Urza 2_32_4.2 (2.04/3.01/202) by DaveII

Format: Commander

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper artifact creature midrange strategy commanded by Urza, Chief Artificer. Its primary plan revolves around assembling a critical mass of low-cost artifact creatures, mana ramp, and artifact lands in the opening turns. This rapid development enables casting Urza ahead of curve via affinity, immediately generating scaling Construct tokens at each end step while granting all artifact creatures menace. The deck snowballs overwhelming board presence and closes games through unblockable or evasive combat damage, reinforced by overrun effects like Akroma's Will and asymmetric wipes like Organic Extinction. While the deck excels at creating massive, resilient beaters and rebuilding quickly through redundant threats such as Thousand Moons Smithy and Kappa Cannoneer, it lacks unconditional tutors, countermagic, and infinite combos. As a result, it relies on natural card flow and sustained combat steps to dismantle opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief Engineer
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Cryptothrall
  • 1 Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Fountainport Bell
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Krang, Master Mind
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K.
  • 1 Manakin
  • 1 March of Progress
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Officious Interrogation
  • 1 Oltec Matterweaver
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sakashima's Will
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skorpekh Lord
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Steel Seraph
  • 1 Steelswarm Operator
  • 1 Super-Adaptoid
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sydri, Galvanic Genius
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Towering Viewpoint
  • 1 Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vedalken Humiliator
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine