Urza, Chief Artificer

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

1751 Wins

4119 Losses

Summary

Urza, Chief Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,870 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1751–4119) at an Elo of 1,502, ranking #1882 globally.

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

Last full refresh 12 Jul 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 5870 recorded Playgroup games (1751 wins, 4119 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?

1,917 decks list Urza, Chief Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,069 have played at least one recorded game.

Urza, Chief Artificer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1882

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1502

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 1917

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1069

No. games played with this commander 5870

Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. 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	1608	MajinMeans	4	4	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, 86.44% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.44%

Alternative

4.66%

Non Combat Damage

3.8%

Commander Damage

2.33%

Combo

1.81%

Mill

0.69%

Poison

0.26%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 1812 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Urza, Chief Artificer wins 37.68% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.68% n=1712

Seat 2

32.68% n=1677

Seat 3

25.35% n=1353

Seat 4

18.07% n=841

Seat 5

19.72% n=142

Seat 6

14.29% n=14

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Chief Artificer wins 30.56% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.56% n=2716

1 mulligan

28.1% n=765

2 mulligans

26.91% n=275

3 mulligans

28.57% n=49

4 mulligans

38.46% n=13

5 mulligans

14.29% n=7

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 3910 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Urza, Chief Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.0% of the time across 1810 tracked wins.

66.0 \%

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.