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Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
Legendary Creature — Whale Wolf · {1}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander
Partner with Cazur, Ruthless Stalker (When this creature enters, target player may put Cazur into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Ukkima can't be blocked.
When Ukkima leaves the battlefield, it deals X damage to target player and you gain X life, where X is its power.
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What Ukkima, Stalking Shadow actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · otherWhen Ukkima leaves the battlefield, it deals X damage to target player and you gain X life, where X is its power.
- Static ability · evasion_grantUkkima can't be blocked.
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What an Ukkima, Stalking Shadow deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 16× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- 20× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- Valley Rotcaller2 mana
- Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel3 mana
- Weathered Sentinels3 mana
- Bloodsoaked Champion1 mana
- Rev, Tithe Extractor4 mana
- Twenty-Toed Toad4 mana
- Grimgrin, Corpse-Born // Grimgrin, Corpse-Born0 mana
- Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn0 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Skeleton Crew4 mana
- "Lifetime" Pass Holder1 mana
- Death Tyrant5 mana
- Bastion of Remembrance3 mana
- Chasm Skulker3 mana
- Infestation Sage1 mana
- Nested Shambler1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Suspend1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
- Forced March3 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Gleaming Overseer3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana