Terra Branford by SolaireleJ

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue artifact midrange list piloted by Urza, Lord High Artificer. It focuses on ramping out cheap artifacts, casting Urza on Turn 4, and utilizing his mana generation to rapidly deploy scaling artifact threats. The primary win condition revolves around overwhelming opponents through combat damage using massive Construct tokens, Kappa Cannoneer, Broodstar, Master of Etherium, and Nettlecyst. The deck generates consistent card advantage through Urza's activated ability, Shimmer Dragon, and affinity draw spells such as Thought Monitor. While the deck features strong mana velocity and rapid engine recovery due to Urza residing in the command zone, it relies on traditional combat steps to eliminate three opponents over several turn cycles. This extended clock leaves the board vulnerable to mass artifact removal, though the deck protects itself with targeted countermagic, Padeem, Consul of Innovation, and asymmetric board clears like Cyclonic Rift.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fall from Favor
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 33 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
  • 1 Launch Mishap
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Memory Guardian
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spire Golem
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Tamiyo's Logbook
  • 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 War Room
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Worldwalker Helm