Commander

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Global commander stats {U} All Blue commanders
Win Rate 36%
1323 Wins
2269 Losses
Overview

Summary

Urza, Lord High Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,656 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1323–2269) at an Elo of 1,558, ranking #1017 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 1032 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

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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 3656 recorded Playgroup games (1323 wins, 2269 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?
1,565 decks list Urza, Lord High Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 807 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1017
Wins by turn (avg.)
7
Elo rating
1558
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1034
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 9
Average kills per game 0.51
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1565
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 807
No. games played with this commander 3656
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1657 Timber Kraij 23 12
2 1623 _HaP 8 6
3 1619 FiccoloNailli 34 15
4 1615 Bcm 22 14
5 1613 Nicolai 22 12
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, 33.99% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo
33.99%
Combat
33.55%
Alternative
16.23%
Non Combat Damage
8.93%
Mill
4.68%
Poison
1.42%
Commander Damage
1.2%
Avg win turn 7.2 based on 1339 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.

+12.2 pp
Top card: Dispel
# Card Lift
1
Dispel
Dispel 73 games
+12.2 pp
2
Tribute Mage
Tribute Mage 101 games
+6.2 pp
3
Back to Basics
Back to Basics 74 games
+5.8 pp
4
Copy Artifact
Copy Artifact 99 games
+5.0 pp
5
Sapphire Medallion
Sapphire Medallion 228 games
+4.6 pp
6
Otawara, Soaring City
Otawara, Soaring City 121 games
+3.4 pp
7
Mox Opal
Mox Opal 132 games
+3.2 pp
8
Trinisphere
Trinisphere 73 games
+2.7 pp
9
Basalt Monolith
Basalt Monolith 200 games
+2.6 pp
10
Merchant Scroll
Merchant Scroll 69 games
+2.3 pp
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Whir of Invention
Whir of Invention 213 games
+2.3 pp
12
Spellskite
Spellskite 188 games
+2.1 pp
13
Trinket Mage
Trinket Mage 105 games
+1.7 pp
14
Personal Tutor
Personal Tutor 49 games
+1.6 pp
15
Swan Song
Swan Song 242 games
+1.5 pp

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 44.38% of games from position 1 and 10.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
44.38% n=1067
2
Seat 2
37.86% n=1075
3
Seat 3
30.31% n=815
4
Seat 4
24.04% n=495
5
Seat 5
30.56% n=72
6
Seat 6
10.0% n=10
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Lord High Artificer wins 37.36% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
37.36% n=1357
1
1 mulligan
34.49% n=606
2
2 mulligans
27.17% n=254
3
3 mulligans
27.59% n=87
4
4 mulligans
27.27% n=22
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Urza, Lord High Artificer 3.75/5 on average, across 2178 self-reports.

3.75 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.4% of the time across 1342 tracked wins.

65.4 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Toph, the First Metalbender commander art
72.22%
Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa commander art
69.23%
Sefris of the Hidden Ways commander art
68.75%
Morska, Undersea Sleuth commander art
63.64%
Fynn, the Fangbearer commander art
63.16%

Top 5 worst matchups

Rocco, Street Chef commander art
0.0%
Codie, Vociferous Codex commander art
8.33%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer commander art
8.82%
Yeva, Nature's Herald commander art
9.09%