BIG STOMPY ARTIFACTS by Vaerir

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck executes an aggressive artifact token strategy led by Urza, Chief Artificer. It accelerates mana during the first three turns with artifact lands, mana rocks, and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor. On turn 4, Urza enters play discounted by artifact affinity, immediately producing a massive Construct token on the end step. The deck pressures opponents on turn 5 by multiplying tall menace tokens using synergies like Simulacrum Synthesizer, Thousand Moons Smithy, and Master of Etherium. Asymmetric sweepers like Organic Extinction and Desynchronization clear opposing boards without hindering your development. The game closes around turn 7 through wide combat damage boosted by menace, Cyberdrive Awakener, or Cybermen Squadron. While resilient through redundant token generators and protection like Leonin Abunas, the list remains vulnerable to mass artifact exile.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argent Dais
  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Auton Soldier
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Brotherhood Vertibird
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Cyber Conversion
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Digsite Engineer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Panorama
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etched Champion
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Leonin Abunas
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 March of Progress
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Phyrexian Rebirth
  • 1 Phyrexian Scriptures
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scarecrone
  • 1 Scene of the Crime
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 The Cyber-Controller
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unctus, Grand Metatect
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Prince of Kroog
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Watery Grave