Urza's Engineering by Jioso

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized mono-blue artifact combo and stax list commanded by Urza, Lord High Artificer. The primary game plan accelerates mana development through low-cost artifacts, using Urza's static ability to turn every artifact into a mana source. The deck quickly establishes oppressive board control through asymmetric stax pieces like Static Orb, Back to Basics, and Winter Moon. Urza easily breaks parity on Static Orb by tapping it right before your untap step, locking opponents out of their mana while maintaining full access to your own resources. Once resource dominance is secured, the deck executes compact infinite mana combos using Isochron Scepter imprinted with Dramatic Reversal, or Basalt Monolith paired with Forsaken Monument. With infinite mana, Urza activates his ability to exile the entire library, casting Walking Ballista or Thassa's Oracle to win the game on the spot. Robust countermagic and artifact protection ensure the winning turn remains well defended.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum Dagsson
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Banishing Knack
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 32 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirran Spy
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Pili-Pala
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Retraction Helix
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tidespout Tyrant
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 We Say Thee Nay!
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winter Moon