Urza Beatdown Scepter

Commander / EDH Artifact Competitive Infinite Combo Mono-Blue Multiplayer

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Artifact (21)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Vedalken Shackles
• 1x Winter Orb

Creature (10)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Shimmer Dragon
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

Instant (21)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Whir of Invention

Land (29)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Saprazzan Skerry
• 22x Snow-Covered Island

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Trail of Evidence

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of WillGC

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mox Opal

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Timetwister

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Maybeboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Negate
• 1x Remand
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Sudden Substitution

Artifact (4)

• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Phyrexian Processor

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Metallurgic Summonings

Creature (2)

• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Time Spiral

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Urza Beatdown Scepter [UBS]

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How does this win?

The primary wincon is to assemble a small force of big beaters e.g. Karnstructs, or an army of small thopter tokens to beatdown your opponents.

The secondary wincon is to assemble infinite mana and pump it into Urza's activated ability. This will exile the library and allow you to cast anything inside it. This generally wins via combat the following turn (infinite birds / Tezz ult).

Infinite mana/draw combos

- Paradoxical Outcome + Urza + mana positive artifacts (Sol Ring, 0 cost, etc.)

- Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal

- Turnabout + Archaeomancer + Crystal Shard

- Future Sight + Etherium Sculptor + Sensei's Divining Top

- Future Sight + Sai, Master Thopterist + Urza + Sensei's Divining Top

Once you have unbounded mana/draw, you then can use the Scepter as an outlet

- Infinite untaps with Codex Shredder = infinite mill (+ Windfall)

- Scepter/Reversal + Phyrexian Metamorph (Scepter) + Narset's Reversal = infinite spellcasts

- Timetwister + Codex Shredder (recurring Timetwister) = infinite spellcasts

With infinite spellcasts you can win with something like creating infinite swans / casting Tezz and upticking to setup for ult, remove all non-lands with infinite bounce spells, strip hands with Narset + wheel effect, and then play out all your stax pieces and pass turn holding up counterspells so that your swans / Tezz ult can kill them.

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I can't afford Timetwister, what do?

Play Echo of Eons. Keep in mind that many of the wincons don't necessarily require the twister, like the Narset's Reversal + Phyrexian Metamorph (Scepter) to infinitely cast your spells.

Anywhere we use Timetwister in a loop can be replaced with Narset's Reversal + Time Spiral/Echo of Eons.

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Why not Laboratory Maniac / Jace, Wielder of Mysteries / Aetherflux Reservoir / Thassa's Oracle?

Any time we could win with LM or JWM, we already have unbounded mana or draw. This means we can win with a combination of cards we'd already be playing anyway and don't need to dedicate a slot to an other-wise useless outlet.

Aetherflux is difficult to power, has a high upfront cost and is and fairly non-deterministic; it's better to rely on our slim commander-centric combos.

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Why do you run X?

Future Sight - In addition to the combos listed above, all of which are decent backup wincons for the deck, this card also is a pretty strong value engine. We end up making quite a bit of mana and we're hoping this can be a good sink for it to dig through our deck.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 36 - 3 Rares 14 - 1 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.32
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Thopter 1/1 C
Based on	Urza Power Scepter sickrobot EDH