Split Second Urza? by user2556947

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This competitive Commander deck is built around Urza, Lord High Artificer, combining high-velocity artifact mana, asymmetric stax pieces, and compact infinite mana combos. Urza functions simultaneously as a powerful mana engine, a token generator, and an infinite mana outlet in the command zone. The deck accelerates through early turns with format-staple fast mana rocks like Mana Vault, Sol Ring, and Chrome Mox. It converts this mana advantage into rapid wins via Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal or Grim Monolith enchanted with Power Artifact. Once infinite mana is generated, Urza exiles the library and casts Walking Ballista to eliminate all opponents on Turn 3. The strategy is reinforced by asymmetric locks like Winter Orb and Grafdigger's Cage, which derail opposing game plans without hindering Urza's abilities, supported by an elite suite of free countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banishing Knack
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Battered Golem
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Eye of Ramos
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Power Artifact
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Retraction Helix
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saprazzan Skerry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winter Orb