Urza tempo by user1236781

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 75

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive mono-blue artifact combo-control deck commanded by Urza, Lord High Artificer. Urza functions simultaneously as an explosive mana engine, board presence generator, and infinite mana outlet in the command zone. The primary game plan accelerates into Urza by Turn 3 using premier fast mana rocks such as Mana Vault, Chrome Mox, and Sol Ring. On Turn 4, the deck leverages deep artifact and instant tutoring to assemble compact infinite mana combinations, primarily Basalt Monolith paired with Forensic Gadgeteer. Once infinite mana is established, Urza exiles the entire library, casting Thassa's Oracle for an immediate, non-combat victory. The strategy is reinforced by an elite interactive package featuring free counterspells like Force of Will and Fierce Guardianship, alongside proactive protection artifacts like Defense Grid and Vexing Bauble that stifle opponent disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Banishing Knack
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Battered Golem
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Dome
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Disruptor Flute
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
  • 1 Fugitive Droid
  • 1 Giant's Boulder
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Hope of Ghirapur
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonsnare Prototype
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prized Statue
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Retraction Helix
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saprazzan Skerry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Witching Well