urza by Chris8109

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue artifact midrange strategy commanded by Urza, Lord High Artificer. It focuses on deploying low-cost artifacts and mana rocks in the early game to accelerate Urza onto the battlefield by Turn 3 or 4. Once Urza resolves, every artifact taps for blue mana, creating explosive mana advantages that fuel large board expansions, card draw engines, and Urza's free-cast ability. The primary path to victory involves overwhelming opponents with massive Construct tokens, unblockable threats from Whirler Rogue or Kappa Cannoneer, and mass-animation overruns like Cyberdrive Awakener. Additionally, the deck packs an infinite mana combo using Basalt Monolith and Forsaken Monument, which lets Urza exile the entire library to finish the game with Walking Ballista. While vulnerable to mass artifact removal, the deck's redundancy, protective countermagic, and commander-driven mana velocity make it a formidable table presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Chrome Dome
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fall from Favor
  • 1 Filigree Attendant
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 28 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Launch Mishap
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 One with the Machine
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Roadkill Rodney
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Virulent Silencer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirler Rogue