1 URZA by IvanD.927

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Urza, Chief Artificer to convert artifact board presence into massive, evasive Construct tokens. Early turns focus on developing artifact lands, mana rocks, and low-cost utility creatures like Sai, Master Thopterist and Steel Overseer. On Turn 4, Urza enters play at a discount thanks to affinity for artifact creatures, immediately producing a scaling Construct token that grows with every artifact on the battlefield. By Turn 5, these Constructs attack with innate menace, quickly outpacing opponent life totals when augmented by Cybermen Squadron, Thunderhawk Gunship, and Urza, Prince of Kroog. The deck defends its board with premier low-cost protection spells such as Flawless Maneuver and Dawn's Truce, while Cyclonic Rift and Vanquish the Horde clear opposing boards. Backup token engines ensure resilience even when the commander faces heavy removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avenge
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Digsite Engineer
  • 1 Dovin, Grand Arbiter
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Guidelight Pathmaker
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Ichormoon Gauntlet
  • 1 Iron Man, Bleeding Edge
  • 1 Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lifecraft Engine
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Mirror Shield
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 N'Yami-Class Mother Ship
  • 1 Nautiloid Ship
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rent Is Due
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Royal Talon Fighter Jet
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Salvation Engine
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 The Lunar Whale
  • 1 The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
  • 1 The Peregrine Dynamo
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Urza's Command
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Prince of Kroog
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer