Urza's Iron Alliance deck

From The Brothers' War Commander set

Format: Commander

Urza, Chief Artificer

Urza, Chief Artificer

Creatures 37

1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
Alela, Artful Provocateur

Legendary Creature — Faerie Warlock

2/3

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0.
Whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.
Alela's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

A spell that's both an artifact and an enchantment spell causes Alela's last ability to trigger only once.
1 Angel of the Ruins
1 Armix, Filigree Thrasher
Armix, Filigree Thrasher

Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem

3/2

Whenever Armix attacks, you may discard a card. When you do, target creature defending player controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control plus the number of artifact cards in your graveyard.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Armix's ability goes on the stack without a target. While that ability is resolving, you may discard a card. If you do, a second ability triggers and you pick one target to get -X/-X. This is different from abilities that say "If you do . . ." in that players may cast spells and activate abilities after you've discarded a card but before the creature gets -X/-X.

While resolving Armix's ability, you can't discard more than one card to give more than one creature -X/-X.

The value of X is determined only as Armix's ability resolves. Once that happens, the value of X won't change later in the turn, even if the number of artifacts in your graveyard and under your control changes.

If the discarded card is an artifact card, it will be counted as you determine the value of X, provided it's still in the graveyard or, optimistically, on the battlefield under your control at that time.

If a creature is attacking a planeswalker, that planeswalker's controller is the defending player.

If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.

Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability as the game begins. Losing the ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.

Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined.

If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.

An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.

You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you've cast each from the command zone clear for "commander tax" purposes.
1 Baleful Strix
1 Bronze Guardian
Bronze Guardian

Artifact Creature — Golem

*/5

Double strike
Ward (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
Other artifacts you control have ward .
Bronze Guardian's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.
Once a ward ability has triggered, it doesn't matter if the artifact loses ward (most likely because Bronze Guardian leaves the battlefield in response) before the ability resolves. The controller of the spell or ability will still have to pay or the spell or ability will be countered.

The ability that defines Bronze Guardian's power applies in all zones, not only while it is on the battlefield.
1 Chief of the Foundry
Chief of the Foundry

Artifact Creature — Construct

2/3

Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to an artifact creature you control may become lethal if Chief of the Foundry leaves the battlefield during that turn.
1 Chrome Courier
1 Darksteel Juggernaut
Darksteel Juggernaut

Artifact Creature — Juggernaut

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Indestructible
Darksteel Juggernaut's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Since Darksteel Juggernaut is itself an artifact, its power and toughness will always be at least 1 while it's on the battlefield (unless a spell or ability somehow changes its card type).

Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" won't cause Darksteel Juggernaut to be put into the graveyard. However, it can be put into the graveyard for a number of other reasons. The most likely reasons are if its toughness is 0 or less or it's sacrificed.

If, during your declare attackers step, Darksteel Juggernaut is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or is affected by "summoning sickness," then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having Darksteel Juggernaut attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.

The first ability works in all zones.
1 Digsite Engineer
Digsite Engineer

Creature — Dwarf Artificer

3/3

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay . If you do, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
The token gets created before the artifact spell that triggered its creation resolves. Fortunately, the token counts itself, so it's at least 1/1.
1 Etched Champion
Etched Champion

Artifact Creature — Soldier

2/2

Metalcraft — This creature has protection from each color as long as you control three or more artifacts.
"Protection from all colors" means protection from white, from blue, from black, from red, and from green. (In other words, it doesn't just mean "protection from objects that have all five colors.")
1 Etherium Sculptor
Etherium Sculptor

Artifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer

1/2

Artifact spells you cast cost less to cast.
This effect doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of an artifact spell. Rather, it reduces the total cost of the spell, which is the amount you actually pay while casting it. The total cost takes into account additional or alternative costs.

This effect can reduce only the generic portion of the artifact spell's total cost.
1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 Filigree Attendant
Filigree Attendant

Artifact Creature — Homunculus

*/3

Flying
Filigree Attendant's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.
The ability that defines Filigree Attendant's power works in all zones, not just the battlefield.
1 Hexavus
1 Indomitable Archangel
1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
1 Marionette Master
Marionette Master

Creature — Human Artificer

1/3

Fabricate 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on it or create three 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.)
Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to this creature's power.
The amount of life lost is determined as Marionette Master's last ability resolves. If Marionette Master is no longer on the battlefield, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life is lost.

If Marionette Master's power is negative, the target opponent doesn't lose (or gain) life.

If Marionette Master and an artifact you control are put into a graveyard at the same time, Marionette Master's ability triggers.

Artifact tokens that are sacrificed or destroyed are put into their owner's graveyard before ceasing to exist. If you controlled the token, Marionette Master's last ability will trigger.

You choose whether to put +1/+1 counters on the creature or create Servo tokens as the fabricate ability is resolving. No player may take actions between the time you choose and the time that counters are added or tokens are created.

Fabricate doesn't cause the creature with the ability to enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters already on it. For example, Weaponcraft Enthusiast will enter the battlefield as a 0/1 creature, then its fabricate ability goes on the stack. Players may take actions (such as casting instants) while the ability is waiting to resolve.

If you can't put +1/+1 counters on the creature for any reason as fabricate resolves (for instance, if it's no longer on the battlefield), you just create Servo tokens.
1 Master of Etherium
Master of Etherium

Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard

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Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
The ability that defines Master of Etherium's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.

As long as Master of Etherium is on the battlefield, its ability will count itself.

Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Master of Etherium may become lethal if other artifacts you control leave the battlefield during that turn, and damage dealt to other artifact creatures you control may become lethal if Master of Etherium leaves the battlefield during that turn.
1 Myr Battlesphere
Myr Battlesphere

Artifact Creature — Myr Construct

4/7

When this creature enters, create four 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap X untapped Myr you control. If you do, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn and deals X damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
You choose the value for X as the last ability resolves. You can't choose a value for X that's greater than the number of untapped Myr you control.

You can tap any untapped Myr you control as the last ability resolves, not just the Myr tokens you created with the first ability. This includes Myr that haven't been under your control since your most recent turn began.

As the last ability resolves, you can tap untapped Myr you control even if Myr Battlesphere is no longer on the battlefield by then. If that has happened, Myr Battlesphere won't be able to get the +X/+0 bonus, but it will still deal X damage to the appropriate player or planeswalker.
1 Noxious Gearhulk
Noxious Gearhulk

Artifact Creature — Construct

5/4

Menace
When this creature enters, you may destroy another target creature. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness.
If the target creature has indestructible, it isn't destroyed this way and you won't gain life. If it is destroyed but put into a zone other than a graveyard, you'll gain life.

Use the toughness of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life to gain.
1 Sai, Master Thopterist
Sai, Master Thopterist

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

1/4

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.
Sai's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
1 Sanwell, Avenger Ace
Sanwell, Avenger Ace

Legendary Creature — Human Pilot

3/1

As long as an artifact creature you control is attacking, prevent all damage that would be dealt to Sanwell.
Whenever Sanwell becomes tapped, exile the top six cards of your library. You may cast a Vehicle or artifact creature spell from among them. Then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
If Sanwell, Avenger Ace is somehow an artifact creature, its first ability will see itself while it is attacking.

You must pay all costs for a spell cast using Sanwell's last ability.

If you choose not to cast a spell this way, it goes to the bottom of the library with the other exiled cards. You can't wait and cast it later.
1 Scholar of New Horizons
Scholar of New Horizons

Creature — Human Scout

1/1

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Search your library for a Plains card and reveal it. If an opponent controls more lands than you, you may put that card onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
You may choose to put the card into your hand rather than onto the battlefield even if an opponent controls more lands than you.
1 Sharding Sphinx
Sharding Sphinx

Artifact Creature — Sphinx

4/4

Flying
Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.

If combat damage is dealt to players by multiple artifact creatures you control (including, perhaps, Sharding Sphinx itself), Sharding Sphinx's ability will trigger that many times. You'll get that many Thopter tokens. You'll get just one token per creature, no matter how much combat damage that creature dealt.
1 Sharuum the Hegemon
Sharuum the Hegemon

Legendary Artifact Creature — Sphinx

5/5

Flying
When Sharuum enters, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
If Sharuum the Hegemon is put into your graveyard as a state-based action immediately after Sharuum the Hegemon enters the battlefield (most likely due to the "legend rule") it can be the artifact card targeted by its own ability.
1 Shimmer Dragon
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Steel Hellkite
Steel Hellkite

Artifact Creature — Dragon

5/5

Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.
Steel Hellkite's last ability destroys only nonland permanents whose mana value is exactly equal to X, and only those controlled by players who have been dealt combat damage by Steel Hellkite this turn.

It doesn't matter who controlled those permanents at the time Steel Hellkite dealt combat damage, or if those permanents were even on the battlefield at that time.

You may activate the last ability even if Steel Hellkite hasn't dealt combat damage to any players that turn. If you do, the ability won't do anything.

If Steel Hellkite's third ability is activated with X equal to 0, it will destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 0 the appropriate players control.

The mana value of a permanent is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner, unless it's copying something else (see below). The mana value is the total amount of mana in that cost, regardless of color. For example, a card with mana cost has mana value 5.

If a permanent is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.

In all cases, ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the permanent was cast.

If the mana cost of a permanent includes , X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

If a nonland permanent has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a token that's not copying something else, for example), its mana value is 0.
1 Steel Overseer
Steel Overseer

Artifact Creature — Construct

1/1

: Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control.
Steel Overseer's ability puts a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control, including Steel Overseer.
1 Tawnos, Solemn Survivor
Tawnos, Solemn Survivor

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

1/3

, : Create a token that's a copy of up to one target artifact token you control. Mill two cards.
, , Sacrifice two artifact tokens, Exile an artifact or creature card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.
The token you create with the first ability copies the original characteristics of the token it’s copying as stated by the effect that created that token. The newly created token doesn’t copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it, whether it has any Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.

If the original token is copying something else, the token you create will use the copiable values of the original token. In most cases, it will be a copy of whatever the original token is copying.

For both abilities, if a token is created copying a token or card with in its mana cost, X is 0.

Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the token you create will trigger when it enters the battlefield. Any “as [this permanent] enters the battlefield” or “[this permanent] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied token or card will also work.
1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Legendary Creature — Bird Cleric

2/2

Flying
Whenever you cast a historic spell, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
If the mana cost of a card in your graveyard includes , X is considered to be 0.

A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn't make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn't.

Some abilities trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell." Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell" won't trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won't trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do.

An ability that triggers "whenever you cast a historic spell" doesn't trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
1 Thought Monitor
1 Urza, Chief Artificer
Urza, Chief Artificer

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

4/5

Affinity for artifact creatures (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact creature you control.)
Artifact creatures you control have menace.
At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
The ability of that Construct token does count the Construct itself, so it'll be at least 1/1.
1 Vedalken Humiliator
Vedalken Humiliator

Creature — Vedalken Wizard

3/4

Metalcraft — Whenever this creature attacks, if you control three or more artifacts, creatures your opponents control lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.
All creatures your opponents control are affected by Vedalken Humiliator's ability, not just those controlled by the player it's attacking.

Vedalken Humiliator's ability overwrites all previous effects that set an affected creature's base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply to a creature after the ability resolves will overwrite this effect.

Any power- or toughness-modifying effects (those that give +N/+N, for example) and counters will apply to the creature's new base power and toughness, even if they started to apply before Vedalken Humiliator's ability resolved.

If you don't control three artifacts as Vedalken Humiliator's ability resolves, it has no effect. If you do, the effect continues to apply even if you lose control of Vedalken Humiliator or your artifacts later in the turn.

Vedalken Humiliator's ability affects only creatures your opponents control at the time it resolves. Creatures they begin to control later in the turn won't lose power, toughness, or abilities.
1 Whirler Rogue
Whirler Rogue

Creature — Human Rogue Artificer

2/2

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
You may tap any two untapped artifacts you control, including artifact creatures that haven't been under your control continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

Activating the second ability of Whirler Rogue after a creature has become blocked won't cause it to become unblocked.
1 Wire Surgeons
Wire Surgeons

Creature — Human Artificer

6/5

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Each artifact creature card in your graveyard has encore. Its encore cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile it and pay its mana cost: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Exiling the card with encore is a cost to activate the ability. Once you announce that you’re activating it, no player may take actions until you’ve finished. They can’t try to remove the card from your graveyard to stop you from paying the cost.

Opponents who have left the game aren’t counted when determining how many tokens to create.

The tokens copy only what’s on the original card. Effects that modified that creature when it was previously on the battlefield won’t be copied.

Each token must attack the appropriate player if able.

If one of the tokens can’t attack for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn’t attack. If there’s a cost associated with having it attack, you aren’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either.

If an effect stops a token from attacking a specific player, that token can attack any player or planeswalker, or not attack at all. If the effect stops the token from attacking a specific player unless a cost is paid, you don’t have to pay that cost unless you want to attack that player.

If one of the tokens somehow is under another player’s control as the delayed triggered ability resolves, you can’t sacrifice that token. It remains on the battlefield indefinitely, even if you regain control of it later.
1 Wreck Hunter
Wreck Hunter

Creature — Human Artificer

2/2

Flash
When this creature enters, choose target player. You create a tapped Powerstone token for each nonland card in that player's graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. (It's an artifact with " : Add . This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
Powerstone tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one has the artifact subtype “Powerstone” and the ability “ : Add . This mana can’t be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.”

You can use the added by a Powerstone token on anything that isn’t a nonartifact spell. This includes paying costs to activate abilities of both artifact and nonartifact permanents, paying ward costs, and so on.

Although all the cards in The Brothers’ War that create Powerstone tokens create a tapped Powerstone token, entering the battlefield tapped isn’t part of the token’s definition. Notably, if you create a token that is a copy of a Powerstone token, the token copy won’t enter the battlefield tapped.

Instants 4

Sorceries 7

Artifacts 14

Enchantments 2

Lands 36

White 14

Blue 16

Black 5

Multicolor 8

Colorless 21

Lands 36

1 5

2 17

3 14

4 10

5 4

6 11

7+ 3

Lands 36

Urza, Chief Artificer

Island

4×

Plains

4×

Swamp

3×

Ancient Den

Arcane Sanctum

Ash Barrens

Azorius Chancery

Bojuka Bog

Command Tower

Darksteel Citadel

Dimir Aqueduct

Evolving Wilds

Exotic Orchard

Goldmire Bridge

Mistvault Bridge

Orzhov Basilica

Path of Ancestry

Prairie Stream

Razortide Bridge

River of Tears

Seat of the Synod

Skycloud Expanse

Spire of Industry

Sunken Hollow

Temple of Deceit

Temple of Enlightenment

Temple of Silence

Vault of Whispers

Alela, Artful Provocateur

Angel of the Ruins

Armix, Filigree Thrasher

Baleful Strix

Bronze Guardian

Chief of the Foundry

Chrome Courier

Darksteel Juggernaut

Digsite Engineer

Etched Champion

Etherium Sculptor

Ethersworn Adjudicator

Filigree Attendant

Hexavus

Indomitable Archangel

Losheel, Clockwork Scholar

Marionette Master

Master of Etherium

Myr Battlesphere

Noxious Gearhulk

Sai, Master Thopterist

Sanwell, Avenger Ace

Scholar of New Horizons

Sharding Sphinx

Sharuum the Hegemon

Shimmer Dragon

Solemn Simulacrum

Steel Hellkite

Steel Overseer

Tawnos, Solemn Survivor

Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Thought Monitor

Vedalken Humiliator

Whirler Rogue

Wire Surgeons

Wreck Hunter

Austere Command

Despark

March of Progress

One with the Machine

Phyrexian Rebirth

Preordain

Sphinx's Revelation

Swords to Plowshares

Unbreakable Formation

Urza's Ruinous Blast

Vindicate

Arcane Signet

Azorius Signet

Bident of Thassa

Cranial Plating

Dimir Signet

Kayla's Music Box

Liquimetal Torque

Orzhov Signet

Relic of Progenitus

Skullclamp

Sol Ring

Swiftfoot Boots

Tempered Steel

Thopter Shop

Thopter Spy Network

Thought Vessel