Urza, Academy Headmaster
~$2.44 low · ~$32.39 high
Multicolor. Legendary Planeswalker — Urza
Unstable #136 · Illustrated by Terese Nielsen
Unstable #136 · Illustrated by Terese NielsenWhat is Urza, Academy Headmaster worth?
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Oracle text
+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
Format legality
The only printing of Urza, Academy Headmaster
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Unstable ust #136· 2017mythic· Cardmarket €2.18 · €7.56 foil | mythic | $2.44 | $32.39 | €2.18€7.56 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 5
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Unstable card (#136).
136 · M · EN
- 136Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Urza, Academy Headmaster, read from the Unstable printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Urza, Academy Headmaster. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 5: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Legendary is a supertype. Planeswalker is the card type. Urza is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Loyalty
- It enters with 4 loyalty counters. Damage to it removes them.
- Illustration
- By Terese Nielsen. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Unstable. Red-orange means mythic rare.
- Collector number
- 136 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- Rarity letter
- M = mythic rare
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
- Holo stamp
- The foil security stamp at the bottom center, on rares and mythic rares since 2014.
Rulings (4)
2018-01-19
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.
2018-01-19
Players can respond to the activation of any of Urza's abilities, but not after players know what effect is going to happen.
2018-01-19
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.
2018-01-19
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.
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