Urza, Chief Artificer (copy) by Beardskii

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper artifact midrange strategy helmed by Urza, Chief Artificer. It aims to deploy low-cost artifact creatures, artifact lands, and utility rocks during the early turns to leverage affinity and cast Urza ahead of curve on Turn 4. Urza immediately begins manufacturing scaling Karn-struct tokens on every end step, while granting all artifact creatures menace. The deck multiplies this board presence using redundant token generators like Simulacrum Synthesizer, Illustrious Wanderglyph, and Sai, Master Thopterist. Win conditions center around overwhelming combat damage amplified by Akroma's Will, Cyberdrive Awakener, and Cybermen Squadron, or alternate win routes such as Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge. It protects its board with layered defensive pieces including Bronze Guardian, Padeem, Consul of Innovation, and Cryptothrall, alongside cheap countermagic and exile removal. The deck consistently establishes high-toughness, evasive pressure on Turn 5 and closes out games around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Academy Ruins
• 1 Access Denied
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Alloy Myr
• 1 Ancient Den
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Archway of Innovation
• 1 Arcum Dagsson
• 1 Armix, Filigree Thrasher
• 1 Artificer Class
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Bronze Guardian
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cryptothrall
• 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
• 1 Cyberman Patrol
• 1 Cybermen Squadron
• 1 Dance of the Manse
• 1 Darksteel Citadel
• 1 Desynchronization
• 1 Digsite Engineer
• 1 Dispatch
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Efficient Construction
• 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
• 1 Etched Champion
• 1 Fabricate
• 1 Goldmire Bridge
• 1 Hope of Ghirapur
• 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
• 1 Inventors' Fair
• 1 Iron Man, Bleeding Edge
• 1 Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
• 7 Island
• 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1 Lita, Mechanical Engineer
• 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
• 1 March of Progress
• 1 Master Transmuter
• 1 Masterful Replication
• 1 Mechanized Production
• 1 Metallic Rebuke
• 1 Mirrodin Besieged
• 1 Mistvault Bridge
• 1 Monumental Henge
• 1 Negate
• 1 Oltec Matterweaver
• 1 Organic Extinction
• 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1 Path to Exile
• 7 Plains
• 1 Razortide Bridge
• 1 Reshape
• 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1 Seat of the Synod
• 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stridehangar Automaton
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
• 1 Thopter Spy Network
• 1 Time Sieve
• 1 Unbreakable Formation
• 1 Unwinding Clock
• 1 Urza's Command
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
• 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1 Vault of Whispers
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Whir of Invention
• 1 Whirler Rogue
• 1 Worldwalker Helm