Commander

Urza, Chief Artificer

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

1902 Wins

4439 Losses

Overview

Summary

Urza, Chief Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,374 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1902–4439) at an Elo of 1,435, ranking #4561 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1414 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 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 6374 recorded Playgroup games (1902 wins, 4439 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?

2,052 decks list Urza, Chief Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,151 have played at least one recorded game.

Urza, Chief Artificer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4561

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1435

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Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1414

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 2052

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1151

No. games played with this commander 6374

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	1623	Hobbes	42	22	52 %
4	1614	Dahka	17	6	35 %
5	1610	F3lix	6	4	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, 86.96% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.96%

Alternative

4.51%

Non Combat Damage

3.64%

Commander Damage

2.21%

Combo

1.66%

Mill

0.71%

Poison

0.32%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 1964 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.

+8.0 pp

Top card: Cyclonic Rift

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Cyclonic Rift 152 games	+8.0 pp	152
2	Rhystic Study 182 games	+7.7 pp	182
3	Tezzeret, Cruel Captain Signature build 82 games · Signature build	+6.7 pp	82
4	Demonic Tutor 74 games	+6.4 pp	74
5	Morphic Pool 158 games	+4.4 pp	158
6	Flooded Strand 245 games	+4.2 pp	245
7	Polluted Delta 219 games	+3.9 pp	219
8	Watery Grave 269 games	+3.1 pp	269
9	Tundra Signature build 123 games · Signature build	+3.1 pp	123
10	Esper Sentinel 266 games	+2.8 pp	266

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Sea of Clouds 150 games	+2.6 pp	150
12	Uthros Research Craft 144 games	+2.6 pp	144
13	Urza's Saga 221 games	+2.4 pp	221
14	Smothering Tithe 202 games	+2.1 pp	202
15	Ethersworn Canonist 144 games	+1.0 pp	144

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 37.76% of games from position 1 and 18.28% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.76% n=1863

Seat 2

32.32% n=1835

Seat 3

25.34% n=1460

Seat 4

18.28% n=908

Seat 5

20.39% n=152

Seat 6

20.0% n=15

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Chief Artificer wins 30.63% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.63% n=2853

1 mulligan

28.81% n=847

2 mulligans

27.08% n=312

3 mulligans

25.42% n=59

4 mulligans

30.77% 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 3.66/5 on average, across 4214 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.8% of the time across 1965 tracked wins.

66.8 \%

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.