Urza's Iron Alliance
Sign in to save a copy
- Commander
- Urza, Chief Artificer
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $128.07
- Grade
- A
How it grades
Fundamentals 95/100. Plays like Artifacts and Tokens.
This reads as Artifacts · Tokens, built around Urza, Chief Artificer. An artifact engine deck: cost reducers and cheap trinkets snowball into board states and card advantage that scale with the artifact count itself. The pieces are individually weak but the whole is far more than the sum, and a single well-timed Vandalblast is the scariest card in the room. Its strongest fundamental is land count (36 lands. About 38 fits this curve for Artifacts, with Etherium Sculptor's discount counted); the first thing to tighten is mana curve: 35% of spells cost ≤2, 21% cost 6+.
- A-Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- A-Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A-Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Nothing falls short. Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
94 cards graded: A 1, A- 19, B+ 32, B 36, B- 5, C+ 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Urza's Iron Alliance from A to A+.
Marionette Apprentice1B$2.04
In place of Wire Surgeons: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (42 producers). Fuels your token payoffs (6 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Urza, Lord High Artificer2UU$16.31
In place of Kayla's Music Box: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Fits the commander's plan. Feeds the commanders' token payoff. EDHREC Artifacts staple.
Forensic Gadgeteer2U$2.87
In place of Tawnos, Solemn Survivor: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Chases the same artifact plan as your commanders. Pays off your artifact engine (42 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Master Transmuter3U$5.49
In place of Wreck Hunter: its B cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (58/100)
Fuels your artifact payoffs (18 in deck). Feeds the commanders' artifact payoff. Pays off your artifact engine (42 producers).
Mana Vault1$116.12
In place of March of Progress: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
WotC game-changer. Fuels your artifact payoffs (18 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Chrome Mox0$166.58
In place of Chrome Courier: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Fuels your artifact payoffs (18 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data. WotC game-changer.
Esper SentinelW$59.17
In place of Sanwell, Avenger Ace: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Fuels your artifact payoffs (18 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
DispatchW$0.36
In place of Hexavus: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (42 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Chases the same artifact plan as your commanders.
Cyberdrive Awakener5U$1.53
In place of Sphinx's Revelation: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Pays off your token engine (12 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan. Pays off your artifact engine (42 producers).
Soul WardenW$3.02
In place of Alela, Artful Provocateur: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (26 producers). Pays off your token engine (12 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Save a copy to try them. The editor's Improve list has these and more, with the swaps one click each.
Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 36
- B+
- B+
- A-
- B
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B
- B+
- A-
- B+
- B+
- A-
- B
- A-
- A-
- B
- B+
- B
- B+
- B+
- A-
- A-
- B
- A-
- B
- B+
- A
- B
- B-
- B
- B+
- B-
- B-
- B
Instants 4
- B
- B+
- A-
- B+
Sorceries 7
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B
- B-
Artifacts 14
- B+
- A-
- A-
- B+
- A-
- A-
- A-
- A-
- A-
- A-
- A-
- A-
- B-
- B
Enchantments 2
- B
- B+
Lands 36
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B+
- C+
- B+
- B+
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B
- B
- B
- B×2
- B×2
- B×2
- B×2
- B×2
- B
Prices are current market estimates, not what the sealed product costs. Magic: The Gathering is © Wizards of the Coast.