Urza, Lord High Artificer
When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control." Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}. {5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
Ready-made Urza decklists
Complete 100-card mono-blue decks, free to read, with prices and buy links.
How Urza decks play in EDH
Urza, Lord High Artificer is a mono-blue commander costing 2UU, and its legendary creature - human artificer line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Urza, Lord High Artificer decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $123Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (11)
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What colours can I use in a Urza, Lord High Artificer deck?
Urza, Lord High Artificer has a mono-blue colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Urza, Lord High Artificer?
The cards played most often in Urza, Lord High Artificer decks include Fateful Discovery, Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun, Geist of Saint Thalia. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Urza, Lord High Artificer deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $123 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Urza, Lord High Artificer deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.