Budget Urza $200

Commander / EDH Artifact Budget Combo Competitive Mono-Blue Multiplayer

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Instant (26)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Snap
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Submerge
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Whir of Invention

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Artifact (20)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Briber's Purse
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Welding Jar
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Witching Well

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Trail of Evidence
• 1x Verity Circle

Creature (1)

• 1x Tidespout Tyrant

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Diminishing Returns
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Polymorph
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Windfall

Land (33)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 30x Island
• 1x Saprazzan Skerry

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Maybeboard

Artifact (9)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chimeric Mass
• 1x Herbal Poultice
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Orochi Hatchery
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Silent Gravestone
• 1x Storage Matrix

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I've spent a significant amount of time playing Urza since his release; he is a very powerful card and provides a lot of command zone strength to mono blue. His ability to draw power from any artifact (especially mana- and cost-inexpensive utility artifacts) is an impressive feat that prompted me to work through the creation of a surprisingly powerful budget build.

This build (as of 1/1/2020) clocks in at ~$200, including Urza. ($165 without)

• No-budget UPS: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/urza-paradox-scepter/

• No-budget PolyTyrant: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/urza-tyrant/

This build uses two win conditions: Isochron Scepter and (Polymorph) Tidespout Tyrant. The Polymorph Tyrant lines come with a no-other-creatures deck building restriction. You can watch a fantastic video about Tyrant by the Spike Feeders here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH7-wigzUo4

These are the main reasons why this is an attractive budget build:

• Urza's mana yield makes up for the explosiveness lost by missing expensive mana rocks.
• Fewer costly rocks are necessary for Scepter infinites due to Urza.
• Polymorph and Proteus staff are 1-card combos that lend us consistency, even missing expensive tutors.
• PolyTyrant as a gameplan allows the deck to avoid playing the expensive Plan B combos like Power Artifact + Grim Monolith or Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith.

The primary downside of this deck over non-budget builds is an increased reliance on resolving and keeping Urza. Protect him vigilantly. Another deckbuilding concession is the need to play some density of 0 cost rocks to net mana post-Tyrant.

The gameplan of this builds is similar to the non-budget builds:

1. Ramp into Urza quickly and safely.
2. Stabilize the game while resolving draw and selection.
3. Execute a protected infinite mana combo, playing your entire library.
4. Generate infinite casts of any spell with a bounce spell and Midnight Clock.

The most impactful upgrades to the deck would be the fast mana rocks for earlier Urza. Interaction upgrades are some of the least impactful upgrades, as there are a wealth of strong counterspells to use to fill slots.

Here are some $500 budget builds put together by Shmekles so you can investigate upgrade paths.

UPS $500: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/06-12-19-budget-urza

PolyTyrant $500: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/budget-urza-polytyrant

If you can't afford certain pieces, you can always play more 0 cost rocks. Check the maybeboard for some ideas.

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.07
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Clue, Construct 0/0 C
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