Urza, Lord High Artificer by ironbatmk18

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck commands an artifact combo-control strategy led by Urza, Lord High Artificer. Urza provides explosive mana acceleration by converting every artifact into a blue mana source while generating large Construct tokens for board presence. The deck uses top-tier fast mana and tutors to quickly assemble game-winning combinations, primarily the infinite colorless mana loop between Basalt Monolith and Rings of Brighthearth. Once infinite mana is achieved, Urza's activated ability exiles the entire library to cast every nonland card for free. The deck solidifies victory by overloading Cyclonic Rift, dropping Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant, and locking all opposing mana with Karn, the Great Creator and Mycosynth Lattice. Backed by a dense suite of free counterspells and asymmetric lock pieces such as Winter Orb, the deck seamlessly transitions from early resource denial into an unanswerable same-turn combo finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Proxy
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Chromatic Sphere
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Day's Undoing
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Filigree Attendant
  • 1 Flow of Knowledge
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Hulking Metamorph
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 18 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Karn, Silver Golem
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Keeper of the Cadence
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Loyal Drake
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Memnarch
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ring of Three Wishes
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Secluded Starforge
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Winter Orb
  • 1 Workshop Assistant