Urza by RyanJ

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Mono-Blue Artifact Stompy list piloted by Urza, Lord High Artificer. In the opening turns, it deploys efficient artifact mana rocks, cost-reducing artificers, and utility permanents. On Turn 4, Urza enters to create a large scaling Construct token and turn all artifacts into blue mana engines. From this resource baseline, the deck deploys overwhelming card draw through The Theorist, Jace Beleren and Shimmer Dragon. On Turn 5, it transitions into critical onset using game-ending payoffs such as Cyberdrive Awakener, Krang, Utrom Warlord, or Kappa Cannoneer, converting a wide board of noncreature artifacts into lethal evasive threats that eliminate the table across two combat cycles. While lacking infinite combo lines and fast 0-CMC mana staples, the deck maintains substantial redundancy and resilience against single-target disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 30 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Launch Mishap
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 1 Memory Guardian
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Golem
  • 1 Star Whale
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Tamiyo's Logbook
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Whirler Rogue