Urza, Lord High Artificer cEDH *Primer*

Commander / EDH KailDaemon

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Budget list update —July 31, 2019

Finally updated my budget list to accommodate for the loss of Paradox Engine. Not much really changed but the decks are still very powerful and have been performing quite well at their respective power levels as far as budget lists goes for cedh.

Check them out as well as the primer to learn how to play the deck!

newbuu2 says... #1

July 11, 2019 12:12 p.m.

Ataraxey says... #2

Thank you for the update! Is there a chance to update the other budget versions as well?

July 11, 2019 7:57 p.m.

KailDaemon says... #3

Yea I plan to update those over the weekend, I've been busy at work all day and just found the time to do a quick update

July 11, 2019 8:03 p.m.

Ataraxey says... #4

All good. Thanks again Kail!

July 11, 2019 8:15 p.m.

Decisive says... #5

I've got a few questions for you!

I've looked at your list and I struggle to figure out the actual win con. Say you've gotten infinite mana, then what? You've removed Lab Man and that Jace, you can't mill out your opponents using BSZ. You could use codex shredder, but I don't see a way to get infinite untaps.

That said, you don't have enough creatures to really make beatdown an option, is the wincon then just locking your opponent out of everything and having them rage quit? I'd appreciate some clarifications.

Also, have you thought about organizing the decklist into categories to make it easier to find certain things for those new to the deck (Like me)?

July 12, 2019 10:01 p.m.

Reliv3 says... #6

With the paradox engine ban, I was thinking about painters servant, grindstone, and Nexus of Fate in this shell. Perhaps replacing codex shredder with grindstone, which I understand has worse utility as a means to hose top of the library tutors, but can go infinite with painters servant. With the assembly of the combo, you have the option to either take out the strongest opponent, or mill yourself and win with infinite turns and Nexus of Fate. I also run Echo of eons which serves as a means to get myself out of a sticky situation if milling myself doesn't pan out.

July 13, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Massacar says... #7

Byuante Infinite untaps comes easy from Dramatic Reversal on Isochron Scepter .

Also it's really easy to get lots of creatures from bouncing Urza, Lord High Artificer with Capsize . The deck author actually outlines several possible combos in the "Infinite Mana and Draw" section.

July 17, 2019 3:59 p.m.

Maranth16 says... #8

I am amazed that anyone who plays Urza does not consider Vanishing as protection. For 1 blue and 2 more to activae it, you have ultimate protection - and wait- there's more- when she phases back in you get another construct token. At 25 cents, Vanishing should be in every blue deck. I also find Diplomatic Immunity to be a great protector for Urza.

July 24, 2019 6:24 p.m.

Penthoplayer says... #9

Phasing doesn't work quite like that. When an object phases in, it doesn't trigger ETB effects.

July 25, 2019 8:40 p.m.

Hi, nice deck!!..., i have my own version of urza:

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/urza-combostax-2/

I don’t have a win condition, in fact, i have a win loop when you have infinite mana and urza is in play. What do you think about drawn from dreams for recurring insight?

Regards

July 26, 2019 1:10 a.m.

Ilnez says... #11

If you had to replace workshop, Tabernacle and twister, what would you swap them for? I refuse to think the deck is unplayable without them.

July 28, 2019 12:14 a.m.

smurf800 says... #12

@Illnez all 3 are not essantical for this Deck. Workshop with 24 Artifacts(24% off the Deck and nearly none above 1,0 average Cost) makes no sense. Twister can be strong in the early Game like Turn 1-3 with Mana acceleration. After that it gets weaker. A lot of Urza Decks try to win by milling themselfs and there Twister ist not realy a help. Imho he uses it mostly for Narset but there are other ways like Puzzle box or Memory Jar wich are both artifacts that can be tutored too and are more working with Urza. Tabernacle might be a problem as it is quite a strong anti uncounterable Creaturemassremovale. Espacially with winter Orb and Co.

July 28, 2019 2:48 p.m.