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Ulamog, the Defiler

Ulamog, the Defiler

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi · {10} · Colorless commander

When you cast this spell, target opponent exiles the top half of their library, rounded up. Ward—Sacrifice two permanents. Ulamog enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among cards in exile. Ulamog has annihilator X, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
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What Ulamog, the Defiler actually does

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What an Ulamog, the Defiler deck needs

Plays as Eldrazi finisher (exile & annihilator). What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

The Ulamog, the Defiler deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

Best cards for Ulamog, the Defiler

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Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Glaring Spotlight1 mana
  2. Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
  3. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  4. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  5. Dragon Throne of Tarkir4 mana
  6. Skyshaper2 mana
  7. Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana
  8. Thunderhawk Gunship6 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Glistening Sphere3 mana
  2. Walking Ballista0 mana
  3. Forge of Heroes0 mana
  4. Hangarback Walker0 mana
  5. Stonecoil Serpent0 mana
  6. Opal Palace0 mana
  7. Surge Conductor3 mana
  8. Blade of the Bloodchief1 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  2. Titan's Presence3 mana
  3. Kozilek's Command2 mana
  4. Warping Wail2 mana
  5. Null Elemental Blast1 mana
  6. Zuko's Exile5 mana
  7. Clay Golem4 mana
  8. Lazotep Quarry0 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
  2. Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
  3. Moonsilver Key2 mana
  4. Pattern Matcher4 mana
  5. Shrine Steward5 mana
  6. Self-Assembler5 mana
  7. Pyre of Heroes2 mana
  8. Tamiyo's Journal5 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  2. Nevinyrral's Disk4 mana
  3. Karn's Sylex3 mana
  4. Calamity of the Titans6 mana
  5. Apocalypse Chime2 mana
  6. The Moment2 mana
  7. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  8. Coercive Portal4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. The One Ring4 mana
  3. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  4. Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
  5. Key to the City2 mana
  6. Mask of Memory2 mana
  7. Tome of Legends2 mana
  8. Buster Sword3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  2. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  3. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  4. Commander's Plate1 mana
  5. Mithril Coat3 mana
  6. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  7. The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
  8. Brotherhood Regalia2 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Palladium Myr3 mana
  3. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  4. Chrome Mox0 mana
  5. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  6. Mox Diamond0 mana
  7. Mana Vault1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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