Urza's technologies by NinJoe

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This Esper artifact deck leverages Urza, Chief Artificer to convert rapid artifact deployment into overwhelming, scaling combat pressure. By combining artifact lands, low-cost mana rocks, and cheap utility artifact creatures, the deck regularly casts Urza on Turn 3. Each subsequent turn cycle produces massive Construct artifact creature tokens with inherent menace. Supported by secondary token generators like Simulacrum Synthesizer and Urza's Saga, the board quickly scales out of range of damage-based sweepers and closes games over two combat rotations. The list is heavily reinforced with high-efficiency interaction, including free counterspells and premier single-mana exile removal. Defensive anchors like Flare of Fortitude and Bronze Guardian shield the board from interaction, while Karn, the Great Creator paired with Mycosynth Lattice provides a potent alternative hard-lock route that denies all opposing mana activation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Digsite Engineer
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glimmervoid
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tempered Steel
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The Millennium Calendar
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Windswept Heath