Urza, B3 by Sorak

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 67

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue artifact combo-control strategy led by Urza, Lord High Artificer. In the opening turns, it deploys low-cost artifacts, utility creatures, and mana rocks to build a high permanent count. Once Urza enters the battlefield, every artifact taps for blue mana, accelerating the game plan well ahead of curve. The deck uses versatile artifact tutors such as Fabricate, Whir of Invention, and Trophy Mage to assemble infinite mana loops via Isochron Scepter with Dramatic Reversal or Basalt Monolith with Rings of Brighthearth. Infinite mana enables unlimited activations of Urza's ability, exiling the entire library and casting game-ending spells like Thassa's Oracle, Walking Ballista, or Aetherflux Reservoir in a single turn. The strategy is heavily protected by efficient, free counterspells and artifact recursion, ensuring resilience against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Glaring Fleshraker
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Transmutation Font
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Worldwalker Helm