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Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Legendary Creature — Eldrazi · {10} · Colorless commander
When you cast this spell, exile two target permanents.
Indestructible
Whenever Ulamog attacks, defending player exiles the top twenty cards of their library.
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What Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 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 · cast_spellWhen you cast this spell, exile two target permanents.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Ulamog attacks, defending player exiles the top twenty cards of their library.
- Keyword · indestructibleindestructible
What an Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger deck needs
Plays as Eldrazi finisher (mill 20 on attack). What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- ramp to ten mana
- haste, evasion and protection for Ulamog (his attack exiles twenty)
- extra combats
The Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 4× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 16× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
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.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Dragon Throne of Tarkir4 mana
- Skyshaper2 mana
- Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana
- Thunderhawk Gunship6 mana
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Haunted Cloak3 mana
- Sword of Vengeance3 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Bilbo's Ring3 mana
- Cliffhaven Kitesail1 mana
- Zephyr Boots1 mana
- Wings of Hubris2 mana
- Cloak of the Bat2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
- Warping Wail2 mana
- Null Elemental Blast1 mana
- Zuko's Exile5 mana
- Clay Golem4 mana
- Lazotep Quarry0 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
- Self-Assembler5 mana
- Pyre of Heroes2 mana
- Tamiyo's Journal5 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Nevinyrral's Disk4 mana
- Karn's Sylex3 mana
- Calamity of the Titans6 mana
- Apocalypse Chime2 mana
- The Moment2 mana
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
- Key to the City2 mana
- Mask of Memory2 mana
- Tome of Legends2 mana
- Buster Sword3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
- Brotherhood Regalia2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana