Urza HP by JChigiChapel

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 71

Deck overview

This competitive Commander deck uses Urza, Lord High Artificer to convert cheap artifacts into rapid mana acceleration and an outlet for infinite mana. The deck aims to deploy Urza by Turn 3, turning all artifacts into blue mana sources while creating a scaling Construct token. On Turn 4, it uses dense artifact and instant tutors to assemble an infinite mana combo, primarily Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal, or Basalt Monolith paired with Rings of Brighthearth. Infinite mana allows Urza to exile the entire library and cast every spell without paying mana costs, finishing immediately with Thassa's Oracle. When racing is impractical, the deck pivots into an asymmetric stax plan using Winter Orb and Static Orb, tapping them with Urza before its own untap step to freeze opposing resources while breaking parity completely. High-density free and 1-mana counterspells provide robust protection during combo execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 30 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winter Orb