cedh urza by user4852388

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This competitive Urza, Lord High Artificer list operates as a premier cEDH combo-stax powerhouse in mono-blue. The primary objective is to accelerate mana using format-ceiling fast mana rocks, deploy Urza by Turn 2-3, and either lock out the table with asymmetric stax or execute a compact infinite mana combo. Urza's static ability turns every artifact into a blue mana generator while breaking parity on oppressive lock pieces like Winter Orb, Static Orb, and Trinisphere by tapping them before your untap step. Winning lines center around infinite mana loops using Basalt Monolith with Power Artifact or Isochron Scepter with Dramatic Reversal, which allow Urza to activate his exile ability infinitely, play the entire deck, and win immediately on the same turn via Jace, Wielder of Mysteries or Codex Shredder loops. Robust free counterspells provide format-defining protection and disruption throughout.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum's Astrolabe
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Conjurer's Bauble
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Power Artifact
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 11 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Tangle Wire
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Winter Orb