Art by Bartłomiej Gaweł
Commander deckBUW
Urza, Chief Artificer
Channels the sci-fi lore of The Amory Wars by engineering an imposing army of cybernetic IRO-Bot constructs to conquer the table. Urza grants your mechanized army menace while reliably generating scaleable Construct threats each combat.
Asked for“A 50$ budget build based around the story of Coheed and Cambria, no infinite combos.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Urza, Chief Artificer
3WUBLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Shimmer Dragon
4UUCreature — Dragon
taps idle cybernetics to draw two cards repeatedly
Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
cantrips every artifact cast in the deck
Research Thief
4UArtifact Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
draws cards whenever your robotic flyers deal combat damage
Thopter Spy Network
2UUEnchantment
provides steady flying tokens and card advantage
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
draws a card for every connecting construct attack
Idol of Oblivion
2Artifact
cheap card draw every turn Urza creates an IRO-bot token
Removal
10
Mortify
1WBInstant
flexible removal hitting creatures or troublesome enchantments
Organic Extinction
8WWSorcery
one-sided board wipe sparing your entire artifact fleet
Cleansing Nova
3WWSorcery
flexible wrath to reset non-artifact boards or blow up opposition
Threats/Wincons
24
Steel Overseer
2Artifact Creature — Construct
systematically buffs the power of your entire machine army
Master of Etherium
2UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
scales massively with artifacts and lords your construct forces
Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
turns noncreature artifacts into a lethal flying robotic fleet
Sharding Sphinx
4UUArtifact Creature — Sphinx
spawns thopters whenever your artifact creatures hit
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
heavy artifact body that destroys a creature on entry and gains life
Bronze Guardian
4WArtifact Creature — Golem
gives all artifacts ward 2 and swings with double strike power
Digsite Engineer
2WCreature — Dwarf Artificer
creates additional scaling construct tokens alongside Urza
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
2WLegendary Creature — Elephant Artificer
shields attacking artifacts from damage and draws cards
Phyrexian Fleshgorger
7Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
flexible mechanized beater with menace, lifelink, and taxing ward
Ethersworn Adjudicator
4UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Knight
flying beatstick with repeatable targeted destruction
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
drains opponents rapidly whenever artifacts leave the battlefield
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
deploys an entire squad of myr and deals direct burn
Angel of the Ruins
5WWArtifact Creature — Angel
exiles two problematic artifacts or enchantments on entry
Etched Champion
3Artifact Creature — Soldier
unstoppable blocker and attacker with protection from all colors
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
recycles fallen robot parts from graveyard to hand
Filigree Attendant
2UUArtifact Creature — Homunculus
flying threat that scales power with your total artifact count
Foundry Inspector
3Artifact Creature — Construct
reduces casting costs for your cybernetic forces
Chief Engineer
1UCreature — Vedalken Artificer
gives all your artifact spells convoke using your robot swarm
Etherium Sculptor
1UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
discounts every artifact spell by one mana
Jhoira's Familiar
4Artifact Creature — Bird
flying ramp cost reducer for historic and artifact spells
Ornithopter of Paradise
2Artifact Creature — Thopter
flying robot that fixes mana in early turns
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
churns out thopter drones to assemble a Keywork fleet
Armix, Filigree Thrasher
2BLegendary Artifact Creature — Golem
removes blockers when attacking based on your artifact presence
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
5WUBArtifact Creature — Sphinx
imposing boss monster equipped with keyword-heavy cybernetics
Utility
8
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Urza with hexproof and provides immediate haste
Cranial Plating
2Artifact — Equipment
turns any creature into a lethal one-shot strike threat
Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
generates thopters or acts as an alternate sci-fi win condition
Dance of the Manse
XWUSorcery
mass graveyard recursion that animates your recovered artifacts
Phyrexian Scriptures
2BBEnchantment — Saga
lore-rich saga that protects one creature, wipes non-artifacts, and purges opposing graveyards
Open the Vaults
4WWSorcery
recovers every artifact lost over the course of the battle
Liquimetal Torque
2Artifact
taps for mana and turns non-artifact assets into cybernetics
