Urza, Lord High Artificer (copy) by jakerbreaker

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive mono-blue artifact combo and stax list piloted by Urza, Lord High Artificer. Urza functions as a primary mana engine, a stax parity breaker, and an infinite mana outlet in the command zone. The primary game plan accelerates into Urza by Turn 2 or Turn 3 using dense fast mana like Mox Diamond, Mox Opal, Mana Vault, and Sol Ring. The deck then tutors for Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal to generate infinite mana, allowing Urza to exile the entire library and win on the spot with Thassa's Oracle. If the combo is delayed, the deck establishes asymmetric lockouts using Winter Orb, Static Orb, and Back to Basics, deactivating the lock pieces before its own untap step by tapping them with Urza. Supported by free interaction and redundant lines like Basalt Monolith with Rings of Brighthearth, the deck transitions seamlessly between oppression and instant victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Paradoxical Outcome
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 15 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winter Orb