Urza by SimiSensei

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Lord High Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue artifact midrange powerhouse piloted by Urza, Lord High Artificer. Rather than leaning on cEDH fast-mana combos, it focuses on massive mana velocity and compounding board presence. Early turns deploy cheap utility artifacts and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Mind Stone, curving into Urza on Turn 4. Once Urza resolves, every artifact taps for blue mana, immediately enabling large mana investments and activation sinks. The deck closes games through overwhelming combat pressure using scaling Construct tokens generated by Urza and Simulacrum Synthesizer, boosted by trampling threats like Krang, Utrom Warlord and unblockable attackers like Kappa Cannoneer. Defensive countermagic, Padeem, Consul of Innovation, and an overloaded Cyclonic Rift safeguard the board and clear opposing blockers to ensure decisive victories.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 32 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Retrofitter Foundry
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steelswarm Operator
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul