Urza's legacy by NinJoe

Format: Commander

Creator: NinJoe

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 90

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive Esper combo-control build centered on fast, protected execution of the Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact combo. Backed by a dense package of 0-to-1 CMC fast mana, unconditional black tutors, and elite card engines like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and The One Ring, the deck consistently threatens a win by turn 3. Proactive protection spells like Silence, Grand Abolisher, and Ranger-Captain of Eos ensure clean combo resolution through opponent interaction. Asymmetric stax pieces including Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, and Ethersworn Canonist slow opposing turbo strategies without hindering the deck's own game plan. If the primary Oracle win condition is exiled, the deck seamlessly transitions into a powerful artifact midrange beatdown strategy utilizing Urza, Chief Artificer, Urza, Lord High Artificer, Simulacrum Synthesizer, and Kappa Cannoneer to generate an overwhelming army of evasive Construct tokens.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Oswald Fiddlebender
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman