Urza combo, control, aggro, stax

Commander / EDH Aggro Artifact Combo Competitive Mono-Blue Multiplayer

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Artifact (26)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Welding Jar
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Mox Opal

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Mirrodin Besieged
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Power Artifact

Creature (19)

• 1x Arcbound Crusher
• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Pentavus
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist

Land (30)

• 22x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Inventors' Fair

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Whir of Invention

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Transmute Artifact

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Maybeboard

Artifact (2)

• 1x Forcefield
• 1x Static Orb

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Back to Basics

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Overview

There is a lot of synergy in this deck. There are times I've even discovered combos I didn't even know about just by playing it.

This deck has two main paths to winning.

OPTION 1

Go for the combo. There are several combos in this deck with multiple ways to get infinite mana. Once you have infinite mana, abuse Urza's 3rd ability then win.

OPTION 2

Punch them in the face with the construct. As you play, you'll put out more artifacts, making the construct bigger and bigger. As you work toward the combo you can still go the aggro route. In some cases you can just win before you even get to the combo with good ole fashion damage. You can make multiple constructs, one shot them with Blightsteel Colossus , hit them with the multiple tokens that you made and have beefed up with Steel Overseer , and you can make the heavy hitters unblockable with Manifold Key .

Arcbound Crusher can get pretty beefy too.

Infinite mana combos

Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal

Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith

Power Artifact + Grim Monolith / Basalt Monolith

Deadeye Navigator + Myr Battlesphere + Urza, Lord High Artificer

Deadeye Navigator + Intruder Alarm + Urza, Lord High Artificer + 3 artifact creatures

Intruder Alarm + Pentavus + Urza, Lord High Artificer

Intruder Alarm + Arcbound Crusher + Animation Module + Urza, Lord High Artificer (without intruder alarm you can make infinite tokens and +1/+1 counters)

Arcbound Crusher + Animation Module + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Urza, Lord High Artificer

Intruder Alarm + Arcbound Ravager + Animation Module + Urza, Lord High Artificer (without intruder alarm you can make infinite +1/+1 counters)

Intruder Alarm + Steel Overseer + Animation Module + Urza, Lord High Artificer

Intruder Alarm + Myr Battlesphere + Master Transmuter

Intruder Alarm + Master Transmuter + 3 artifact creatures + Urza, Lord High Artificer

Intruder Alarm + Rings of Brighthearth + Sensei's Divining Top + Sai, Master Thopterist / Mirrodin Besieged not only do you get infinite mana, but you draw your whole deck.

Tidespout Tyrant + solRing / Mana Crypt + Mox Opal / any 0 drop with Urza, Lord High Artificer (for this combo you don't have to use just 0 drops. for example, Mana Vault and and Arcane Signet [or any other 2 drop with urza out] would work as well.)

What to do with the infinite mana

Once you have infinite mana and you have exiled your entire deck with Urza. You can play Thassa's Oracle and win due to its ability or you can Capsize all permanents to everyone's hand.

Other combos/engines

Karn, the Great Creator + Mycosynth Lattice = Complete lock down of every opponent

Any 1/1 token + Skullclamp + Sai, Master Thopterist / Mirrodin Besieged + Intruder Alarm + Urza, Lord High Artificer Draw, play artifacts or creatures, draw more cards, play more artifacts or creatures. It produces an effect similar to Paradox Engine .

Arcbound Reclaimer + a modular creature like Arcbound Crusher or Arcbound Ravager + Animation Module + a sac outlet = endless artifact recursion

Inkmoth Nexus + any modular creature with 10 +1/+1 counter + sac outlet = Surprise infect death

Other wincons

Mechanized Production you can expedite this process with the many token generators or counter something with a converted mana cost of 8 or higher with Spell Swindle

For late game you can use Mirrodin Besieged if you have 15 or more artifact in the graveyard.

Stax elements

Some stax elements in this deck is Winter Orb and Static Orb . With urza's ability to tap out artifacts you can make this only effect opponents and not you.

With urza being a mono blue deck Back to Basics can shut down many multi color commanders.

Mycosynth Lattice and Karn, the Great Creator can completely shut down opponents. Not only can it stop planeswalkers from using loyalty abilities but they won't be able to tap lands for mana either.

Tutors

For tutors we have Ring of Three Wishes , Arcum Dagsson , Inventors' Fair , Transmute Artifact , Muddle the Mixture , Whir of Invention , Tezzeret the Seeker , Intuition and technically Karn, the Great Creator for cards in exile or that you own outside the game.

Card choices

Manifold Key : it's good utility, but also it allows me to make Blightsteel Colossus unblockable, along with the construct or Arcbound Crusher , Arcbound Ravager , or Inkmoth Nexus if you used the combo.

Mirage Mirror : I personally enjoy this card. It's great utility. I have it in here for fun because it can literally be anything you want at anytime. Someone has Omniscience ? well no worries! because you have it too. Someone has Dark Depths ... Now you have it, w/o the ice counters. You can copy other peoples commanders or make a wincon using your opponents boardstate. If you have Rings of Brighthearth and someone else has Basalt Monolith just copy it. Now you won the game. It can also be hard to get rid of...say someone overloads Cyclonic Rift just turn it into an island, now it can no longer be affected by it or anything else that targets non-land permanents.

Vedalken Orrery : Allows you to activate Urza's ability on other people's turn.

Padeem, Consul of Innovation : Great protection plus card draw.

Arcbound Crusher / Arcbound Ravager with their modular ability if they die you can pass the +1/+1 counters onto any artifact creature. Say you have Animation Module by taping and sacing tokens you make Arcbound Ravager have infinite +1/+1 counters, but if it has summoning sickness. You can Sac it and put the +1/+1 counters on something else. Or if it didn't have summoning sickness and you swing it and a thopter. If they don't block the thopter, you can sac Arcbound Ravager , pass the +1/+1 counters to the thopter and kill them.

All critiques, comments, and suggestions are welcome, also taking suggestions for naming this deck. I just ask if you suggest a card to me to add, please tell me what I should take out. One thing I want to mention is that I do run counter spells but I don't want to run 14 of them. I don't want this to be like every other Urza deck that stalls the game until they have their wincon and wins the exact same way every single time. I like the flexibility of being able to be hit by Denying Wind or Jester's Cap and still having a way to win.

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Artifact 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Myr 1/1 C, Pentavite 1/1 C, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	decks i like, Stuff, urza