Commander

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Global commander stats

All Blue commanders

1383 Wins

2357 Losses

Overview

Summary

Urza, Lord High Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,821 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1383–2357) at an Elo of 1,519, ranking #1730 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 990 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Urza, Lord High Artificer's win rate?

Urza, Lord High Artificer has a 36% win rate across 3821 recorded Playgroup games (1383 wins, 2357 losses).

How long do winning games with Urza, Lord High Artificer take?

Wins with Urza, Lord High Artificer take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Urza, Lord High Artificer?

1,628 decks list Urza, Lord High Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 848 have played at least one recorded game.

Urza, Lord High Artificer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1730

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1519

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 990

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.5

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1628

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 848

No. games played with this commander 3821

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1657	Timber Kraij	23	12	52 %
2	1629	FiccoloNailli	66	32	52 %
3	1623	_HaP	8	6	75 %
4	1615	Bcm	22	14	64 %
5	1613	Nicolai	22	12	57 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, 34.35% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

34.35%

Combat

33.51%

Alternative

15.76%

Non Combat Damage

9.24%

Mill

4.62%

Poison

1.37%

Commander Damage

1.16%

Avg win turn 7.2 based on 1398 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Urza, Lord High Artificer

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

+7.1 pp

Top card: Dispel

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dispel 87 games	+7.1 pp	87
2	Tribute Mage 122 games	+5.7 pp	122
3	Back to Basics 78 games	+5.4 pp	78
4	Personal Tutor 58 games	+5.3 pp	58
5	Harbinger of the Seas Signature build 48 games · Signature build	+5.2 pp	48
6	Basalt Monolith 245 games	+4.0 pp	245
7	Otawara, Soaring City 150 games	+3.7 pp	150
8	Mana Drain 209 games	+3.2 pp	209
9	Mox Opal 164 games	+2.8 pp	164
10	Whir of Invention 249 games	+2.5 pp	249

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Sapphire Medallion 275 games	+2.3 pp	275
12	Copy Artifact 125 games	+2.3 pp	125
13	Miscast 58 games	+2.0 pp	58
14	Voltaic Key 116 games	+1.9 pp	116
15	Flusterstorm 182 games	+1.4 pp	182

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, Lord High Artificer wins 44.39% of games from position 1 and 10.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.39% n=1123

Seat 2

38.27% n=1130

Seat 3

30.14% n=836

Seat 4

23.94% n=518

Seat 5

29.73% n=74

Seat 6

10.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Lord High Artificer wins 37.33% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.33% n=1397

1 mulligan

35.19% n=648

2 mulligans

28.31% n=272

3 mulligans

29.03% n=93

4 mulligans

25.0% n=24

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Urza, Lord High Artificer 3.76/5 on average, across 2245 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.2% of the time across 1407 tracked wins.

36.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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