Urza's Brighthearth Isochronitoreum!

Commander / EDH* Competitive Mono-Blue

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Control (13)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song

Ramp (10)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Land (33)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Homeward Path
• 28x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Saprazzan Skerry

Tutor (12)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Whir of Invention

Draw (10)

• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Windfall

Stax (5)

• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Winter Orb

Commander (1)

WinCon (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Training Grounds

Protection (4)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Voyager Staff
• 1x Welding Jar

Synergy (1)

• 1x Etherium Sculptor

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Protection (3)

• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Draw (1)

• 1x Rhystic Study

Synergy (1)

• 1x Unwinding Clock

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

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The Goal

Get infinite mana and then use Urza, Lord High Artificer as an outlet to win the game.

Getting Infinite Mana

There are a number of ways to get infinite mana:

Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter and 3+ mana rocks.

Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth .

Pili-Pala + Rings of Brighthearth + Urza, Lord High Artificer . The Pili-Pala will need to stay on board for a turn to be able to use its ability.

Pili-Pala + Training Grounds + Urza, Lord High Artificer . The Pili-Pala will need to stay on board for a turn to be able to use its ability.

Grand Architect + Pili-Pala . The Pili-Pala will need to stay on board for a turn to be able to use its ability.

Win Conditions Once You Have Infinite Mana

Storm off with Aetherflux Reservoir .

You can loop through your deck an infinite number of times using Echo of Eons and bringing it back to hand or library with Codex Shredder or Elixir of Immortality . This allows for infinite storm count.

Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter infinite untaps allows you to tap Codex Shredder infinite times and mill your opponents out. Alternatively, you can draw your opponents out by tapping and untapping Temple Bell infinite times and shuffling your graveyard back into your library with Elixir of Immortality .

Game Plan

You want on opening hand with:

• 2 or more lands.

• 1 or more mana rocks or lands that tap for 2 mana (to get Urza out by T3).

• 1 or more of Isochron Scepter , Dramatic Reversal , Pili-Pala , Grand Architect , Training Grounds , Rings of Brighthearth OR tutors to search 1 or more of these cards up.

Turns typically go like this:

• T1: Land

• T2: Land + Mana Rock

• T3: Land + Urza (comes with his free artifact creature token).

• T4: Play another artifact, a win con piece, or tutor up a win con piece.

• T5: Play 1 or more win cons. Wait a turn if you can accrue more mana and have a counter spell.

• T6: Play win cons and counter disruption if necessary.

Some Notes

We want to avoid playing artifacts that enter the battlefield tapped. This is because Urza's ability turns them into instant speed mana rocks, so if they're untapped we may be able to play additional spells that turn.

Protecting Urza or your win condition pieces is critical so depending on how the game is going it may be worth waiting a turn to play these cards if you can first drop protection cards like Voyager Staff or Lightning Greaves or even so you can counter disruption.

Urza's second ability allows you to tap artifacts and can make cards that normally effect all players like Howling Mine and Winter Orb only benefit you by tapping the artifact for mana at the right time.

This deck is likely at the very bottom tier of what could be considered cEDH and has a ton of room for improvement. Ways to upgrade in the future include: more efficient counterspells, better tutor cards, and better artifacts that have static abilities (namely stax cards).

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Grand Architect + Pili-Pala Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Pili-Pala + Training Grounds + Urza, Lord High Artificer Pili-Pala + Rings of Brighthearth + Urza, Lord High Artificer
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.09
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Construct 0/0 C