Urza by Phoebe

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an artifact combo-control strategy led by Urza, Lord High Artificer. In the opening turns, the deck deploys low-cost artifacts and mana rocks to establish an early board presence. Casting Urza on Turn 4 turns every artifact into a mana source and creates a scaling Construct token. The deck leverages this sudden mana surplus to hold up efficient counterspells while digging for its central combo: Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal. Once assembled alongside three or more mana-producing artifacts, the combo generates infinite mana and infinite untaps. Urza converts this mana into unbounded activations of his exile ability, casting the entire library and winning on the spot with Laboratory Maniac. If the primary combo is disrupted, the deck can pivot to a secondary beatdown plan with massive Constructs, token generation from Sai, Master Thopterist, or bounce loops with Hullbreaker Horror.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum Dagsson
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Desertion
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Fountain of Renewal
  • 1 Honor-Worn Shaku
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Iron Lad, Diverging Destiny
  • 28 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Liquimetal Coating
  • 1 March of Progress
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Mirrorform
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 One with the Machine
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Redirect
  • 1 Remand
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Salvager of Ruin
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stone of Erech
  • 1 Surgical Skullbomb
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gatebreaker
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Peregrine Dynamo
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Witching Well
  • 1 Worn Powerstone