Urza'S tax cEDH

Commander / EDH* Artifact Competitive Infinite Combo Mono-Blue

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Artifact (23)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Winter Orb

Tutor (11)

• 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 Transmute Artifact
• 1x Whir of Invention

Filtering (6)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils *f-pre*
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Retrieval (2)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Codex Shredder

Ramp (15)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Voltaic Key

Land (30)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 20x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Control/Stax (8)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils *f-pre*
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Winter Orb

Finisher (3)

• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Removal (3)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Commander (1)

Counterspell (14)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Narset's Reversal *f-pre*
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song

Card Draw (8)

• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils *f-pre*
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Trail of Evidence
• 1x Windfall

Combo (7)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Power Artifact
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

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Artifact (9)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Welding Jar

Control/Stax (1)

• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Removal (1)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb

Land (6)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Tolaria West

Card Draw (1)

• 1x Pull from Tomorrow

Combo (1)

• 1x Strionic Resonator

Filtering (1)

• 1x Frantic Search

Retrieval (1)

• 1x Buried Ruin

Ramp (4)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Mishra's Workshop

Tutor (4)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage

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It's a competitive stax/infinite combo deck with the new card Urza, Lord High Artificer as the commander. I originally had a competitive Jhoira Artifact deck: Into the Storm with Jhoira - cEDH Historic Combo and this deck is basically a rebuild from that deck. Urza is obviously an even more powerful commander than Jhoira so I had no choice but to temporarily retire my beloved Jhoira deck.

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Our Commander

Urza, Lord High Artificer himself is a very powerful card which can be a mana ramp and at the same time a wincon. Moreover, Urza allows you to tap artifacts which normally can't be tapped, such as the orbs and Trinisphere . This ability makes Urza a perfect stax commander.

Gameplay

This is a stax deck with several built-in infinite mana combos as game enders. The main stax strategy is to slow your opponents down with mana locking artifacts like Winter Orb and Static Orb . Those cards only function when their untapped, which means, in order not to affect myself, I can simply just tap them with urza's mana ability at the end of the last opponent's turn just before entering my turn.

When the board is controlled, I can now try to assemble one of the infinite mana combos and use Urza's last ability to finish the game.

Infinite Mana Combo

• Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal

• Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith

• Power Artifact + Basalt Monolith or Grim Monolith

• Paradox Engine + Strionic Resonator (Removed currently)

• Paradox Engine + Isochron Scepter imprinting any 2 or less cmc instant like Winds of Rebuke or Brainstorm

• Paradox Engine + Sensei's Divining Top + Rings of Brighthearth (Infinite draw too)

• Paradox Engine + Sensei's Divining Top + Voltaic Key (Infinite draw too)

Game Winning Combo

After having infinite mana you can:

• Use Urza, Lord High Artificer 's ability to exile your whole library

• Draw the whole deck with Pull from Tomorrow

• Draw the whole deck with Paradox Engine + Strionic Resonator + Sensei's Divining Top (Removed currently)

• Draw the whole deck with Paradox Engine + Isochron Scepter imprinting any 2 or less cmc instant like Brainstorm + Sensei's Divining Top

• Draw the whole deck with Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal + Sensei's Divining Top

• Draw the whole deck with Sensei's Divining Top + Rings of Brighthearth

• Draw the whole deck with Paradox Engine + Sensei's Divining Top + Voltaic Key

After exiling the whole library or drawing the whole deck, you can use Paradox Engine + Isochron Scepter + Winds of Rebuke / Paradox Engine + Strionic Resonator + Codex Shredder / Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal + Codex Shredder to mill your opponents out. Bear in mind that we have Tormod's Crypt so that graveyard shuffling eldrazis shouldn't be a problem.

Card Synergies

• Muddle the Mixture + Rings of Brighthearth : Copy Muddle the Mixture 's transmute ability and search for Dramatic Reversal and Isochron Scepter .

• Tezzeret the Seeker + Rings of Brighthearth : Copy Tezzeret the Seeker 's -3 ability and search for Basalt Monolith and Grim Monolith .

• Narset, Parter of Veils + Timetwister / Windfall : Opponents now have only one card in hand.

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #3 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Artifact 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Competitive 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	94
Avg. CMC	1.88
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	Neat Decks, Stax Goals, Interesting decks, EDH Possibilities, my decks