Urza, Chief Artificer (Copy)

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

Urza, Chief Artificer leads an Esper artifact midrange deck focused on assembling an overwhelming army of scaling Construct tokens. The deck accelerates in the opening turns using low-cost mana rocks, artifact lands, and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor to deploy Urza ahead of curve on Turn 4. Once on the battlefield, Urza generates a 0/0 Construct at each end step that grows with every artifact you control and attacks with menace. The primary plan scales rapidly, turning into a lethal combat clock by Turn 6 and eliminating the table by Turn 8. Backup win conditions such as Cyberdrive Awakener, Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge, and March of Progress provide explosive burst damage independent of the commander. The deck supports this aggressive engine with high-efficiency spot removal, countermagic, and asymmetric board wipes like Organic Extinction, while protecting its board through Bronze Guardian and Padeem, Consul of Innovation.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Ruins
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Den
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Bident of Thassa
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brilliant Restoration
• 1 Bronze Guardian
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cranial Plating
• 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
• 1 Darksteel Citadel
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Digsite Engineer
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dispatch
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1 Etherium Sculptor
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Foundry Inspector
• 1 Goldmire Bridge
• 7 Island
• 1 Kappa Cannoneer
• 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1 Liquimetal Torque
• 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
• 1 March of Progress
• 1 Master of Etherium
• 1 Mirrodin Besieged
• 1 Mistvault Bridge
• 1 Myr Battlesphere
• 1 Mystic Forge
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nettlecyst
• 1 One with the Machine
• 1 Organic Extinction
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 5 Plains
• 1 Razortide Bridge
• 1 Reconnaissance Mission
• 1 Research Thief
• 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1 Sculpting Steel
• 1 Seat of the Synod
• 1 Sharding Sphinx
• 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire of Industry
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tawnos, Solemn Survivor
• 1 Tempered Steel
• 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
• 1 The Flesh Is Weak
• 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
• 1 Thirst for Knowledge
• 1 Thought Monitor
• 1 Thoughtcast
• 1 Thran Dynamo
• 1 Trinket Mage
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
• 1 Urza, Prince of Kroog
• 1 Vault of Whispers
• 1 Whir of Invention
• 1 Worldwalker Helm