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Urza, Chief Artificer

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Urza, Chief Artificer - Synergies

Support packages and cards that fit this commander's plan.

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Synergy Summary

Support packages to check

Urza, Chief Artificer has 47 connected cards across Cheap artifact creatures, Constructs and artifact-creature tokens, Lords, anthems, and combat pressure support packages. Start with the role on each card, then use the support package to decide whether it fits the commander plan.

Support Package Map

Cards that fit this commander

Cards are grouped from existing roles, support-package notes, and attached market context. These are cards to check, not a full decklist.

8 groups
Cheap artifact creatures5 cards

These cards matter because they are artifacts and creatures at the same time. Ordinary artifacts do not reduce Urza's cost unless they become creatures.

Ornithopter card imageZero-mana affinity bodyOrnithopterTDMU versionView card ->Memnite card imageZero-mana artifact creatureMemnitePLST versionView card ->Gingerbrute card imageCheap evasive artifact creatureGingerbruteELD versionView card ->Baleful Strix card imageArtifact creature valueBaleful StrixAFC versionView card ->Esper Sentinel card imageArtifact creature tax drawEsper SentinelMH2 versionView card ->
Constructs and artifact-creature tokens11 cards

Separate Urza-style scaling Constructs from fixed-size Constructs, Thopters, Myr, and Servos.

Sai, Master Thopterist card imageArtifact-token engineSai, Master ThopteristCMM versionView card ->Alela, Artful Provocateur card imageArtifact and enchantment token engineAlela, Artful ProvocateurNCC versionView card ->Digsite Engineer card imageConstruct token makerDigsite EngineerC21 versionView card ->Myr Battlesphere card imageMyr artifact-creature burstMyr BattlesphereMOC versionView card ->Simulacrum Synthesizer card imageScaling Construct engineSimulacrum SynthesizerBIG versionView card ->Urza's Saga card imageLand and Construct producerUrza's SagaMB2 versionView card ->Urza, Lord High Artificer card imageConstruct and artifact mana engineUrza, Lord High ArtificerCMM versionView card ->Urza, Prince of Kroog card imageArtifact copy and anthemUrza, Prince of KroogBRO versionView card ->Anointed Procession card imageToken doublerAnointed ProcessionAKH versionView card ->Roaming Throne card imageTrigger review cardRoaming ThroneLCI versionView card ->Strionic Resonator card imageTrigger copierStrionic ResonatorM14 versionView card ->
Lords, anthems, and combat pressure5 cards

Menace is not unblockable. It makes artifact-creature boards harder to block profitably.

Master of Etherium card imageArtifact creature lordMaster of EtheriumNEC versionView card ->Chief of the Foundry card imageArtifact creature anthemChief of the FoundryBRC versionView card ->Steel Overseer card imageArtifact creature countersSteel OverseerM11 versionView card ->Bronze Guardian card imageWard and double strikeBronze GuardianC21 versionView card ->Cranial Plating card imageArtifact-count equipmentCranial Plating40K versionView card ->
Cost reduction and artifact mana2 cards

Artifact-spell reducers do not automatically reduce Urza because he is not an artifact spell.

Etherium Sculptor card imageArtifact creature reducerEtherium SculptorC18 versionView card ->Foundry Inspector card imageArtifact creature reducerFoundry InspectorBRR versionView card ->
Card advantage and recursion6 cards

Use card draw and recursion to rebuild artifact count after removal.

Thought Monitor card imageAffinity drawThought MonitorMH2 versionView card ->Thoughtcast card imageAffinity draw spellThoughtcastMM2 versionView card ->Thopter Spy Network card imageToken and combat drawThopter Spy NetworkC18 versionView card ->Skullclamp card imageToken draw conversionSkullclampBLC versionView card ->Emry, Lurker of the Loch card imageArtifact recursionEmry, Lurker of the LochELD versionView card ->Sharuum the Hegemon card imageLarge artifact recursionSharuum the Hegemon2XM versionView card ->
Protection and interaction5 cards

The artifact board is both mana infrastructure and win condition, so protection has higher deck-fit value.

Teferi's Protection card imageBoard protectionTeferi's Protection2X2 versionView card ->Flawless Maneuver card imageFree creature protectionFlawless ManeuverONC versionView card ->Dispatch card imageArtifact-enabled removalDispatchNEC versionView card ->Counterspell card imageStack interactionCounterspellDMR versionView card ->Karn, Argent Defender card imageConditional ETB-trigger disruptionKarn, Argent DefenderFRA versionView card ->
Sacrifice, combo, and finishers4 cards

Sacrificing artifacts can weaken Construct size. Time Sieve needs a complete five-artifact engine.

Time Sieve card imageExtra-turn outletTime Sieve2XM versionView card ->Teleportation Circle card imageBlink engineTeleportation CircleAFR versionView card ->Cyberdrive Awakener card imageArtifact finisherCyberdrive AwakenerNEC versionView card ->Rise and Shine card imageArtifact animation finisherRise and ShineMH2 versionView card ->
Artifact lands and precon anchors9 cards

Artifact lands grow Constructs but do not reduce Urza unless animated or otherwise creatures at the relevant time.

Ancient Den card imageWhite artifact landAncient DenC21 versionView card ->Seat of the Synod card imageBlue artifact landSeat of the SynodBRC versionView card ->Vault of Whispers card imageBlack artifact landVault of WhispersMRD versionView card ->Razortide Bridge card imageAzorius artifact landRazortide BridgeBRC versionView card ->Mistvault Bridge card imageDimir artifact landMistvault BridgeBRC versionView card ->Goldmire Bridge card imageOrzhov artifact landGoldmire BridgeMOC versionView card ->Tawnos, Solemn Survivor card imagePrecon copy supportTawnos, Solemn SurvivorBRC versionView card ->Sol Ring card imagePrecon rampSol RingLCC versionView card ->Arcane Signet card imageEsper fixingArcane SignetSOC versionView card ->

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