urza by Modracer33

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This competitive Urza deck pairs fast artifact mana with asymmetric stax and compact infinite combos. Urza, Lord High Artificer serves as both a primary mana engine and a win outlet in the command zone. The deck uses stax artifacts like Winter Orb, Static Orb, and Storage Matrix, tapping them at the end of the previous player's turn with Urza to shut down opponents' untap steps while enjoying full untap steps itself. To close the game, the deck tutors for Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal to generate infinite mana, then activates Urza infinitely to exile the library and kill the table with Walking Ballista. Backed by a premier suite of free counterspells and redundant lines like Grand Architect with Pili-Pala, the deck maintains immense resilience and high interaction speed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grand Architect
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 26 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Pili-Pala
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Storage Matrix
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winter Orb