Urza Lord Protector by NDyse10

Format: Commander

Creator: NDyse10

Commander: Urza, Lord Protector

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

Urza, Lord Protector helms an Azorius artifact control strategy focused on cost reduction, explosive artifact synergy, and melding into Urza, Planeswalker. Early turns focus on establishing mana rocks and cost reducers to deploy Urza, Lord Protector ahead of curve. The deck rapidly tutors for The Mightstone and Weakstone using cards like Fabricate, Enlightened Tutor, or Whir of Invention, then executes the {7} meld activation on Turn 5. Once melded, Urza, Planeswalker activates loyalty abilities twice each turn to exile opposing threats, draw deep into the deck, or reduce costs by {2}. Win conditions pivot between Urza's ultimate, Cyberdrive Awakener turning noncreature artifacts into a lethal 4/4 flying fleet, and massive Construct tokens from Simulacrum Synthesizer and Urza's Saga.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Guidelight Pathmaker
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Season of Weaving
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow