Urza by Twizted305

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 71

Deck overview

This mono-blue combo-control list centers around Urza, Lord High Artificer, leveraging artifacts for explosive mana acceleration, asymmetric board control, and compact infinite win conditions. Urza converts every artifact into a mana-producing engine, powering out early value staples like The One Ring, Rhystic Study, and Mystic Forge. The primary win condition assembles infinite mana via Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal, or Basalt Monolith combined with Rings of Brighthearth. Once infinite mana is established, Urza exiles the entire library to cast game-ending threats like Cyberdrive Awakener, Hullbreaker Horror, and Blightsteel Colossus for an immediate same-turn victory. The deck reinforces its combo lines with asymmetric stax pieces like Winter Orb—which Urza taps to break parity—and defends its critical turns using top-tier free counterspells like Force of Will and Fierce Guardianship. The result is a resilient, interactive engine capable of fast combo finishes and commanding late-game dominance.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryogen Relic
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 24 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winter Orb