My Take on Urza

Commander / EDH Mono-Blue

themagic2001

Artifact (29)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1x Golem's Heart
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Horizon Stone
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Storage Matrix
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Welding Jar
• 1x Witching Well

Creature (17)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Lighthouse Chronologist
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation *f-pre*
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine *f-pre*

Instant (8)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Mechanized Production *f-pre*
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Commander (1)

Land (32)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 23x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Echo Storm
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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This is my take on a deck built around Urza, Lord High Artificer .

The optimal opening hand that I've discovered is to have two Island , Sol Ring , Isochron Scepter , Dramatic Reversal , a 0 cmc artifact like Ornithopter or Spellbook , and anything else, optimally something like Counterspell . On turn 1, play an Island, tap it for Sol Ring, tap it for Isochron Scepter, exiling Dramatic Reversal when it enters. Also, play the Spellbook or Ornithopter. Then, on turn 2, play the second Island and use the mana from the lands and the Sol Ring to cast Urza, getting an extra Construct. Tap the construct and Spellbook to pay the cost for Isochron Scepter's ability, use Dramatic Reversal to untap everything. Then, tap the Construct and the Spellbook for blue, tap the sol ring for Isochron Scepter, and repeat until you have as much mana as needed. Then, put it all into Urza's third ability, exiling cards from your library until you don't have any more. Then, cast Laboratory Maniac for free and play any of the multiple draw spells, including Sensei's Divining Top , Preordain , etc. If you need it, you can hold onto a counterspell in case someone tries to get rid of your Laboratory Maniac.

Another infinite combo that I discovered is in Sai, Master Thopterist , Mystic Forge , and Sensei's Divining Top . You can put Sensei's Top on top of your library, cast it with Mystic Forge, and then generate a thopter. Keep repeating this process, using the thopters to pay for the Top if needed, until you've drawn enough cards to combo off. Adding an Aetherflux Reservoir to the mix means game over, but it can also just be used to play a Lab Maniac and win that way, too.

I'm sure there are a bunch of kooky spooky combos that I have yet to discover with this deck, but even without insta-win combos, this deck provides some helpful power to win in other, non-combo ways, such as beating the self-confidence from your opponents via Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger and Blightsteel Colossus . Or, you can just get a super powerful Construct and deal large swaths of damage that way.

One of the biggest downsides to the deck is that it doesn't have a ton of direct removal. In my experience, the easiest way to remove a permanent from your opponent's board with this deck (aside from countering it) is to remove the opponent.

Good Luck!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.68
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Goat 0/1 W, Spirit 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink