Urza | Of Man & Machine

Commander / EDH* Competitive Control Infinite Combo Mono-Blue Primer

Decisive

Counter-Magic (16)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Tutor (9)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Whir of Invention

Win Cons (9)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Power Artifact
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth

Draw (14)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Windfall

Ramp (11)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring

Utility (6)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Commander (1)

Lands (28)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 16x Snow-Covered Island

Stax (6)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Winter Orb

Protection (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Maybeboard

Other (2)

• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant

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*Note: That some cards are included in more than one categories

Urza, Lord High Artificer | Man & His Machine

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Creative Preamble is in the Works

I've looked at a lot of peoples builds for Urza and wanted to make one of my own and try to make it cEDH playable as well.

There are a few ways to win, but all of them involve getting infinite mana in some way shape or form. Then, you can either exile your library and play Lab Man/Jace and draw a card, or mill your opponents out with BSZ or Stroke of Genius.

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His Deliberate Machinations (Primer)

Urza Himself

Urza is a Legendary Creature Human Artificer that costs . He's got a lot of text, all of which do something to further our ways to win. The first ability happens once Urza resolves, he brings with him a buddy, a 0/0 construct that grows with every artifact you play, which means that at it's worst he's a 1/1.

His second ability is an extremely powerful effect that allows the deck to function. Making every artifact be able to tap for mana allows the deck two things. 1) Being able to run with a far lower land count, and 2) being able to be tapped out on lands and still have mana ready for counter-magic! There's also another benefit that isn't as obvious initially, but Urza's second ability allows you to run cards like Winter Orb or Static Orb and other cards that have the "as long as ~this card~ is untapped" clause to be one-sided as long as he remains in play

His last and final ability is our win con. Be able to sink mana to play a card out of your deck (granted its not a land) is incredibly powerful. Whether you're doing it a limited amount of times because of lack other choices or dumping infinite mana to exile the deck to cast it for free, the ability is potent in cEDH. With the deck exiled, you can free cast everything, and since to do so you need infinite mana, you can win using a variety of options.

All in all, Urza has everything you could ask for in commander, 2 for 1 body count, ramp, and a win condition on one body.

The Colour Blue

Urza is a mono-colored commander, Blue to be exact. Which gives us access to what blue is good at, draw and counter-magic!

Being able to be reactive to your opponents plays and denying them their win conditions proves to be the best way Blue can win, via control. Along those lines, we run a pretty sizeable control package (About a quarter of the deck) to take advantage of our access to blues almost endless supply of counter-magic and control!

Now just because you run a low of counter-magic, doesn't mean you'll always have a response, that's why we have to utilize blue's other virtue, card advantage! We run a whole lot of cards that cantrip or provide sources of card draw, as there's nothing worse than having your opponent play their win conditions and you being powerless to do something about it.

Overall, Blue is a really powerful color in magic and I'd want no other when it comes to this deck.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Work in Progress

Strategy

Opening Hand

Work in Progress

Basic Strategy

Work in Progress

Win Conditions

Work in Progress

Card Choices

Work in Progress

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.12
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Construct 0/0 C, Thopter 1/1 C