Budget Artifacts by Acermanta

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Esper deck focuses on an aggressive artifact token engine commanded by Urza, Chief Artificer. In the opening turns, the deck deploys low-cost artifact creatures, mana Myr, and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor to accelerate mana and enable affinity. By turn 4, Urza enters the battlefield at a steep discount, immediately generating a scaling Construct token that gains power and toughness for every artifact in play. Urza grants all artifact creatures menace, allowing the growing army of Constructs and evasive Thopters to push through combat damage past opposing blockers. Midgame finishers such as Cyberdrive Awakener, Tempered Steel, Master of Etherium, and Cranial Plating amplify board power rapidly, while Organic Extinction provides an asymmetric board clear that preserves your entire mechanical army. Although the deck lacks infinite combos and fast mana, its high artifact density, resilient token production, and layered combat buffs deliver consistent, snowballing combat pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Armix, Filigree Thrasher
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Digsite Engineer
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etched Champion
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Indomitable Archangel
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Metallic Rebuke
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 One with the Machine
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Phyrexian Rebirth
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scene of the Crime
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stoic Rebuttal
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tamiyo's Logbook
  • 1 Tempered Steel
  • 1 The Flesh Is Weak
  • 1 Thopter Shop
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Unctus, Grand Metatect
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Voyage Home