Urza

Urza was a human planeswalker originating from Terisiare on Dominaria, best known for his millennia-long struggle with Yawgmoth and the plane of Phyrexia. The cataclysms caused by his ignition of the Golgothian Sylex earned him the nickname Destroyer of Dominaria. As the co-founder of the Tolarian Academy, Urza was known as Master Malzra.Will McDermott (November 1998). "A Time for Remembrance". The Official Guide to Urza's Saga
==Appearance and characteristics==
Urza was a great and brilliant artificer and a powerful wizard, having a stereotypical wizardly look as a bearded old man with unkempt hair and a robe-and-staff ensemble. He devoted centuries of his life to fighting Phyrexia, sometimes employing questionable methods, but at the crux of his victory his obsessive nature won out over his thirst for vengeance. After his rise as a planeswalker, he replaced his eyes with two powerstones, the Mightstone and the Weakstone. 
Urza was centered in blue, but he had access to the five colors of mana.
==History==
===Early years===
Urza and his younger brother Mishra were born on the first and last days of the same year, marked 0 AR by later historians. They were born to a noble family of Penregon in Argive, one of the three coastal kingdoms of Terisiare. Urza's mother died while he was a child, and his father married another member of the aristocracy. This woman treated Urza and Mishra with indifference at best and contempt at worst. In 10 AR, their father fell ill, so he sent them away to his old friend, Tocasia, to serve as students at her archaeological dig. Their father later died, leaving the boys orphaned.Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.
===Apprenticeship to Tocasia===
Under Tocasia's guidance, the two brothers learned a large amount about the manufacture of artifacts from the archaeological excavations of the ancient ruins of the Thran, the mysterious civilization that ruled Terisiare thousands of years prior. During this time, Urza developed a talent for study. Rarely having a hands-on approach, he would prefer to study the artifacts the excavations uncovered rather than participate in the diggings.
Over their years at Tocasia's camp, Urza and Mishra made several important inventions and discoveries. While the most obvious of these was the ornithopter, the most important turned out to be the Caves of Koilos. A mysterious cave filled with old Thran artifacts, the Caves were also the location of a long-sealed gateway to Phyrexia, used in almost every Phyrexian infiltration and invasion of Dominaria. On their first visit, Urza and Mishra discovered the powerstone sealing Phyrexia, and in their haste to grab the stone before the other brother, they broke it in two. Urza and Mishra kept the two halves of the stone, which became known as the Mightstone and the Weakstone respectively. A mutual desire for the other brother's stone led to the Brotherhood's End between Urza and Mishra, as well as the inadvertent death of Tocasia.
===The Chief Artificer===
After Tocasia's death, Urza moved to Yotia and put his skills with machinery to work as a clockmaker's apprentice. Shortly thereafter, a public contest was announced by the Warlord of Kroog: Any man who could move a gigantic jade statue across a courtyard would be married to his daughter. Urza wasn't particularly interested in the daughter, but in an attempt to acquire a Thran tome that was in her dowry, Urza built a gigantic machine to move the statue. He succeeded and was wed to Kayla bin-Kroog. However, being wed did not make him any more affectionate towards his wife - on the contrary, he left her bed on their wedding night to study the Thran book from her dowry. However, he threw himself headlong into his new position of Chief Artificer, working obsessively on his attempts to improve his artifacts.
===The Brothers' War===
While Urza was inadvertently acquiring the reins of power in Yotia, Mishra was doing the same with the Fallaji desert people, becoming a close advisor to the Fallaji ruler over several years. A series of double-crossings and sneak attacks, such as at the Peace Summit at Korlinda, quickly commenced between the two brothers and their kingdoms, soon resulting in Yotia's Declaration of War. Urza's Avengers could not hold back Mishra's dragon engines during the Fall of Kroog, and an increasingly elaborate set of machines developed by the two brothers began to fight on either side, the war slowly spiraling out of control. It continued for decades until the fateful day at Argoth when the brothers met face to face at the head of their armies. The Battle at Argoth was the final battle of the war, as Urza discovered there that Mishra had been corrupted by Phyrexian influence, slowly turning himself from a man into a living machine.
Urza responded to this with the frightening force of the Golgothian Sylex. The Sylex Blast was one of the most traumatic events in Dominarian history. It slaughtered both armies, blasted the landscape for miles around, sank the sub-continent Argoth, and altered weather patterns for centuries, leading to the Ice Age. 
At the moment of the blast, Urza met his future student Teferi Akosa in a moment beyond time. As his body was destroyed and reknit itself, melding Urza with the Mightstone and Weakstone, which became his eyes, and igniting his latent planeswalker spark, Teferi learned from Urza the method of activating the Sylex.
Six years later, Urza returned to Dominaria to say a final farewell to his student and good friend Tawnos, who he asked to return to Urza's wife, Kayla.
===Exploring the Origins of Phyrexia===
After he had destroyed his brother, Urza came to realize that Mishra had been completely corrupted by Gix. This realization filled Urza with grief and pushed him to begin his lifelong hunt for retribution against Phyrexia, and its demonic ruler, Yawgmoth.
After the Formation of the Shard of Twelve Worlds, Urza was locked outside the Shard. After meeting the Newt Xantcha, who had been intended as a Sleeper Agent but had been turned into an expendable servant now that the Agents couldn't be deployed, Urza created a dragon engine to attack Phyrexia. During Urza's Assault on Phyrexia, he managed to blast a gigantic hole in the plane, all the way down to the 4th Sphere, but then Yawgmoth himself invaded his mind and made him go even more insane. Urza fled for years and traveled from plane to plane, with the Phyrexians always on his tail. Once, he visited Zendikar, but Urza deemed the hedron matrix insufficient to stop Phyrexia. Eventually, Urza came to Serra's Realm and was healed by Serra, but after he left, the Phyrexians invaded her realm and corrupted it.
===Returning home===
Ratepe was a young Dominarian recruited by Xantcha, Urza's Phyrexian assistant. Xantcha sought out Ratepe from a small nation to impersonate Mishra, Urza's long-dead brother. Urza was becoming increasingly obsessed and guilt-ridden over his role in his brother's death, so much so that he was abandoning his defense of Dominaria in the hopes of finding a way to undo his brother's death. Xantcha brought Ratepe, posing as Mishra, to Urza in the hopes of alleviating some of his guilt and allowing him to focus on defeating the Phyrexians. Thanks to Xantcha's coaching and Ratepe's ability to hear Urza's Weakstone singing to him, Ratepe was able to help shock Urza out of his guilt. He continued to help Urza and eventually became Xantcha's lover. Both Ratepe and Xantcha were killed when Urza fought the Phyrexian Demon Gix in Koilos. The Sacrifice at Koilos helped Urza defeat Gix and also revealed to him the shared Phyrexian ancestry with the Thran.
===Tolaria and the Time Streams===
Though Urza got over his obsession with reversing his brother's death, his interest in the past was far from over. Having learned that the impending Phyrexian threat was more dangerous than ever, Urza created a vast school of magic and technology on the island of Tolaria - the Academy. Under the pseudonym "Master Malzra," Urza summoned the most talented artificers, sorcerers, mathematicians, and biologists from across Dominaria to study in his prestigious school, including Barrin, Teferi, and Rayne.Will McDermott (April 1999). "Scars of the Legacy". The Official Urza's Legacy Game Guide Using the information he had gleaned from Gix and the technology being developed by his genius resident staff, Urza began the creation of a time machine that allowed him to gaze into the past and see the ancient war that led to the Phyrexian banishment. 
By implanting Xantcha's heartstone (her only remains) into a silver golem, Urza created Karn, a being that could theoretically enter rifts created by his temporal disruptor and change the past. After a few successful tests where Karn was sent as far back in time as a few days, Urza found that Phyrexians had invaded his academy, killing Barrin, Teferi and Jhoira. Urza sent Karn back in time to stop this from happening, which succeeded, but as a consequence, the temporal vortex drew far too much energy and exploded. The Tolarian Temporal Disaster destroyed the majority of the Tolarian Academy, killing hundreds of inhabitants, and covering the island in temporal disturbances. Although Karn and Urza survived without injury, and much had been learned about the history of the enemy, Urza was devastated.J. Robert King (1999) - Time Streams, Wizards of the Coast
After being distraught and guilt-ridden over causing another horrible explosion (the first being the Sylex), Urza eventually rebuilt the Academy and realized that the temporal rifts throughout Tolaria could be used to his advantage. He engineered magical-technological armor that allowed Tolarian researchers to finish decades of work in mere hours in fast-time bubbles. Potions derived from water in slow-time bubbles could extend a promising student's life by years. For the first time, Urza had a viable means for gaining ground on the multi-millennial head start the Phyrexian invasion force had so long held.
===Atonement for Past Sins===
Urza's return to Tolaria was to fix the mistakes that he had made, one of which he learned was missing an invading group of Phyrexian Negators, led by the sleeper agent Kerrick, who had managed to survive the time machine's explosion and were trapped in a pocket of extreme fast time, or would be until mutations led to a temporal rift proof Phyrexian.
To ensure victory against the growing threat of invasion, and gain allies for the future coming war with Phyrexia, Urza traveled throughout Dominaria, creating alliances with multiple races. Lastly, he went to Yavimaya, a place he knew held deep hatred of him for the destruction of Argoth. Multani, feigning a peaceful welcome, trapped Urza in a magnigoth tree and forced him to experience all the pain Titania, the Maro Elemental of Argoth had felt.
Ultimately, Urza was saved by Barrin, who summoned him when Tolaria was being overrun, but while escaping Multani became trapped within him. To combat the Invasion of Tolaria, Urza first traveled to the Shivan Mana Rig, gathering Teferi and Shivan allies to aid in the fight. It was only at this point that his identity as Urza Planeswalker was revealed to his students. During the battle, after seeing the horrors of Phyrexians, Multani aided Urza in destroying Kerrick and all his minions and promised his and Yavimaya's help in the future.
===Building the Legacy===
With the conclusion of the battle for Tolaria, Urza began work on what he called "the salvation of Dominaria" - a flying ship, capable of sonic speeds as well as the ability to planeshift between worlds. Armed with the best weaponry conceived and piloted by the best fighters, it would be the lynchpin of Urza's battle plan. Built with a frame of Thran metal and fused with the Weatherseed, a seed from the Heart of Yavimaya, Urza christened the ship Skyship Weatherlight. Problems arose though in how to power the ship's Mana Battery, as the mana energies needed to charge its Powerstone core was an entire plane's worth. In other words, to save his world, Urza would have to sacrifice another. With much regret, Urza decided to use the energies of the collapsing Phyrexian-overrun plane of Serra's Realm to do so, while at the same time trying to save as many people from that plane as possible. This did not come without a price though, as many brave Dominarians, including Gherridarigaaz, Rhammidarigaaz's mother, died during the battle with Radiant's Angel army, though they were successful in trapping the planar energies of Serra's Realm just before it was erased from existence. Urza later realized that Weatherlight wasn't enough and that another piece, an organic living component, would be needed, and started working on plans for what would become the Bloodline Project.
===Bloodlines and Rath===
Rath was an artificial plane utilized by Yawgmoth to 'overlay' upon Dominaria, in essence creating a giant land portal for his Phyrexian armies. Rath was able to overlay Dominaria due to the properties of "flowstone", a substance produced by the Rathi Stronghold. Flowstone was a magical substance that could increase the mass of a plane, thus moving Rath into the position occupied by Dominaria and 'fusing' them together. Urza constructed an army of sorcery and power to resist the coming invasion. He called them the Metathran.
===The Invasion===
During the Phyrexian Invasion, Yawgmoth tried to invade Dominaria using the land-based portal in the Caves of Koilos. Urza, determined to never allow him re-entrance, resolved to stop him. All of the forces of Dominaria banded against Yawgmoth and tried to push him back. The elves of Llanowar, Metathran (artificial humanoids created by Urza to emulate Phyrexian physiology; much stronger, faster, and smarter than humans with certain other biological modifications), and Gerrard Capashen (commander of the Weatherlight & inheritor of Urza's Legacy) banded together. At the head of the Phyrexian troops was Tsabo Tavoc, one of Yawgmoth's generals. She has a mechanical torso with 8 spider legs, segmented insect eyes, a detached mouth (which could open larger than humans), and poison injectors attached to her torso.
===The Nine Titans===
The nine Titan Engines were huge artifact creations that were built by Urza to assist in the attack on Phyrexia. Each titan was controlled and powered by a Planeswalker and as such, they grew to emulate that Planeswalker's characteristics. There was one titan engine for each of these nine planeswalkers: Commodore Guff, Tevash Szat, Bo Levar, Daria, Taysir, Freyalise, Kristina, Lord Windgrace, and, of course, Urza himself (he intended Teferi and Parcher to join him, but the first phased out, and the second was considered too crazy to work with them). The Titan engines were huge constructs with a vast arsenal of weaponry. They contained aeries of falcon engines (artifacts created by Urza to detect glistening oil, dive towards it, and then once inside the Phyrexian, burst apart and destroy it), rocket launchers located on the wrists, mana cannons, as well as colossal hands and feet that could crush hundreds of Phyrexians at a time. These weapons, combined with the formidable power of the planeswalkers themselves, made every titan engine a force to be reckoned with.
===Betrayal===
Entering Phyrexia, using the powers of the Titan Suits, the Nine Titans began to destroy the artificial plane in a final gambit to protect Dominaria. However, over time, Tevash Szat began to betray and kill his fellow planeswalkers, turning to the side of the Phyrexians. At one point, Urza was able to defeat him and used the power from his life force to charge together the soul bombs that he planned to use to destroy Phyrexia for good. While Barrin had argued with Urza that the power source for them, the life force of a living being, was a punishment not worthy of even the worst crime, Tevash's betrayal was so devastating to the fate of Dominaria that Urza declared his use for the soul bombs a form of "justice." Unfortunately for the remaining Titans, as well as Dominaria itself, Urza found himself unable to complete his lifetime goal of destroying the artificial plane, when he found himself becoming fascinated with the fact that it was something that had been created completely artificially. Unwilling to destroy a place full of such potential knowledge, he dismantled the master soul bomb, which would have been able to set off all of the others, creating a ripple effect that would have decimated Phyrexia to the point of no return. After destroying it, he surrendered himself to Yawgmoth, but the ruler of Phyrexia forced him to battle Gerrard Capashen in the Phyrexian Arena, feeling that slaying the master of arms of the Weatherlight, Urza's former ally, was the only way that he could prove he was not surrendering as part of an elaborate trap. Urza nearly defeated Gerrard twice, but during each attempt, he was chastised by his new master Yawgmoth for using cowardly and indirect tactics. After restarting their combat for the third time, Gerrard beheaded Urza and was crowned as Yawgmoth's new champion.
===Final Atonement===
As Gerrard betrayed Yawgmoth and escaped from The Stronghold, he carried Urza's severed head with him. When Gerrard returned to the transformed Weatherlight, he was shocked to hear the head of Urza address him. The loss of his body was minor to Urza, as his life was contained within the twin gemstones, the Mightstone and Weakstone, which rested in his head as his eyes, though his powers had been greatly weakened.
Enraged by the escape of his new champion Gerrard, Yawgmoth entered Dominaria himself. Forsaking subtlety he transformed himself into a massive black plague cloud and began to smother the defending world. When the Weatherlight's plan to use the stored up white mana in the Null Moon failed to stop Yawgmoth, Urza told the crew the final secret of the Legacy Weapon. To fire the weapon, they had to combine the various pieces they had gathered in their journey, along with the two stones within Urza's head, Karn's body, and Gerrard's life. Urza and Gerrard died in the activation, but the weapon successfully destroyed Yawgmoth. Karn, now infused with Urza's spark and the power unleashed by the Legacy Weapon, took up his former master's staff and soon left Dominaria.
===The second legacy===
After the Mending, Teferi discovered that Urza had left behind a series of devices and magical artifacts throughout Dominaria. One of these artifacts, the Starfield Orb, was hidden in a monument in the Tivan Desert. The Orb contained contingencies for Teferi to lead the fight against the Phyrexian Invasion should Urza fail.
==Artifacts acquired==
*The Golgothian Sylex.
*The powerstones Mightstone and Weakstone.
*The artifacts that make up The Legacy.
==Planeswalkers met==
==Planes visited==
==Gallery==
File:Stern Lesson.jpg|Tocasia was the brothers' first mentor, teaching them about Thran artifacts.
File:Urza Prince of Kroog.jpg|After his marriage to Kayla bin-Kroog, Urza becomes Chief Artifice.
File:Urza MTGA avatar BRO.png|Magic: The Gathering Arena avatar.
File:Urza comic.jpg|Young Urza with Mightstone during the Antiquities War.
File:Retaliation.jpg|The brothers Urza and Mishra battle during the event known as Brothers' War.
File:Urza Automaton MTGA avatar BRO.png|Artifact Construct of Urza's design, used during the Brothers' War.
File:Urza Lord Protector.jpg|To defeat his brother, Urza gathers powerful artifacts like the Mightstone and Golgothian Sylex.
File:Urza's Guilt.jpg|Urza finds the body of his brother Mishra in Phyrexia.
File:Epic Confrontation Lucas Graciano.jpg|The brothers' final confrontation took place on Argoth.
File:One with the Multiverse.jpg|With his spark ignited, Urza begins exploring the Multiverse.
File:Opposition.jpg|Due to Urza's methods, many discussions took place between the planeswalker and Barrin.
File:Pledge of Loyalty.jpg|Many of Urza's creations were based on Thran technology.
File:Urza's Incubator.jpg|Urza creates the Metathran based on the genetics of the Thran.
File:Shower of Sparks.jpg|Urza uses the Mana Rig to forge his creations against the Phyrexians.
File:Well-Laid Plans.jpg|“You can build a perfect machine out of imperfect parts.”
File:Disrupt.jpg|Teferi and Urza destroying the Phyrexian Portal.
File:Psychic Battle.jpg|<c>Psychic Battle</c>
File:Rewards of Diversity.jpg|Urza has mastery of the five colors of mana.
File:Urza's Rage.png|“Those who know only one path to victory can never hope to triumph.”
File:Tevesh Szat and Urza.jpg|Urza uses Tevesh's vital energy to fuel soul bombs.
File:Warped Devotion.jpg|Gerrard Capashen and Urza face off at the Phyrexian Arena.
File:UrzaConceptJehanChoo.png|Concept art of Urza from The Brothers' War
File:UrzasFactory.jpeg|Urza patrols his factory
File:Urza profile.jpg|Card art by Grant Griffin in Commander Masters.
==Subtype==
The planeswalker subtype Urza was created for Unstable when appeared as the game's first Acorn planeswalker. This crossed over to Eternal with in The Brothers' War. 
==Story appearances==
Title 	Author 	Publishing date 	Set 	Setting (plane) 	Featuring
Antiquities War 	Kathy Ice 	May 1994 	Antiquities 	Dominaria 	Ildria Caldos, Farsa Tashiir, Urza, Mishra, Tocasia, Tawnos, Ashnod, Drafna, Hurkyl
Antiquities War #1-4 	Jerry Prosser 	Nov 1995 - Feb 1996	Antiquities 	Dominaria 	Tocasia, Urza, Mishra, Warlord of Kroog, Kayla bin-Kroog, Rusko, Tawnos, Qadir, Ashnod
Song of Time 	Teri McLaren 	June 1996 	Antiquities 	Dominaria 	Samor, Porros, Caelus Nin, Mishra, Beast of the Hours, Lesta, Aswi, Praden, Claria, Urza, Sh'Daran, Charga, Cheyne, Thedeso, Javin, Muni, Rij, Hadi, Zu (mentioned), Kalkuk, Riolla Hifrata, Maceo, Doulos, Ogwater Rifkin, Vinzo, Saelin, Drufalden, Kifran, Vashki, Kirmah (mentioned), Claria, Yob, Bandro (mentioned), Shalikre (mentioned), Rotapan, Womba, Naruq, Gahzi, Rafek, Krota, Chelydrus, Glom, Puffer, Wiggulf, Rasper, Clutch, Sawsa, Frijan, Dunsan, Jepli, Carsh, Q'Tarin, Salmak, Silufe, Luquin
Urza–Mishra War #1-2 	Jerry Prosser 	Sep - Oct 1996 	Antiquities 	Dominaria 	Kayla bin-Kroog, Urza, Tawnos, Mishra, Harbin, Jarsyl (mentioned), Ashnod, The Archimandrite, Balthus, Hurkyl, Chayum-Icha, Kathwar
Dominian Chronicles 	Pete Venters, Kij Johnson & Scott Hungerford	April 1997 	Fifth Edition 	Dominaria, Rabiah, Phyrexia 	Urza, Mishra, Teeka, Kaervek
(Dominian) Continuity FAQ, part 1 	Pete Venters & Scott Hungerford 	October 1997 	Weatherlight 	Dominaria 	Urza, Mishra
Rath and Storm Rath Cycle 	Peter Archer and various 	July 1998 	Weatherlight, Tempest, Stronghold, Exodus	Dominaria, Rath 	Ilcaster, Gerrard Capashen, Volrath, Sidar Kondo, Starke il-Vec, Karn, Multani, Mirri, Rofellos, Sisay, Tahngarth, Crovax, Hanna, Orim, Squee, Morinfen and Gallowbraid, Selenia, Torsten, Javero, Alaric, Rofellos, Kastan, Kindeya, Barrin, Ertai, Maraxus, Greven il-Vec, Vhati il-Dal, Eladamri, Oracle en-Vec, Takara, Lyna, Sliver Queen, Urza
The Brothers' War 	Jeff Grubb 	May 1998 	Antiquities 	Dominaria 	Urza, Mishra, Tawnos, Ashnod, Tocasia, Loran, Bly, Ahmahl, Richlau, Havack, Rahud, Hajar, Kantar, Kayla bin-Kroog, Rusko, Warlord of Kroog, Maurik, Gix, Sharaman, Rendall, Sanwell, Harbin, Jarin, Feldon, the Archimandrite, Drafna, Hurkyl, Martyrs of Korlis, Gwenna, Melana, Doril, Thaxus, Titania, Jarsyl
Exodus Storyboard 	Scott McGough 	August 1998 	Exodus 	Rath 	Ertai, Lyna, Eladamri, Tahngarth, Mirri, Crovax, Orim, Hanna, Karn, Greven il-Vec, Sisay, Gerrard Capashen, Starke, Urza
Planeswalker 	Lynn Abbey 	September 1998 	Urza's Saga 	Dominaria, Phyrexia, Serra's Realm, Equilor, Vatraquaz, Moag, Gastal	Urza, Kayla bin-Kroog, Jarsyl, Tawnos, Meshuvel, Ashnod, Loran, Xantcha, Sanisar, Ninkin, Gi'Anzha, Gix, Tabarna, Tucktah, Garve, Ratepe, Avohir, Mideah, Arnuwan, Assor, Hatusan, Catal, Korde, Suppulan, Sosinna, Serra, Kenidiern, Manatarqua, Varratsu, Romom, Tessu, Pakuya, Brya
Forgotten Lore: The Sleeper Agent Awakens	Scott McGough 	November 1998 	Urza's Saga 	Dominaria 	Urza, Xantcha, Gix
From the Ground Up & Postcards From Urza 	Scott McGough 	December 1998 	Urza's Saga 	Dominaria, Phyrexia, Serra's Realm 	Urza, Mishra, Titania, Xantcha, Serra
Dominian FAQ part 10 & Dominaria Timeline	Daneen McDermott & Scott McGough 	February 1999 	Urza's Saga, Homelands 	Dominaria, Ulgrotha 	Ertai, Urza, Barrin, Morinfen and Gallowbraid, Gerrard, Volrath, Ihsan, Sengir
Urza's Legacy Preview 	Jennifer Clarke Wilkes & Scott McGough 	March 1999 	Urza's Legacy 	Dominaria 	Urza, Multani, Barrin, Jhoira, Kerrick, Karn
Jhoira de Vivre 	Jess Lebow 	April 1999 	Urza's Legacy 	Dominaria 	Jhoira, Urza, Barrin, Karn
Past Mistakes, Future Hope 	Michael G. Ryan 	April 1999 	Urza's Legacy 	Dominaria, Serra's Realm 	Urza, Teferi, Kerrick, Karn, Jhoira, Multani, Radiant
Time Streams 	J. Robert King 	May 1999 	Urza's Legacy 	Dominaria, Serra's Realm 	Urza, Barrin, Jhoira, Karn, Teferi, Kerrick, Darrob, Dreva, Rehad, Rhammidarigaaz, Fire Eye, Diago Deerv, Gherridarigaaz, Multani, Titania (mentioned), Glosstongue Crackcrest, Terd, Radiant, Gorig
Inside Dominaria 	Daneen McDermott & Scott McGough 	June 1999 	Urza's Legacy 	Dominaria 	Teferi, Jhoira, Ertai, Barrin, Rayne, Tocasia, Urza, Mishra, Sisay, Hanna
Urza's Moment of Destiny 	Scott McGough, Daneen McDermott & Jess Lebow	August 1999 	Urza's Destiny 	Dominaria, Rath 	Urza, Karn, Rayne, Barrin, Gatha, Rofellos, Multani, Davvol, Lyna
Bloodlines 	Loren L. Coleman 	August 1999 	Urza's Destiny 	Dominaria 	Urza, Gatha, Kreig, Rofellos, Karn, Barrin, Jhoira, Croag, Davvol, Gerrard Capashen, Yawgmoth, Timein, Ehlanni, , Lyanii, Trevar Ortovi
Nemesis 	Paul B. Thompson 	February 2000 	Nemesis 	Rath, Dominaria 	Yawgmoth, Urza, Crovax, Belbe, Ertai, Greven il-Vec, Eladamri, Oracle en-Vec, Lin Sivvi, Takara, Volrath, Abcal-Dro, Burgess, Kirril
Invasion 	J. Robert King 	October 2000 	Invasion 	Dominaria 	Gerrard Capashen, Sisay, Urza, Tsabo Tavoc, Hanna, Orim, Barrin, Thaddeus, Agnate, Multani, Eladamri, Lin Sivvi, Takara, Teferi, Taysir, Freyalise, Tevesh Szat, Windgrace, Guff, Bo Levar, Parcher, Daria, Kristina of the Woods, Karn, Squee
The Shattered Alliance 	Jeff Grubb 	December 2000 	Alliances 	Dominaria 	Arkol, Gerda Äagesdotter, Jodah, Jaya Ballard, Chaeska, Lord of Tresserhorn, Ozmar Starkaadison, Glissenda, Tissellia Hannasdottir, Lothar Lovisason, Lovisa Coldeyes, Zur (mentioned), Darien, Alexandrite, Gundarsson, Kartha Shockfist, Koravis Darkeyes, Pova, Varchild, Relj, Karthon, Arcum Dagsson, Sorine Daabson, Mairsil, Lim-Dûl, Freyalise, Xantcha, Ratepe, Urza
Planeshift 	J. Robert King 	February 2001 	Planeshift 	Rath, Dominaria, Phyrexia 	Urza, Taysir, Freyalise, Tevesh Szat, Windgrace, Guff, Bo Levar, Daria, Kristina of the Woods, Crovax, Tsabo Tavoc, Eladamri, Lin Sivvi, Astor, Darigaaz, Agnate, Dralnu, Tahngarth, Grizzlegom, Greven il-Vec, Sisay, Ertai, Gerrard, Squee, Yawgmoth, Hanna, Rith, Dromar, Treva, Crosis, Karn, Mishra, Nemata
Apocalypse 	J. Robert King 	June 2001 	Apocalypse 	Dominaria, Phyrexia, Mercadia 	Yawgmoth, Gerrard Capashen, Urza, Karn, Bo Levar, Guff, Freyalise, Windgrace, Multani, Crovax, Eladamri, Lin Sivvi, Grizzlegom, Squee, Ertai, Tahngarth, Sisay, Orim, Cho-Manno
The Dragons of Magic 	J. Robert King and various 	August 2001 	N/A 	Dominaria 	Eagyn, Pianna, Kort, Qalhata, Majaliwa, Gazali, Mitrokin, Pizoondertanx, Rokin, Jamar, Varuna, Macumba, Heptane, Siliq, Urza, Barrin, Mg'razzgh, Eadyyr, Tanaan, Maraavis, Atadon, Riand, Roas, Nequeel, Toraix, Helbi, Moragh, Jarod, Vaerix, Phys, Xenporo, Zulakan, Shinka, Kezel, Xentala, Muhish, Tochicha, Tilan, Agrippa, Lyssius, Pari, Strnak, Frankle, Timorae, Feemwlort, Fhedusil, Deadalus, Mulago, Rot, Ruin, Death, Destruction, Chloridon, Snap, Strother, Borg, and Elam, Adamkin, Dirk, Astor, Ysenga, Tajamin (mentioned), Kavalex, Skouras, Olvresk (mentioned), Felal, Knarr, Bullag
The Monsters of Magic 	J. Robert King and various 	August 2003 	N/A 	Dominaria, Mercadia, Rath 	Wasitora, Jarim, Imrul, Akhmer, Uttenatsu, Sodazia, Yirekabe, Dhamisara, Kinirashi, Mayonako, Holgar Vohnnson, Fedor Vohnnson, Hans Eriksson, Saffi Eriksdotter, Belenda Danisdotter, Jaya Ballard, Skaven, Alexys, Lydia, Barrin, Urza, Skith, Renauld, Prence, Flea, Glorney, Thomas, Strother, Borg, and Elam, Louser, Akin, Mutter Makree, Ugliness, Ereth, Zorich, Azra, Barea, Oly, Cassie, Zahft, Tristefan, Mirelda, Flyn LaRouxe, Yasmina, Lilienne, Atricia, Angus, Fingal, Alcric, Buric, Madga, Rasarm, Yekol, Siscera, Lhur, Farul, Suarvol, Palin, Skolin, Paeras, Hural, Huathom, Chathos Flamescar, Virot Maglan, Raitrick, Sleedge, Kirch, Derelor, Pepita, Halim, Tap, Yusuf, El-Halal, Evangeline, Patwog en-Vec, Retma en-Vec, Salla en-Dal, Milgen en-Dal, Alli en-Vec, Royn en-Vec, Chelly en-Dal, Lito en-Dal, Mocklen il-Dal, Vordren il-Dal, Rogur, Davvol, Nidmon il-Dal, Zolyat il-Dal, Florac, Sro Valik, Tant Leva, Kylind il-Vec, Rappian, Zeenka
 	Miguel Lopez, Jeff Grubb 	2022-10-26 	The Brothers' War 	Dominaria 	Teferi Akosa, Kaya, Saheeli Rai, Urza, Tawnos
==In-game references==
: Scryfall does not record flavor text for digital cards. See Alchemy: The Brothers' War/Flavor text
==Trivia==
*In early sources, Urza and Mishra were described as twin brothers.
*According to Mark Rosewater, Urza is centered in blue mana, but throughout his life gained the ability to use white, black, red, and green mana in that order.
*In an alternate reality, Urza and Mishra were elementalists rather than artificers, and Urza later went on to oppose an Elemental Invasion, his progeny Gerrard, and the witch Freyalise.
*"Keep your lids open, or you'll see with Urza's eyes" is an old Dominarian adage, meaning "Don't do thoughtless, stupid things".
==References==
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