Commander

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Global commander stats {U} All Blue commanders
Win Rate 36%
1276 Wins
2209 Losses
Overview

Summary

Urza, Lord High Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,519 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (12762209) at an Elo of 1,558, ranking #1016 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 1074 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 3519 recorded Playgroup games (1276 wins, 2209 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?
1,532 decks list Urza, Lord High Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 766 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1016
Wins by turn (avg.)
7
Elo rating
1558
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1074
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 9
Average kills per game 0.52
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1532
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 766
No. games played with this commander 3519
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1636 Timber Kraij 21 11
2 1623 _HaP 8 6
3 1615 Bcm 22 14
4 1613 Nicolai 22 12
5 1578 Therausch09 10 5
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, 34.11% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo
34.11%
Combat
33.56%
Alternative
16.11%
Non Combat Damage
8.78%
Mill
4.78%
Poison
1.44%
Commander Damage
1.22%
Avg win turn 7.3 based on 1295 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.

+15.4 pp
Top card: Dispel
# Card Lift
1
Dispel
Dispel 63 games
+15.4 pp
2
Back to Basics
Back to Basics 65 games
+9.2 pp
3
Copy Artifact
Copy Artifact 56 games
+8.2 pp
4
Mox Opal
Mox Opal 79 games
+8.2 pp
5
Tribute Mage
Tribute Mage 99 games
+7.4 pp
6
Otawara, Soaring City
Otawara, Soaring City 100 games
+7.3 pp
7
Mental Misstep
Mental Misstep 74 games
+6.8 pp
8
Basalt Monolith
Basalt Monolith 173 games
+6.6 pp
9
Grim Monolith
Grim Monolith 77 games
+6.1 pp
10
Trinisphere
Trinisphere 64 games
+6.0 pp
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Whir of Invention
Whir of Invention 189 games
+4.0 pp
12
Merchant Scroll
Merchant Scroll 64 games
+3.8 pp
13
Spellskite
Spellskite 144 games
+3.6 pp
14
Lotus Petal
Lotus Petal 137 games
+3.6 pp
15
Force of Will
Force of Will 120 games
+3.1 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 44.79% of games from position 1 and 10.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
44.79% n=1008
2
Seat 2
38.04% n=1028
3
Seat 3
30.71% n=801
4
Seat 4
23.7% n=481
5
Seat 5
29.58% n=71
6
Seat 6
10.0% n=10
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Lord High Artificer wins 37.47% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
37.47% n=1305
1
1 mulligan
34.61% n=575
2
2 mulligans
26.64% n=244
3
3 mulligans
29.63% n=81
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 2128 self-reports.

3.75 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.2% of the time across 1293 tracked wins.

64.2 \%
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.

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%
Yeva, Nature's Herald commander art
9.09%
Alela, Cunning Conqueror commander art
9.09%