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A-Urza's Command

Instant2 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

The command cycle has always run on the same tension: four options, pick two, and the flexibility is priced into the mana rather than the effects. This one bends that formula toward artifacts specifically, and the choices don't read as symmetrical utility so much as a build-your-own-role kit. The -3/-0 mode is a blunt combat-math intervention, not removal: it turns a profitable attack into a bad one without ever killing anything, which makes it an instant-speed tempo lever rather than an answer. The two Powerstone tokens are ramp that only pays for artifacts and activated abilities, so the mode presumes you have somewhere to spend restricted mana. The Construct is a body whose whole size is a census of your board, which means it scales with the same artifact count the Powerstones are feeding. And Scry 2 then draw is the pressure valve, the mode you take when the other three don't line up.

What makes it more than a modal grab-bag is that two of the four options assume you are already an artifacts deck, and the others keep the card live when you aren't. That is the design discipline holding it together: the ramp, the token, and the -3/-0 (which is most useful when your board is bigger than theirs anyway) all reward the same commitment, while the card selection mode refuses to let the whole thing brick. A command that asks a narrow question but never fully punishes you for asking it late.

A-Urza's Command (bro)
BRO · #A-70rare
Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose two — • Creatures you don't control get -3/-0 until end of turn. • Create two tapped Powerstone tokens. • Create a tapped 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control." • Scry 2, then draw a card.
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Modern
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Vintage
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Commander
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Pauper
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Brawl
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Historic
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Alchemy
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Timeless
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Standard Brawl
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Old School
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Oathbreaker
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Penny Dreadful
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Duel Commander
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Future Standard
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COMPETITIVEBRAWL
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