Commander

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Global commander stats

All Blue commanders

1177 Wins

2085 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Urza, Lord High Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,262 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1177–2085) at an Elo of 1,558, ranking #1005 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 1164 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 3262 recorded Playgroup games (1177 wins, 2085 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: 4 months.

How many decks use Urza, Lord High Artificer?

1,370 decks list Urza, Lord High Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 686 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1005

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1558

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1164

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 10

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 9 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1370

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 686

No. games played with this commander 3262

Total hours played 4 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1623	_HaP	8	6	75 %
2	1616	Bcm	22	14	64 %
3	1615	Timber Kraij	20	10	50 %
4	1613	Nicolai	22	12	57 %
5	1578	Therausch09	10	5	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, 34.09% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

34.09%

Combat

33.61%

Alternative

16.15%

Non Combat Damage

8.91%

Mill

4.63%

Poison

1.54%

Commander Damage

1.07%

Avg win turn 7.3 based on 1197 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.

+18.0 pp

Top card: Dispel

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dispel 45 games	+18.0 pp	45
2	Basalt Monolith 138 games	+6.3 pp	138
3	Mox Opal 63 games	+6.3 pp	63
4	Mental Misstep 59 games	+5.9 pp	59
5	Muddle the Mixture 105 games	+5.4 pp	105
6	Whir of Invention 148 games	+5.1 pp	148
7	Back to Basics 53 games	+5.0 pp	53
8	Otawara, Soaring City 84 games	+3.6 pp	84
9	Lotus Petal 108 games	+3.3 pp	108
10	Voltaic Key 59 games	+2.9 pp	59

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Sapphire Medallion 134 games	+2.7 pp	134
12	Copy Artifact Signature build 43 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	43
13	Misty Rainforest 42 games	+2.0 pp	42
14	Rhystic Study 164 games	+1.8 pp	164
15	Spellskite 115 games	+1.7 pp	115

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 44.91% of games from position 1 and 10.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.91% n=904

Seat 2

38.33% n=921

Seat 3

30.47% n=745

Seat 4

23.03% n=456

Seat 5

28.36% n=67

Seat 6

10.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Lord High Artificer wins 37.93% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.93% n=1234

1 mulligan

34.06% n=505

2 mulligans

26.27% n=217

3 mulligans

29.49% n=78

4 mulligans

30.0% n=20

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 2002 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 1198 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.