Urza Artificer

Modern Artifact Budget Combo WU (Azorius)

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Creature (18)

• 2x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 2x Etched Champion
• 2x Etherium Sculptor
• 2x Master of Etherium
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Mycosynth Golem
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Scarecrone
• 2x Silver Myr
• 1x Treasure Mage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Land (22)

• 4x Halimar Depths
• 3x Island
• 3x Tolaria West
• 4x Urza's Mine
• 4x Urza's Power Plant
• 4x Urza's Tower

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Leyline of Singularity

Artifact (16)

• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Pendant
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 4x Expedition Map
• 4x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Myr Incubator
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Slate of Ancestry
• 1x Soul Conduit

Instant (4)

• 2x Condescend
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Spell Burst

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Fabricate
• 1x Mind Spring

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Darksteel Myr
• 1x Darksteel Sentinel
• 1x Ferropede
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Myr Welder
• 1x One-Eyed Scarecrow
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Sundering Titan

Artifact (11)

• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Heartseeker
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Moonsilver Spear
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Ward of Bones

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Maybeboard

Creature (17)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 2x Broodstar
• 1x Chronomaton
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 4x Palladium Myr
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 4x Vedalken Archmage

Land (8)

• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 3x Gargoyle Castle
• 1x Moonring Island

Artifact (21)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 4x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Eternity Vessel
• 1x Executioner's Hood
• 2x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Jinxed Idol
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 4x Staff of Nin
• 1x Strandwalker
• 1x Voltaic Key

Instant (4)

• 4x Stoic Rebuttal

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The deck uses extensive mana ramping, including the Urza's Lands, to bring out several powerful artifact creatures, decked out with strong equipment. Forty four of the cards in the deck are artifacts, increasing the potency of cards that trigger by the number of artifacts.

The Urza's Lands ( Urza's Mine , Urza's Power Plant and Urza's Tower) take unfortunately long to get out, but once they do the deck ends up with a huge mana surplus. Getting out those three lands is aided with 4x Expedition Map. In the meantime, more mana ramping is accomplished with Palladium Myr and Semblance Anvil, helping to ensure that even if the primary Urza's combo hasn't triggered yet, at least the deck will still be well fed for mana. On the other hand, Lodestone Golem helps ensure that the opposing deck is impeded in it's own mana production.

Even with this deck's high average CMC, once it starts generating enough mana it's able to utilize all of the cards in hand, every turn. Staff of Nin is important for maintaining a card advantage, to keep the machine's engine running

So what to do with all those lands? Mostly artifact creatures and equipment with a couple of other powerful artifacts. Early game, Etched Champion usually has protection against all colors making it a solid attacker or blocker. Later, Darksteel Sentinel lets me attack over and over, pummeling most decks, and it can even be played as a surprise, to kill a reckless attacker. Steel Hellkite can quickly evade and overwhelm while using it's strong removal mechanism; it can even be pumped FTW. Once the deck's mana engine gets going, Platinum Emperion can be brought out and ensures victory against many decks. Late game, when mana is no longer scarce, Gargoyle Castle can be converted into an extra artifact creature. Because of how many artifacts are in this deck (44), Cranial Plating is especially vicious throughout the game. Infiltration Lens either provides a creature with evasion or gives me a card advantage (both early and late game). Mid game, Prototype Portal helps with card advantage by replicating any card (even a creature or Darksteel Citadel. Late game, Darksteel Forge makes the whole deck indestructible.

Because this is an artifact deck, I'm sure there are many artifacts that I could have added to this deck, but haven't. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, any ideas for getting the deck going faster and more reliably would be especially useful. I know Urza's decks are a bit too slow to be really competative. Are there any cards that could help solve this problem (aside from Expedition Map)?

Date added	11 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 15 Rares 26 - 3 Uncommons 13 - 1 Commons
Cards	65
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Copy Clone, Myr 1/1 C