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What this set is
Urza's Legacy is the small second set of the Urza block. It kept Urza's Saga's cycling and echo and its taste for free spells: Frantic Search and Snap both untap lands as they resolve, so they cost nothing in practice.
Its most powerful cards are artifacts. Tinker trades an artifact for any artifact in your library, Memory Jar gives every player a fresh seven-card hand for a turn, and Grim Monolith makes three mana for two. Legacy bans Tinker, Memory Jar and Frantic Search.
Commander players know it for Crop Rotation, Mother of Runes, Rancor and Unearth as well. 9 cards are on the Reserved List, Grim Monolith among them.
Themes
Every mechanic in Urza's Legacy
Cycling and echo
Both return from Urza's Saga. Cycling discards the card to draw another; echo asks you to pay the cost again on your next upkeep or sacrifice the permanent.
Where You Can Play It
Format legality
Urza's Legacy is a single code with three Legacy bans.
Not Standard-legal, and not Modern-legal as a set: Modern starts at Eighth Edition (July 2003). A card from here that was reprinted in a later Modern-legal set is Modern-legal in this printing too, because legality follows the card, not the printing. Legacy bans Tinker, Memory Jar and Frantic Search, and Vintage restricts Tinker and Memory Jar. Commander bans Tinker. It is also legal in Premodern, the community format built on Fourth Edition through Scourge. Commons from any set are Pauper-legal; that isn't listed per set here.
Commanders
The most played commanders from Urza's Legacy
The legends this set is best known for. Tap one for its printings and what it costs.
Boosters, precons and singles from Urza's Legacy are on TCGplayer.
FAQ
Common questions
Where can I play Urza's Legacy cards?
In Legacy, Vintage and Commander, minus the cards each format bans. Urza's Legacy is too old for Standard, Pioneer or Modern as a set, though any card that was later reprinted in a Modern-legal set is Modern-legal in every printing. It is also legal in Premodern, a community format built on Fourth Edition through Scourge.
Is Tinker banned in Commander?
Yes. Tinker is banned in Commander and Legacy and restricted in Vintage.
Is Grim Monolith on the Reserved List?
Yes. It is one of the set's 9 Reserved List cards and is legal in Commander, Legacy and Vintage.
All card names, art, and mechanics belong to Wizards of the Coast. Urza's Legacy released on Feb 15, 1999; details reflect the set as published. Sources: Wizards of the Coast set pages and release notes, Draftsim, Untapped.gg.
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