Urza - Thopter Swarm by Dustklose

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper artifact midrange and aggro deck commanded by Urza, Chief Artificer. It curves early artifact mana, utility creatures, and artifact lands into an accelerated Turn 4 Urza deployment. Urza immediately begins generating scaling Construct tokens that grow with every artifact on the battlefield and attack with evasion thanks to granting menace to all artifact creatures. The deck scales this pressure with anthems like Master of Etherium and Tempered Steel, or explosive finishers such as Cyberdrive Awakener and overloaded Rise and Shine. While the deck generates massive board presence and high toughness blockers, its path to victory relies on traditional combat across multiple turn cycles, leaving it susceptible to widespread artifact removal and sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armix, Filigree Thrasher
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Digsite Engineer
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dromar's Cavern
  • 1 Ensoul Artifact
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Extinguisher Battleship
  • 1 Filigree Attendant
  • 1 Forging the Anchor
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Lumen-Class Frigate
  • 1 Machine God's Effigy
  • 1 March of Progress
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Rebbec, Architect of Ascension
  • 1 Relic of Progenitus
  • 1 Rise and Shine
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tawnos, Solemn Survivor
  • 1 Tempered Steel
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thopter Shop
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Urza, Prince of Kroog
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vedalken Humiliator
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Weatherlight Compleated
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine