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Ulrich of the Krallenhorde // Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha

Legendary Creature — Human Werewolf // Legendary Creature — Werewolf · {3}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander

Whenever this creature enters or transforms into Ulrich of the Krallenhorde, target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Ulrich of the Krallenhorde. Whenever this creature transforms into Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha, you may have it fight target non-Werewolf creature you don't control. At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Ulrich.

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What Ulrich of the Krallenhorde // Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha 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 · etbWhenever this creature enters or transforms into Ulrich of the Krallenhorde, target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
• Triggered ability · upkeepAt the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Ulrich of the Krallenhorde.
• Triggered ability · otherWhenever this creature transforms into Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha, you may have it fight target non-Werewolf creature you don't control.
• Triggered ability · upkeepAt the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Ulrich.

What an Ulrich of the Krallenhorde // Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha deck needs

Plays as ETB value. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• blink and recursion aimed at the commander itself (its value is its own enter trigger)

The Ulrich of the Krallenhorde // Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha deck plan

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

• 12× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 16× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 10× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

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