Urza's Saga
Urza's Saga (usg) is a mainline Magic: The Gathering set (Urza) from 1998-10-12 with 350 catalogued printings. Gaea's Cradle near $1504.77 anchors current chase interest. Median reference $0.42 across priced printings. Cactaur aggregates rarity splits, chase links, and a completion value snapshot so collectors and future sellers share one factual set index keyed to magic:en:usg.
What is Urza's Saga?
Urza's Saga sits in the Urza slice of the Magic: The Gathering catalog, dated 1998-10-12 in our catalog. Notable market references include Gaea's Cradle, Serra's Sanctum, Yawgmoth's Will. Priced printings center around a $0.42 median snapshot. Catalog key magic:en:usg powers this hub: rarity counts, chase links, and a full card table so you can plan singles purchases or future marketplace bids with the same data Cactaur uses on card pages.
What is Urza's Saga?
Urza's Saga is catalogued as a mainline Magic: The Gathering set under slug usg. Cactaur lists 350 printings compared with an official count of 350, pulling rarity, artwork, and market references from our ingest pipeline. Set pages complement card detail pages by showing how chase cards rank within the entire pool and how rarities stack for completionists.
When was Urza's Saga released?
Urza's Saga carries a 1998-10-12 release date in Cactaur metadata with 350 official cards. Actual print runs vary by region; Japanese and English releases may differ by a few weeks. Our 350 indexed printings include variants when providers expose them, which can exceed the number printed on booster packaging.
What are the chase cards in Urza's Saga?
Top of the Urza's Saga market snapshot: Gaea's Cradle, Serra's Sanctum, Yawgmoth's Will, Gilded Drake. These names anchor most sealed-to-singles arbitrage math; verify holo/reverse variants on each card page before you buy. Urza's Saga is indexed under slug usg in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
How much is Urza's Saga worth?
Median reference $0.42 with 350 priced cards implies a skewed market: a few chase cards pull the total up while bulk stays cheap. Budget for outliers separately from commons bulk. Urza's Saga is indexed under slug usg in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
How do you complete Urza's Saga?
Complete Urza's Saga by acquiring bulk commons/uncommons first, then rare holos, then top chase cards. Rarity mix: 110× Rare, 110× Uncommon, 130× Common. Reserved anchors on this page (#set-buy, #set-watch) will later tie into marketplace carts and collection tracking. Urza's Saga is indexed under slug usg in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Chase cards
Rarity breakdown
| Common | 130 |
|---|---|
| Rare | 110 |
| Uncommon | 110 |
All cards in Urza's Saga
| Card | # | Rarity | Market USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaea's Cradle | 321 | Rare | $1504.77 |
| Serra's Sanctum | 325 | Rare | $487.29 |
| Yawgmoth's Will | 171 | Rare | $242.33 |
| Gilded Drake | 76 | Rare | $190.37 |
| Tolarian Academy | 330 | Rare | $177.50 |
| Time Spiral | 103 | Rare | $98.05 |
| Exploration | 250 | Rare | $69.29 |
| Argothian Enchantress | 234 | Rare | $67.52 |
| Show and Tell | 96 | Rare | $53.68 |
| Lifeline | 299 | Rare | $50.84 |
| Phyrexian Tower | 322 | Rare | $49.42 |
| Morphling | 85 | Rare | $47.27 |
| Goblin Lackey | 190 | Uncommon | $30.45 |
| Gamble | 188 | Rare | $27.45 |
| Sneak Attack | 218 | Rare | $25.25 |
| Great Whale | 77 | Rare | $24.95 |
| Attunement | 61 | Rare | $24.93 |
| Karn, Silver Golem | 298 | Rare | $18.50 |
| Claws of Gix | 290 | Uncommon | $17.62 |
| Contamination | 123 | Rare | $16.84 |
| Noetic Scales | 304 | Rare | $16.60 |
| Tainted Aether | 161 | Rare | $11.57 |
| Rain of Filth | 151 | Uncommon | $11.54 |
| Back to Basics | 62 | Rare | $11.06 |
| Smokestack | 309 | Rare | $10.79 |
| Remembrance | 34 | Rare | $10.46 |
| Greater Good | 257 | Rare | $10.31 |
| Bedlam | 175 | Rare | $10.30 |
| Voltaic Key | 314 | Uncommon | $7.73 |
| Reprocess | 154 | Rare | $7.42 |
| Angelic Chorus | 3 | Rare | $7.04 |
| Serra Avatar | 45 | Rare | $6.86 |
| Carpet of Flowers | 240 | Uncommon | $6.28 |
| Oppression | 143 | Rare | $6.20 |
| Fluctuator | 295 | Rare | $5.88 |
| Abundance | 229 | Rare | $5.68 |
| Darkest Hour | 128 | Rare | $5.49 |
| Vernal Bloom | 281 | Rare | $5.44 |
| Victimize | 166 | Uncommon | $5.44 |
| Dark Ritual | 127 | Common | $5.24 |
| Temporal Aperture | 310 | Rare | $5.16 |
| Windfall | 111 | Uncommon | $5.11 |
| Ill-Gotten Gains | 138 | Rare | $5.09 |
| Sunder | 101 | Rare | $4.98 |
| Lightning Dragon | 202 | Rare | $4.84 |
| Thran Quarry | 329 | Rare | $4.80 |
| Planar Void | 149 | Uncommon | $4.72 |
| Exhume | 134 | Common | $4.47 |
| Stroke of Genius | 100 | Rare | $4.31 |
| Meltdown | 203 | Uncommon | $4.06 |
| Brand | 176 | Rare | $4.01 |
| Barrin, Master Wizard | 63 | Rare | $3.95 |
| Goblin Cadets | 189 | Uncommon | $3.83 |
| Planar Birth | 31 | Rare | $3.83 |
| Priest of Titania | 270 | Common | $3.73 |
| Duress | 132 | Common | $3.70 |
| Energy Field | 73 | Rare | $3.64 |
| Catastrophe | 6 | Rare | $3.62 |
| Fault Line | 185 | Rare | $3.55 |
| Phyrexian Processor | 306 | Rare | $3.55 |
| Citanul Flute | 289 | Rare | $3.45 |
| Sporogenesis | 273 | Rare | $3.44 |
| Shivan Gorge | 326 | Rare | $3.43 |
| Faith Healer | 14 | Rare | $3.33 |
| Worship | 57 | Rare | $3.20 |
| Island | 335 | Common | $2.96 |
| Pariah | 28 | Rare | $2.85 |
| Grafted Skullcap | 296 | Rare | $2.79 |
| Priest of Gix | 150 | Uncommon | $2.69 |
| Sleeper Agent | 159 | Rare | $2.69 |
| Annul | 59 | Common | $2.63 |
| Goblin Offensive | 192 | Uncommon | $2.63 |
| Mishra's Helix | 302 | Rare | $2.46 |
| Lotus Blossom | 300 | Rare | $2.44 |
| Argothian Wurm | 236 | Rare | $2.42 |
| Glorious Anthem | 15 | Rare | $2.42 |
| Copper Gnomes | 291 | Rare | $2.26 |
| Skirge Familiar | 157 | Uncommon | $2.17 |
| Opal Archangel | 23 | Rare | $2.07 |
| Herald of Serra | 17 | Rare | $2.05 |
| Thran Turbine | 311 | Uncommon | $2.01 |
| Turnabout | 105 | Uncommon | $2.01 |
| Endless Wurm | 249 | Rare | $1.93 |
| Acidic Soil | 172 | Uncommon | $1.78 |
| Citanul Hierophants | 244 | Rare | $1.74 |
| Intrepid Hero | 19 | Rare | $1.73 |
| Peregrine Drake | 88 | Uncommon | $1.65 |
| Blasted Landscape | 319 | Uncommon | $1.59 |
| Tolarian Winds | 104 | Common | $1.54 |
| Telepathy | 102 | Uncommon | $1.42 |
| Persecute | 146 | Rare | $1.41 |
| Arcane Laboratory | 60 | Uncommon | $1.38 |
| Island | 336 | Common | $1.28 |
| Fire Ants | 187 | Uncommon | $1.21 |
| Phyrexian Colossus | 305 | Rare | $1.21 |
| Worn Powerstone | 318 | Uncommon | $1.21 |
| Wildfire | 228 | Rare | $1.19 |
| Shivan Hellkite | 214 | Rare | $1.11 |
| Whirlwind | 283 | Rare | $1.11 |
| Crystal Chimes | 292 | Uncommon | $1.07 |
| Mountain | 344 | Common | $1.06 |
| Crater Hellion | 179 | Rare | $1.03 |
| Island | 338 | Common | $1.03 |
| Child of Gaea | 242 | Rare | $1.02 |
| Forest | 347 | Common | $1.01 |
| Argothian Elder | 233 | Uncommon | $0.99 |
| Hibernation | 79 | Uncommon | $0.98 |
| Island | 337 | Common | $0.92 |
| Zephid | 113 | Rare | $0.90 |
| Citanul Centaurs | 243 | Rare | $0.89 |
| Soul Sculptor | 53 | Rare | $0.88 |
| Swamp | 340 | Common | $0.86 |
| Absolute Law | 2 | Uncommon | $0.84 |
| Fecundity | 251 | Uncommon | $0.84 |
| Forest | 349 | Common | $0.83 |
| Umbilicus | 312 | Rare | $0.81 |
| Goblin Matron | 191 | Common | $0.80 |
| Eastern Paladin | 133 | Rare | $0.76 |
| Mountain | 343 | Common | $0.76 |
| Outmaneuver | 205 | Uncommon | $0.75 |
| Plains | 334 | Common | $0.70 |
| Mountain | 346 | Common | $0.68 |
| Rumbling Crescendo | 210 | Rare | $0.68 |
| Whetstone | 316 | Rare | $0.68 |
| Swamp | 341 | Common | $0.67 |
| Western Paladin | 168 | Rare | $0.67 |
| Drifting Djinn | 71 | Rare | $0.65 |
| Midsummer Revel | 268 | Rare | $0.65 |
| Vebulid | 165 | Rare | $0.65 |
| Greener Pastures | 258 | Rare | $0.63 |
| Rain of Salt | 206 | Uncommon | $0.63 |
| Serra's Liturgy | 49 | Rare | $0.62 |
| Mountain | 345 | Common | $0.61 |
| Destructive Urge | 180 | Uncommon | $0.60 |
| Cloak of Mists | 65 | Common | $0.59 |
| Hidden Herd | 262 | Rare | $0.59 |
| Plains | 333 | Common | $0.59 |
| Defensive Formation | 9 | Uncommon | $0.57 |
| Imaginary Pet | 81 | Rare | $0.56 |
| Scoria Wurm | 212 | Rare | $0.56 |
| Forest | 348 | Common | $0.55 |
| Wall of Junk | 315 | Uncommon | $0.55 |
| Forest | 350 | Common | $0.54 |
| Raze | 207 | Common | $0.54 |
| Witch Engine | 169 | Rare | $0.54 |
| Plains | 332 | Common | $0.53 |
| Elite Archers | 13 | Rare | $0.52 |
| Viashino Sandswimmer | 225 | Rare | $0.52 |
| Absolute Grace | 1 | Uncommon | $0.51 |
| Dark Hatchling | 126 | Rare | $0.51 |
| Discordant Dirge | 131 | Rare | $0.51 |
| Rune of Protection: Lands | 39 | Rare | $0.51 |
| Somnophore | 97 | Rare | $0.50 |
| Purging Scythe | 308 | Rare | $0.49 |
| Veiled Crocodile | 108 | Rare | $0.49 |
| Fog Bank | 75 | Uncommon | $0.48 |
| Hidden Predators | 263 | Rare | $0.48 |
| Plains | 331 | Common | $0.48 |
| Rewind | 93 | Common | $0.48 |
| Abyssal Horror | 115 | Rare | $0.47 |
| Barrin's Codex | 286 | Rare | $0.47 |
| Hidden Stag | 265 | Rare | $0.47 |
| No Rest for the Wicked | 142 | Uncommon | $0.47 |
| Okk | 204 | Rare | $0.47 |
| Opal Titan | 26 | Rare | $0.47 |
| Presence of the Master | 32 | Uncommon | $0.47 |
| Lurking Evil | 140 | Rare | $0.46 |
| Recantation | 91 | Rare | $0.46 |
| Sulfuric Vapors | 220 | Rare | $0.45 |
| Swamp | 342 | Common | $0.45 |
| Bulwark | 178 | Rare | $0.44 |
| Electryte | 183 | Rare | $0.44 |
| Metrognome | 301 | Rare | $0.43 |
| Spreading Algae | 274 | Uncommon | $0.43 |
| Pestilence | 147 | Common | $0.42 |
| Swamp | 339 | Common | $0.42 |
| Chimeric Staff | 288 | Rare | $0.41 |
| Antagonism | 173 | Rare | $0.40 |
| Gaea's Embrace | 255 | Uncommon | $0.40 |
| Hidden Guerrillas | 261 | Uncommon | $0.38 |
| Remote Isle | 324 | Common | $0.38 |
| Lingering Mirage | 84 | Uncommon | $0.37 |
| Titania's Chosen | 277 | Uncommon | $0.37 |
| Treefolk Seedlings | 278 | Uncommon | $0.37 |
| Curfew | 68 | Common | $0.36 |
| Thundering Giant | 221 | Uncommon | $0.35 |
| Blanchwood Armor | 237 | Uncommon | $0.34 |
| Fertile Ground | 252 | Common | $0.34 |
| Mobile Fort | 303 | Uncommon | $0.34 |
| Zephid's Embrace | 114 | Uncommon | $0.34 |
| Congregate | 8 | Common | $0.33 |
| Clear | 7 | Uncommon | $0.32 |
| Exhaustion | 74 | Uncommon | $0.32 |
| Steam Blast | 219 | Uncommon | $0.32 |
| Voice of Law | 55 | Uncommon | $0.32 |
| Albino Troll | 231 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Bravado | 177 | Common | $0.31 |
| Crazed Skirge | 125 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Diabolic Servitude | 130 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Enchantment Alteration | 72 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Lilting Refrain | 83 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Lull | 267 | Common | $0.31 |
| Vampiric Embrace | 164 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Wirecat | 317 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Cathodion | 287 | Uncommon | $0.30 |
| Elvish Herder | 247 | Common | $0.30 |
| Parasitic Bond | 145 | Uncommon | $0.30 |
| Serra's Hymn | 48 | Uncommon | $0.30 |
| Shower of Sparks | 217 | Common | $0.30 |
| Douse | 70 | Uncommon | $0.29 |
| Flesh Reaver | 136 | Uncommon | $0.29 |
| Seasoned Marshal | 44 | Uncommon | $0.29 |
| Skittering Skirge | 158 | Common | $0.29 |
| Urza's Armor | 313 | Uncommon | $0.29 |
| Waylay | 56 | Uncommon | $0.29 |
| Arc Lightning | 174 | Common | $0.28 |
| Goblin Patrol | 193 | Common | $0.28 |
| Hawkeater Moth | 259 | Uncommon | $0.28 |
| Scald | 211 | Uncommon | $0.28 |
| Shimmering Barrier | 50 | Uncommon | $0.28 |
| Vile Requiem | 167 | Uncommon | $0.28 |
| Bog Raiders | 119 | Common | $0.27 |
| Fortitude | 253 | Common | $0.27 |
| Hopping Automaton | 297 | Uncommon | $0.27 |
| Rune of Protection: Artifacts | 35 | Uncommon | $0.27 |
| Slippery Karst | 327 | Common | $0.27 |
| Spined Fluke | 160 | Uncommon | $0.27 |
| Veiled Sentry | 109 | Uncommon | $0.27 |
| Bereavement | 117 | Uncommon | $0.26 |
| Elvish Lyrist | 248 | Common | $0.26 |
| Endoskeleton | 294 | Uncommon | $0.26 |
| Monk Idealist | 20 | Uncommon | $0.26 |
| Opal Acrolith | 22 | Uncommon | $0.26 |
| Order of Yawgmoth | 144 | Uncommon | $0.26 |
| Hidden Spider | 264 | Common | $0.25 |
| Monk Realist | 21 | Common | $0.25 |
| Pit Trap | 307 | Uncommon | $0.25 |
| Polluted Mire | 323 | Common | $0.25 |
| Sanctum Guardian | 43 | Uncommon | $0.25 |
| Titania's Boon | 276 | Uncommon | $0.25 |
| Veiled Apparition | 107 | Uncommon | $0.25 |
| Disruptive Student | 69 | Common | $0.24 |
| Falter | 184 | Common | $0.24 |
| Jagged Lightning | 200 | Uncommon | $0.24 |
| Scrap | 213 | Common | $0.24 |
| Serra's Embrace | 47 | Uncommon | $0.24 |
| Smoldering Crater | 328 | Common | $0.24 |
| Stern Proctor | 99 | Uncommon | $0.24 |
| Torch Song | 222 | Uncommon | $0.24 |
| Phyrexian Ghoul | 148 | Common | $0.23 |
| Redeem | 33 | Uncommon | $0.23 |
| Sandbar Serpent | 95 | Uncommon | $0.23 |
| Treetop Rangers | 279 | Common | $0.23 |
| Voice of Grace | 54 | Uncommon | $0.23 |
| War Dance | 282 | Uncommon | $0.23 |
| Bull Hippo | 239 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Catalog | 64 | Common | $0.22 |
| Crosswinds | 246 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Guma | 197 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Hidden Ancients | 260 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Sanguine Guard | 155 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Vug Lizard | 227 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Wizard Mentor | 112 | Common | $0.22 |
| Yawgmoth's Edict | 170 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Blood Vassal | 118 | Common | $0.21 |
| Breach | 120 | Common | $0.21 |
| Carrion Beetles | 122 | Common | $0.21 |
| Corrupt | 124 | Common | $0.21 |
| Dragon Blood | 293 | Uncommon | $0.21 |
| Retaliation | 272 | Uncommon | $0.21 |
| Rune of Protection: Red | 40 | Common | $0.21 |
| Shiv's Embrace | 216 | Uncommon | $0.21 |
| Brilliant Halo | 5 | Common | $0.20 |
| Cackling Fiend | 121 | Common | $0.20 |
| Confiscate | 66 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Mana Leech | 141 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Rune of Protection: Blue | 37 | Common | $0.20 |
| Rune of Protection: White | 41 | Common | $0.20 |
| Shivan Raptor | 215 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Silent Attendant | 51 | Common | $0.20 |
| Academy Researchers | 58 | Uncommon | $0.19 |
| Despondency | 129 | Common | $0.19 |
| Disorder | 181 | Uncommon | $0.19 |
| Drifting Meadow | 320 | Common | $0.19 |
| Gaea's Bounty | 254 | Common | $0.19 |
| Hush | 266 | Common | $0.19 |
| Reclusive Wight | 153 | Uncommon | $0.19 |
| Rune of Protection: Black | 36 | Common | $0.19 |
| Anaconda | 232 | Uncommon | $0.18 |
| Disciple of Grace | 10 | Common | $0.18 |
| Disenchant | 12 | Common | $0.18 |
| Fiery Mantle | 186 | Common | $0.18 |
| Goblin Spelunkers | 195 | Common | $0.18 |
| Pegasus Charger | 30 | Common | $0.18 |
| Cave Tiger | 241 | Common | $0.17 |
| Cradle Guard | 245 | Uncommon | $0.17 |
| Goblin War Buggy | 196 | Common | $0.17 |
| Healing Salve | 16 | Common | $0.17 |
| Humble | 18 | Uncommon | $0.17 |
| Opal Gargoyle | 25 | Common | $0.17 |
| Songstitcher | 52 | Uncommon | $0.17 |
| Spire Owl | 98 | Common | $0.17 |
| Unworthy Dead | 163 | Common | $0.17 |
| Veil of Birds | 106 | Common | $0.17 |
| Viashino Weaponsmith | 226 | Common | $0.17 |
| Disciple of Law | 11 | Common | $0.16 |
| Hermetic Study | 78 | Common | $0.16 |
| Pendrell Drake | 86 | Common | $0.16 |
| Power Sink | 89 | Common | $0.16 |
| Power Taint | 90 | Common | $0.16 |
| Ravenous Skirge | 152 | Common | $0.16 |
| Sandbar Merfolk | 94 | Common | $0.16 |
| Goblin Raider | 194 | Common | $0.15 |
| Hollow Dogs | 137 | Common | $0.15 |
| Lay Waste | 201 | Common | $0.15 |
| Looming Shade | 139 | Common | $0.15 |
| Rejuvenate | 271 | Common | $0.15 |
| Unnerve | 162 | Common | $0.15 |
| Viashino Runner | 224 | Common | $0.15 |
| Wild Dogs | 284 | Common | $0.15 |
| Acridian | 230 | Common | $0.14 |
| Argothian Swine | 235 | Common | $0.14 |
| Expunge | 135 | Common | $0.14 |
| Headlong Rush | 198 | Common | $0.14 |
| Heat Ray | 199 | Common | $0.14 |
| Opal Caryatid | 24 | Common | $0.14 |
| Pacifism | 27 | Common | $0.14 |
| Reflexes | 208 | Common | $0.14 |
| Rescind | 92 | Common | $0.14 |
| Retromancer | 209 | Common | $0.14 |
| Rune of Protection: Green | 38 | Common | $0.14 |
| Sanctum Custodian | 42 | Common | $0.14 |
| Symbiosis | 275 | Common | $0.14 |
| Veiled Serpent | 110 | Common | $0.14 |
| Angelic Page | 4 | Common | $0.13 |
| Gorilla Warrior | 256 | Common | $0.13 |
| Horseshoe Crab | 80 | Common | $0.13 |
| Launch | 82 | Common | $0.13 |
| Pendrell Flux | 87 | Common | $0.13 |
| Pouncing Jaguar | 269 | Common | $0.13 |
| Serra Zealot | 46 | Common | $0.13 |
| Sicken | 156 | Common | $0.13 |
| Befoul | 116 | Common | $0.12 |
| Dromosaur | 182 | Common | $0.11 |
| Path of Peace | 29 | Common | $0.11 |
| Venomous Fangs | 280 | Common | $0.11 |
| Winding Wurm | 285 | Common | $0.11 |
| Blanchwood Treefolk | 238 | Common | $0.10 |
| Coral Merfolk | 67 | Common | $0.10 |
| Viashino Outrider | 223 | Common | $0.09 |
Related sets
- Urza's Destiny (1999-06-07)
- Urza's Destiny Promos (1999-06-07)
- Urza's Legacy Promos (1999-02-15)
- Urza's Legacy (1999-02-15)
FAQ
How many cards are in Urza's Saga?
Cactaur indexes 350 printings in Urza's Saga; official count is 350. Variant or promo printings can push the indexed total above the number on the booster box.
When did Urza's Saga release?
Urza's Saga shows a catalog release date of 1998-10-12 for this English Magic: The Gathering entry. Urza's Saga is indexed under slug usg in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
What is the most expensive card in Urza's Saga?
Gaea's Cradle leads references around $1504.77 in our latest snapshot. Prices change with condition and market volume. Urza's Saga is indexed under slug usg in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Is Urza's Saga good for beginners?
Urza's Saga works for collectors who already know Urza. Beginners may prefer a starter deck before chasing rare pulls from this set. Urza's Saga is indexed under slug usg in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Where can I track Urza's Saga prices?
Use this Cactaur set page for a snapshot, then open individual card pages for ongoing market references. Future marketplace features will anchor off the same data attributes on each row.