Urza 3.0 by user2249118

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord Protector

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Pillowfort Control strategy helmed by Urza, Lord Protector. It aims to stall opposing combat and aggressive strategies using powerful defensive enchantments and damage prevention effects like Moat, Glacial Chasm, Archangel of Tithes, and Norn's Annex. Meanwhile, Urza, Lord Protector discounts artifacts, instants, and sorceries to accelerate deployment of high-impact card draw engines such as Rhystic Study, Consecrated Sphinx, The Mightstone and Weakstone, and The Ten Rings. The primary win condition is Approach of the Second Sun, supported by the deck's ability to rapidly dig seven cards deep and recast it. Alternate late-game paths include melding into Urza, Planeswalker for game-breaking loyalty activations, locking out development with Ward of Bones, or dismantling opposing hands with Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur. While resilient against creature combat, the deck relies entirely on draw volume rather than tutors to assemble its win conditions.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Al-abara's Carpet
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Armageddon Clock
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Bazaar of Baghdad
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bubble Matrix
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Chromatic Armor
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conservator
  • 1 Copper Tablet
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Energy Field
  • 1 Energy Storm
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 1 Gates of Istfell
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gideon of the Trials
  • 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Intervention Pact
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Moat
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
  • 1 Panther Habit
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 1 Platinum Emperion
  • 1 Power Artifact
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Purity
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scarecrow
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Squee's Toy
  • 1 Stark's Ingenuity
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Suppressor Skyguard
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Telekinesis
  • 1 Thawing Glaciers
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza's Workshop
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Ward of Bones
  • 1 Wrath of God