Commander

Urza, Chief Artificer

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

1933 Wins

4530 Losses

Overview

Summary

Urza, Chief Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,513 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1933–4530) at an Elo of 1,466, ranking #4283 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1379 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Urza, Chief Artificer's win rate?

Urza, Chief Artificer has a 29% win rate across 6513 recorded Playgroup games (1933 wins, 4530 losses).

How long do winning games with Urza, Chief Artificer take?

Wins with Urza, Chief Artificer take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.

How many decks use Urza, Chief Artificer?

2,095 decks list Urza, Chief Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,181 have played at least one recorded game.

Urza, Chief Artificer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4283

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1466

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Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1382

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2095

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1181

No. games played with this commander 6513

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1636	hxmealxnekev1n	23	12	52 %
2	1626	ChewyPudding	28	15	54 %
3	1614	Dahka	17	6	35 %
4	1610	F3lix	6	4	67 %
5	1605	Hobbes	43	22	51 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, 86.91% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.91%

Alternative

4.49%

Non Combat Damage

3.72%

Commander Damage

2.25%

Combo

1.63%

Mill

0.7%

Poison

0.31%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1997 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Urza, Chief Artificer

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Urza, Chief Artificer decks that leave them out.

+6.7 pp

Top card: Rhystic Study

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Rhystic Study 188 games	+6.7 pp	188
2	Cyclonic Rift 163 games	+5.9 pp	163
3	Demonic Tutor 82 games	+5.6 pp	82
4	Tezzeret, Cruel Captain Signature build 86 games · Signature build	+5.3 pp	86
5	Flooded Strand 258 games	+3.4 pp	258
6	Uthros Research Craft 147 games	+3.3 pp	147
7	Polluted Delta 228 games	+3.3 pp	228
8	Morphic Pool 166 games	+3.0 pp	166
9	Sea of Clouds 155 games	+2.0 pp	155
10	Watery Grave 286 games	+1.9 pp	286

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Esper Sentinel 279 games	+1.7 pp	279
12	Tundra 130 games	+1.5 pp	130
13	Smothering Tithe 209 games	+1.4 pp	209
14	Thran Dynamo 159 games	+0.9 pp	159
15	Ethersworn Canonist 147 games	+0.9 pp	147

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Urza, Chief Artificer wins 37.68% of games from position 1 and 18.19% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.68% n=1907

Seat 2

32.06% n=1887

Seat 3

25.24% n=1486

Seat 4

18.19% n=929

Seat 5

20.78% n=154

Seat 6

18.75% n=16

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Chief Artificer wins 30.62% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.62% n=2884

1 mulligan

28.69% n=875

2 mulligans

26.76% n=327

3 mulligans

26.23% n=61

4 mulligans

28.57% n=14

5 mulligans

14.29% n=7

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Urza, Chief Artificer 3.66/5 on average, across 4294 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.7% of the time across 1997 tracked wins.

35.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Urza, Chief Artificer. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.