Commander

Urza, Chief Artificer

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

1784 Wins

4189 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Urza, Chief Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,977 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1784–4189) at an Elo of 1,636, ranking #280 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Aug 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 5977 recorded Playgroup games (1784 wins, 4189 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: 2 months.

How many decks use Urza, Chief Artificer?

1,944 decks list Urza, Chief Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,081 have played at least one recorded game.

Urza, Chief Artificer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

280

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1636

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1944

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1081

No. games played with this commander 5977

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1642	Hobbes	41	22	54 %
2	1636	hxmealxnekev1n	23	12	52 %
3	1626	ChewyPudding	28	15	54 %
4	1614	Dahka	17	6	35 %
5	1587	MadJaxTattoo	11	10	91 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, 86.33% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.33%

Alternative

4.64%

Non Combat Damage

3.8%

Commander Damage

2.36%

Combo

1.77%

Mill

0.76%

Poison

0.34%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 1847 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.

+9.9 pp

Top card: Cyclonic Rift

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Cyclonic Rift 130 games	+9.9 pp	130
2	Rhystic Study 156 games	+7.5 pp	156
3	Demonic Tutor Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+4.6 pp	59
4	Smothering Tithe 179 games	+2.9 pp	179
5	Noxious Gearhulk 301 games	+2.9 pp	301
6	Watery Grave 223 games	+2.4 pp	223
7	Alela, Artful Provocateur 65 games	+1.7 pp	65
8	Prairie Stream 332 games	+1.7 pp	332
9	Polluted Delta 177 games	+0.6 pp	177
10	Morphic Pool 134 games	+0.5 pp	134

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Sanwell, Avenger Ace 78 games	+0.4 pp	78
12	Flooded Strand 187 games	+0.2 pp	187
13	Sphinx's Revelation 71 games	+0.2 pp	71

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 37.64% of games from position 1 and 18.16% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.64% n=1735

Seat 2

32.84% n=1696

Seat 3

25.34% n=1377

Seat 4

18.16% n=859

Seat 5

19.86% n=146

Seat 6

20.0% n=15

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Chief Artificer wins 30.5% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.5% n=2751

1 mulligan

28.54% n=785

2 mulligans

27.19% n=285

3 mulligans

28.0% n=50

4 mulligans

38.46% n=13

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 3.65/5 on average, across 3983 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 1845 tracked wins.

66.1 \%

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.