Urza, High Lord by nekoclar

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This mono-blue artifact deck is commanded by Urza, Lord High Artificer, leveraging artifacts for explosive mana velocity and scalable battlefield threats. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Urza on Turn 4 to turn all non-creature artifacts into mana rocks while generating powerful Construct tokens. By Turn 5, the deck deploys massive threats such as Simulacrum Synthesizer, Myr Battlesphere, Darksteel Colossus, and Ultron, Machine Overlord to close the game across two decisive combat steps by Turn 7. Alternatively, it can assemble an infinite colorless mana loop using Forensic Gadgeteer and Basalt Monolith, allowing Urza to exile and cast the entire library. The deck excels at artifact tutoring, mana efficiency, and engine recovery, though its reactive interaction is light due to an absence of standard countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aphetto Alchemist
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Chrome Dome
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Golem Foundry
  • 1 Grand Architect
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lodestone Golem
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Welder
  • 1 Myriad Construct
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Phyrexia's Core
  • 1 Phyrexian Triniform
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Riddlesmith
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Shape Anew
  • 1 Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steelswarm Operator
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Trading Post
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Transplant Theorist
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Ugin, Eye of the Storms
  • 1 Ultron, Machine Overlord
  • 1 Unctus, Grand Metatect
  • 1 Urza's Factory
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Vedalken Engineer
  • 1 Ward of Bones
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine