---
name: "Urza, Lord Protector"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Artificer"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Meld"]
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "225"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ryan Pancoast"
oracle_id: "df2af646-3e5b-43a3-8f3e-50565889f456"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/urza-lord-protector-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Urza, Lord Protector
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Meld

## Oracle Text
Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{7}: If you both own and control Urza, Lord Protector and an artifact named The Mightstone and Weakstone, exile them, then meld them into Urza, Planeswalker. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Urza, Planeswalker](/printing/urza-planeswalker-bro.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Urza
2. [Urza, Lord High Artificer](/printing/urza-lord-high-artificer-dmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
3. [The Mightstone and Weakstone](/printing/the-mightstone-and-weakstone-bro.md) — Legendary Artifact — Powerstone
4. [Urza, Prince of Kroog](/printing/urza-prince-of-kroog-bro.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
5. [Urza, Chief Artificer](/printing/urza-chief-artificer-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
6. [Memnarchitect](/printing/memnarchitect-unk.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #225
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ryan Pancoast
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`