Urza, Lord Protector by DRowntree

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord Protector

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized Azorius artifact-synergy and meld strategy commanded by Urza, Lord Protector. Its primary game plan uses cheap mana rocks, cost reducers, and artifact tutors to assemble and meld Urza with The Mightstone and Weakstone by turn 5. Once melded, Urza, Planeswalker takes over the game with double loyalty activations each turn, generating immense card advantage, discounting spells by 2 mana, and threatening an asymmetric nonland wipe. As a secondary avenue, the deck generates massive Construct tokens and flying armies using Simulacrum Synthesizer, Urza, Lord High Artificer, Sai, Master Thopterist, and Cyberdrive Awakener. An infinite colorless mana combo between Basalt Monolith and Forensic Gadgeteer provides a compact alternate win vector. While lacking fast cEDH mana and heavy stax pieces, the list boasts high resource velocity, dense redundancy, and flexible recursion, making it a resilient and lethal artifact powerhouse.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Urza, Prince of Kroog
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Voyage Home
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Worn Powerstone