Urabrask the Hidden is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Creatures you control have haste. Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Complete guide
Urabrask the Hidden is a powerful Phyrexian Praetor that dictates the pace of battle by granting your army speed while slowing down your enemies. By shifting the tempo of the game, it ensures you are always one step ahead of your opponents' defenses. Understanding its continuous effects is key to dominating the red zone.
Breaking Down the Praetor's Power
Urabrask the Hidden has two static abilities that function as long as it is on the battlefield. The first grants haste to all creatures you control, allowing them to attack or use activated abilities with the tap symbol the same turn they enter. The second is a replacement effect that forces all creatures controlled by your opponents to enter the battlefield tapped, preventing them from being used as immediate blockers.
Step-by-Step Resolution
When you cast Urabrask the Hidden, it enters the battlefield and immediately applies its effects. Because the haste ability applies to itself, Urabrask can attack the turn it arrives. If an opponent plays a creature while Urabrask is out, that creature does not enter standing up and then tap; it enters the battlefield already in the tapped state. This bypasses 'whenever a creature becomes tapped' triggers but satisfies 'enters the battlefield' conditions.
Timing and Simultaneous Entry
A common point of confusion involves creatures entering at the same time. If Urabrask the Hidden and an opponent's creature enter the battlefield simultaneously (for example, via a mass resurrection spell), Urabrask's effect does not apply to that opponent's creature. The Praetor must already be on the battlefield for its replacement effect to affect incoming permanent states.
When to Play Urabrask
Urabrask is most effective when you are ready to pivot from setup to aggression. Because it makes your opponent's creatures enter tapped, it is a perfect counter to decks relying on haste or immediate blockers. Use it to break a board stall, ensuring your newly played threats can swing through an opening that your opponent cannot quickly close.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWhen you cast Solemn Simulacrum while Urabrask the Hidden is on the battlefield, the Golem gains haste immediately. You can search for your basic land and then immediately attack with the 2/2 body, rather than waiting a turn.
Roaming ThroneIf you play Roaming Throne and choose 'Praetor', it will enter the battlefield tapped if an opponent controls an Urabrask the Hidden. Conversely, if you control Urabrask, your Roaming Throne enters with haste. Note that Urabrask has static abilities, not triggered abilities, so Roaming Throne will not cause Urabrask's effects to happen 'more' times.
Urabrask the Hidden provides haste to itself. As soon as it resolves and enters the battlefield, you can declare it as an attacker during your combat phase, provided you have not already moved past the declare attackers step.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Urabrask the Hidden
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Urabrask the Hidden gives itself haste while it's on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature an opponent controls enters the battlefield at the same time that Urabrask the Hidden enters the battlefield under your control, Urabrask's effect doesn't apply to your opponent's creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Breath of Fury + Urabrask the Hidden
- 1Declare the creature with Breath of Fury attached and the creature with mobilize as attackers, triggering the creature with mobilize, creating at least one 1/1 Warrior creature token that is tapped and attacking.
- 2Deal combat damage using the creature that has Breath of Fury attached.
- 3Breath of Fury triggers, causing you to sacrifice the creature it is attached to, then attach Breath of Fury to the Warrior token, then causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Repeat each combat phase.
Temur Sabertooth + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Urabrask the Hidden
- 1Activate Selvala by paying
and tapping it, adding at least 
- 2Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying
, returning Selvala from the battlefield to your hand. - 3Cast Selvala by paying its mana cost.
- 4Repeat.
Temur Sabertooth + Fanatic of Rhonas + Urabrask the Hidden
- 1Activate Fanatic of Rhonas by tapping it, adding
- 2Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying , returning Fanatic of Rhonas from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Cast Fanatic of Rhonas by paying its mana cost.
- 4Repeat.
Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Urabrask the Hidden
- 1Activate Krenko by tapping it, creating a number of 1/1 Goblin creature tokens equal to the number of Goblins you control.
- 2Activate Skirk Prospector by sacrificing Krenko, adding
. - 3Choose to return Krenko to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 4Activate Skirk Prospector by sacrificing a Goblin, adding .
- 5Repeat step 4 until you have enough mana to cast Krenko.
- 6Cast Krenko from the command zone by paying plus commander tax.
- 7Repeat.
Sword of Hearth and Home + Combat Celebrant + Urabrask the Hidden
- 1Declare the creature with Sword of Hearth and Home and Combat Celebrant as attackers, choosing to exert Combat Celebrant as it attacks.
- 2Combat Celebrant triggers, untapping all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 3Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Sword of Hearth and Home attached.
- 4Sword of Hearth and Home triggers, exiling Combat Celebrant, then causing you to search your library for a basic land card, then put the land and Combat Celebrant onto the battlefield.
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
Hullbreaker Horror + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Urabrask the Hidden
- 1Activate Selvala by paying and tapping it, adding at least plus enough mana to cast a creature card from your hand.
- 2Cast a creature card by paying its mana cost.
- 3Hullbreaker Horror triggers, returning Selvala from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Cast Selvala by paying .
- 5Hullbreaker Horror triggers, returning the creature cast in step 2 from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Temur Sabertooth + Urabrask the Hidden + Circle of Dreams Druid
- 1Activate Circle of Dreams Druid by tapping it, adding an amount of .
- 2Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying , returning Circle of Dreams Druid from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Cast Circle of Dreams Druid by paying its mana cost.
- 4Repeat.
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Sword of Hearth and Home + Urabrask the Hidden
- 1Declare Godo and the Samurai with Sword of Hearth and Home attached as attackers.
- 2Godo's second ability triggers, untapping it and all Samurai you control, and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 3Deal combat damage using Godo and the Samurai that has Sword of Hearth and Home attached.
- 4Sword of Hearth and Home triggers, causing you to exile Godo, then search your library for a basic land card and exile it, then put the land and Godo from exile onto the battlefield.
- 5When Godo enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, causing you to search your library for an Equipment card and put it onto the battlefield.
- 6Repeat each combat phase.
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