Urza by Blasian

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 72

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck is helmed by Urza, Lord High Artificer, an engine commander that generates mana velocity, creates scaling Construct tokens, and acts as an infinite mana outlet from the command zone. The deck leverages dense 0–1 CMC fast mana to deploy Urza on Turn 2–3, immediately turning all artifacts into mana sources. The primary win condition is assembling Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal to generate infinite mana and untaps, allowing Urza to exile the entire library, overload Cyclonic Rift, and attack for lethal with Krang, Utrom Warlord and Cyberdrive Awakener on Turn 4. Alternatively, it establishes hard asymmetric stax locks with Winter Orb, Static Orb, and Trinisphere by tapping them before its own untap step. Supported by premier free countermagic and resilient card advantage, the deck possesses high interaction and win inevitability.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Stone Idol
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frogmite
  • 1 Geode Golem
  • 1 Intuition
  • 30 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Juggernaut
  • 1 Krang, Master Mind
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 1 Memory Guardian
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Myr Enforcer
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Power Artifact
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Valkyrie Aerial Unit
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winter Orb