Urza, Chief Artificer card art — Art by Bartłomiej Gaweł · © Wizards of the Coast

Urza's Iron Alliance

Bracket 2

BRC — The Brothers' War Commander · 2022-11-18

Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer · Color identity: BUW

Bracket

Power Level

4.2/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

No hard floors (no Game Changers, no two-card infinite combo, no mass land destruction) — verdict from optimization score 22/75 (14 card draw, 8 interaction, 1 fast-mana)
Engine accuracy: 77.1% exact and 99.5% within one bracket on 1,229 organizer-labeled tournament decklists (engine v389).

How it compares

Against the 2 The Brothers' War Commander decks we analyzed, this is the strongest — power 4.2 versus a set average of 4.2. That is 0.4 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More The Brothers' War Commander decks

Mishra's Burnished Banner — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arcane Wizardry — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call for Backup — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call the Spirits — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Death Toll — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Desert Bloom — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Urza, Chief Artificer's color identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.

Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $5.61
Path to Exile Interaction $0.69
Generous Gift Interaction $0.94
Counterspell Interaction $4.28
Swan Song Interaction $10.69
Negate Interaction $0.24

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $22.45

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Urza, Chief Artificer
1 Indomitable Archangel
1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 Noxious Gearhulk
1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
1 Angel of the Ruins
1 Bronze Guardian
1 Digsite Engineer
1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
1 Master of Etherium
1 Sai, Master Thopterist
1 Sharding Sphinx
1 Shimmer Dragon
1 Thought Monitor
1 Vedalken Humiliator
1 Marionette Master
1 Baleful Strix
1 Sharuum the Hegemon
1 Darksteel Juggernaut
1 Etched Champion
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Steel Overseer
1 Filigree Attendant
1 Whirler Rogue
1 Armix, Filigree Thrasher
1 Chief of the Foundry
1 Etherium Sculptor
1 Chrome Courier
1 Austere Command
1 Phyrexian Rebirth
1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
1 One with the Machine
1 Vindicate
1 Preordain
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Unbreakable Formation
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Despark
1 Bident of Thassa
1 Cranial Plating
1 Liquimetal Torque
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Thought Vessel
1 Arcane Signet
1 Azorius Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Tempered Steel
1 Thopter Spy Network
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Prairie Stream
1 River of Tears
1 Skycloud Expanse
1 Spire of Industry
1 Sunken Hollow
1 Temple of Deceit
1 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Temple of Silence
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Ancient Den
1 Ash Barrens
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Goldmire Bridge
1 Mistvault Bridge
1 Path of Ancestry
1 Razortide Bridge
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Vault of Whispers
2 Plains
2 Plains
2 Island
2 Island
2 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Tawnos, Solemn Survivor
1 Sanwell, Avenger Ace
1 Scholar of New Horizons
1 March of Progress
1 Wire Surgeons
1 Wreck Hunter
1 Hexavus
1 Kayla's Music Box
1 Thopter Shop

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/UrzaSIronAlliance_BRC.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.