Just the "FACTS" Please by M4D_H4TT3R

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 67

Deck overview

This Urza, Lord High Artificer deck operates as an optimized mono-blue artifact combo and stax powerhouse. The primary strategy accelerates Urza onto the battlefield on Turn 3 or 4 using efficient mana rocks. Once assembled, Urza turns every utility artifact, equipment, and token into an untapped blue mana source. The deck leverages this massive mana engine to establish oppressive asymmetric stax locks with Static Orb and Winter Moon by tapping them before your untap step to bypass their restrictions entirely. To win, the deck tutors for compact infinite mana engines such as Isochron Scepter with Dramatic Reversal or Basalt Monolith with Rings of Brighthearth. Infinite mana feeds Urza's activated ability to exile the entire library and cast game-ending payoffs like Thassa's Oracle or Walking Ballista in a single turn. Dense free countermagic and redundant artifact tutors ensure resilient protection and high consistency.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Cityscape Leveler
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Artisans
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 22 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Leveler
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Mm'menon, the Right Hand
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winter Moon