Commander

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Global commander stats {U} All Blue commanders
Win Rate 36%
1222 Wins
2140 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Urza, Lord High Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,374 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (12222140) at an Elo of 1,558, ranking #1012 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 1124 damage dealt and 0.52 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 3374 recorded Playgroup games (1222 wins, 2140 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?
1,477 decks list Urza, Lord High Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 714 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1012
Wins by turn (avg.)
7
Elo rating
1558
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1124
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 10
Average kills per game 0.52
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1477
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 714
No. games played with this commander 3374
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1623 _HaP 8 6
2 1616 Bcm 22 14
3 1615 Timber Kraij 20 10
4 1613 Nicolai 22 12
5 1578 Therausch09 10 5
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, 34.02% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
34.02%
Combo
33.45%
Alternative
16.15%
Non Combat Damage
8.99%
Mill
4.78%
Poison
1.48%
Commander Damage
1.14%
Avg win turn 7.3 based on 1244 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.

+20.8 pp
Top card: Dispel
# Card Lift
1
Dispel
Dispel 57 games
+20.8 pp
2
Mental Misstep
Mental Misstep 64 games
+8.2 pp
3
Mox Opal
Mox Opal 69 games
+8.0 pp
4
Back to Basics
Back to Basics 60 games
+7.9 pp
5
Basalt Monolith
Basalt Monolith 155 games
+7.9 pp
6
Trinisphere
Trinisphere 58 games
+7.4 pp
7
Copy Artifact
Copy Artifact 49 games
+7.2 pp
8
Otawara, Soaring City
Otawara, Soaring City 90 games
+6.5 pp
9
Lotus Petal
Lotus Petal 124 games
+5.9 pp
10
Grim Monolith
Grim Monolith 69 games
+5.8 pp
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Force of Will
Force of Will 103 games
+4.8 pp
12
Tribute Mage
Tribute Mage 83 games
+3.9 pp
13
Mana Drain
Mana Drain 110 games
+3.3 pp
14
Rhystic Study
Rhystic Study 173 games
+3.2 pp
15
Spellskite
Spellskite 122 games
+3.0 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 45.27% of games from position 1 and 10.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
45.27% n=930
2
Seat 2
38.34% n=939
3
Seat 3
30.59% n=765
4
Seat 4
23.38% n=462
5
Seat 5
28.99% n=69
6
Seat 6
10.0% n=10
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Lord High Artificer wins 37.9% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
37.9% n=1256
1
1 mulligan
33.96% n=533
2
2 mulligans
27.27% n=231
3
3 mulligans
29.49% n=78
4
4 mulligans
28.57% n=21
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=2
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 2067 self-reports.

3.76 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.9% of the time across 1244 tracked wins.

62.9 \%
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
76.47%
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

Varina, Lich Queen commander art
0.0%
Rocco, Street Chef commander art
0.0%
Codie, Vociferous Codex commander art
8.33%
Alela, Cunning Conqueror commander art
9.09%