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Urabrask // The Great Work

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga · {2}{R}{R} · Red commander

First strike Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Urabrask deals 1 damage to target opponent. Add {R}. {R}: Exile Urabrask, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast three or more instant and/or sorcery spells this turn. (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.) I — This Saga deals 3 damage to target opponent and each creature they control. II — Create three Treasure tokens. III — Until end of turn, you may cast instant and sorcery spells from any graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

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What Urabrask // The Great Work actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Urabrask deals 1 damage to target opponent. Add {R}.
• Activated ability{R}: Exile Urabrask, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast three or more instant and/or sorcery spells this turn.
• Replacement effect · otherUntil end of turn, you may cast instant and sorcery spells from any graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefi
• Keyword · first strikefirst strike
• AbilityI — This Saga deals 3 damage to target opponent and each creature they control.
• AbilityII — Create three Treasure tokens.

What an Urabrask // The Great Work deck needs

Plays as spellslinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• cheap instants and sorceries (each cast pings an opponent and adds {R}; three in one turn lets it transform)
• the Saga side: a one-sided 3-damage wipe, three Treasures, then a turn of casting instants and sorceries from any graveyard — keep spells in yards

The Urabrask // The Great Work deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 22× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 20× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Urabrask // The Great Work

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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