Mono Blue Artifacts by user4355308

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This mono-blue artifact deck uses Urza, Lord High Artificer as a premier ramp engine, board presence generator, and late-game card sink. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost artifacts and mana rocks to establish a wide board. Casting Urza on Turn 4 immediately turns every artifact into a mana-producing engine while generating an intimidating Construct token. By Turn 5, the deck leverages this mana surplus to deploy overwhelming threats such as Cyberdrive Awakener, Blightsteel Colossus, or Myr Battlesphere. Defensive enchantments like Propaganda and Back to Basics slow opponent progression, while reactive cards such as Cyclonic Rift and Counterspell protect your board. The deck closes games over two combat cycles by flying over blockers with animated artifact armies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 31 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Memnarch
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mm'menon, the Right Hand
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Great Mound
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 War Room