Urza, Lord High Artificer

Global Commander Stats

1131 Wins

2006 Losses

Summary

Urza, Lord High Artificer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,137 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1131–2006) at an Elo of 1,558, ranking #990 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 1209 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 3137 recorded Playgroup games (1131 wins, 2006 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?

1,331 decks list Urza, Lord High Artificer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 669 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

990

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1558

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 1209

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 10

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1331

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 669

No. games played with this commander 3137

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1646	Timber Kraij	18	10	56 %
2	1623	_HaP	8	6	75 %
3	1616	Bcm	22	14	64 %
4	1607	Nicolai	18	10	59 %
5	1578	Therausch09	10	5	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, 34.12% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

34.12%

Combat

33.62%

Alternative

16.38%

Non Combat Damage

8.44%

Mill

4.84%

Poison

1.49%

Commander Damage

1.12%

Avg win turn 7.3 based on 1153 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Urza, Lord High Artificer wins 45.21% of games from position 1 and 10.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.21% n=876

Seat 2

38.42% n=898

Seat 3

30.43% n=723

Seat 4

22.73% n=440

Seat 5

27.69% n=65

Seat 6

10.0% n=10

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Urza, Lord High Artificer wins 37.84% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.84% n=1192

1 mulligan

33.88% n=487

2 mulligans

26.32% n=209

3 mulligans

28.0% n=75

4 mulligans

33.33% n=18

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

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 1926 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Urza, Lord High Artificer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.2% of the time across 1154 tracked wins.

62.2 \%

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.