MTG Staple Just KEEPS Going UP in Price

Urza’s Saga is such a good card that many players wish it didn’t exist. It’s just so versatile! The Saga can make massive Construct tokens and tutor your library for silver bullet artifacts. Across multiple formats, many MTG decks are finding ways to fit in Urza’s Saga. It’s becoming ubiquitous. And it’s also becoming quite expensive.

Urza’s Saga

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Urza’s Saga is about $38.00 at the time of this article. It’s had a substantial price spike back in November. But since then, the card has continued to gradually climb in price.

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Urza’s Saga Decks – Why The Card is So Expensive

Urza’s Saga is being played everywhere! It’s used in Commander and Legacy. But it is most dominant in Modern. Many top-tier decks of the format are using Saga to grind out Construct tokens or tutor for artifact combo pieces. It can even find critical sideboard cards such as Grafdigger’s Cage Grafdigger’s Cage Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries. , Pithing Needle Pithing Needle As this artifact enters, choose a card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities. , and Relic of Progenitus Relic of Progenitus {T}: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard.
{1}, Exile this artifact: Exile all graveyards. Draw a card. .

The growing prevalence of Urza’s Saga is pumping up its price. Just check out how many Modern decks are playing the card:

“Zoomer” Jund

To demonstrate the influence of Urza’s Saga, let’s start by looking at perhaps the least obvious deck that’s adapted the card. These days, traditional Jund decks (red/black/green) are cutting classic cards of the longstanding archetype such as Liliana of the Veil Liliana of the Veil +1: Each player discards a card.
−2: Target player sacrifices a creature.
−6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice. , and Bloodbraid Elf Bloodbraid Elf Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.) .

Now, Jund has dropped their entire mana curve to play Lurrus of the Dream Den Lurrus of the Dream Den Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has mana value 2 or less. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.)
Lifelink
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a permanent spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard. as its companion. And they play Wrenn and Six Wrenn and Six +1: Return up to one target land card from your graveyard to your hand.
−1: Wrenn and Six deals 1 damage to any target.
−7: You get an emblem with "Instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard have retrace." (You may cast instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying their other costs.) to repeatedly buy back Urza’s Saga once it goes to the grave. This creates a steady stream of growing Construct tokens that will eventually overwhelm your opponent.

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Affinity

Affinity was once thought to be a dead archetype when Mox Opal Mox Opal Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts. was banned. But Urza’s Saga and a few other noteworthy upgrades from MH2 such as Thought Monitor Thought Monitor Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards. and Sojourner’s Companion Sojourner’s Companion Affinity for artifacts
Artifact landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an artifact land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.) have brought the deck back from the grave.

If you want to make the biggest possible Construct tokens with Urza’s Saga, then this is the deck for you.

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Hammer Time

Hammertime is one of the top decks of the Modern metagame. The deck revolves around Colossus Hammer Colossus Hammer Equipped creature gets +10/+10 and loses flying.
Equip {8} ({8}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.) and circumventing its equip cost with cards such as Sigarda’s Aid Sigarda’s Aid You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash.
Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control. and Puresteel Paladin Puresteel Paladin Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may draw a card.
Metalcraft — Equipment you control have equip {0} as long as you control three or more artifacts. .

Urza’s Saga is able to tutor for Colossus Hammer Colossus Hammer Equipped creature gets +10/+10 and loses flying.
Equip {8} ({8}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.) . But it can also find Shadowspear Shadowspear Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink.
{1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Equip {2} to grant trample to your hammer-wielding creatures, allowing them to punch through blockers for lethal damage.

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Amulet Titan

Amulet Titan has been around in Modern for a long time. It can produce wins as early as Turn 2 via the deck’s two namesake cards, Amulet of Vigor Amulet of Vigor Whenever a permanent you control enters tapped, untap it. and Primeval Titan Primeval Titan Trample
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may search your library for up to two land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. .

Now the deck is even more consistent thanks to Urza’s Saga. The third chapter of the Enchantment Land can put Amulet of Vigor from your deck directly onto the battlefield.

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More Urza’s Saga Decks in Modern

There are a bunch of other Modern decks that leverage Urza’s Saga such as Hardened Scales, Thopter Combo, and Eldrazi Tron.

And I have to mention one of my pet decks, Asmo’s Kitchen. The Food deck, named after Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar As long as you've discarded a card this turn, you may pay {B/R} to cast this spell.
When Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar enters, you may search your library for a card named The Underworld Cookbook, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sacrifice two Foods: Target creature deals 6 damage to itself. , makes a buffet of artifact Food tokens which make for massive Construct tokens with Urza’s Saga.

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