and each Spell card in your graveyard. |
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20-35 | 8 | If you control 2 or less Artifact cards — Create an Artifact Soldier Token [Artifact Soldier
Colorless Creature card (1/1) Token |
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36-49 | 8 | If you control 2 or less Artifact cards — Create 1 Artifact Soldier Tokens [Artifact Soldier
Colorless Creature card (1/1) Token |
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50 | 8 | Create 3 Soldier Tokens [Artifact Soldier
Colorless Creature card (1/1) Token |
| 2: Essence Disassembly | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level |
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Effect |
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10-25 | 14 | Exile an opposing card with the greatest mana cost. |
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26-39 | 13 | Exile an opposing card with the greatest mana cost. |
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40-55 | 12 | Exile an opposing card with the greatest mana cost. |
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56 | 11 | Exile an opposing card with the greatest mana cost. |
| 3: Ultimate Blast | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level |
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Effect |
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16-29 | 20 | Destroy all opposing cards. Destroy all non-vanguard and non-artifact cards you control. |
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30-45 | 20 | Destroy all opposing cards. Destroy all non-vanguard and non-artifact cards you control. Fetch the first Artifact card from your library. It gains half of its mana. |
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46-59 | 20 | Destroy all opposing cards. Destroy all non-vanguard and non-artifact cards you control. Fetch the first Artifact card from your library. It gains full mana. |
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60 | 20 | Destroy all opposing cards. Destroy all non-vanguard and non-artifact cards you control. Fetch the first Artifact card with the greatest mana cost from your library. It gains full mana. |
Impending Ignition
When you activate a loyalty ability for the first time during your turn:
If you're playing with Urza, Lord Protector - If you control a card named Urza, Lord Protector and a card named The Mightstone and Weakstone - Tag with Urza, Planeswalker. Otherwise: Draft a card from Urza's Spellbook.
If you're playing with Urza, Planeswalker - Gain an extra swap. You may activate a Loyalty ability again this turn.
Urza's Spellbook
Card - The Mightstone and Weakstone
Rare, cost 12. Colorless Support card - Artifact Powerstone, 3 shields, Legendary with
- When this support enters the board : Draw 2 cards. Target opposing creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. When you match this support's gem : The first Artifact card in your hand gains 6 mana.
Card - Urza, Lord Protector
Mythic, cost 6. White and Blue Creature - Human Artificer (2/4), Legendary with
- At the beginning of your turn : Reduce the cost of each spell and Artifact card in your hand by 3 until the beginning of your next turn.
Story
"Before becoming a planeswalker, Urza was a brilliant artificer who engaged in a decades long war with his own brother. The explosion of the Golgothian Sylex that ended the war and changed Dominaria forever also awakened Urza’s spark, granting him power beyond his imagination."
Starting Deck
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