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Ulamog, the Defiler
Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
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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“Mill half their deck, enter huge, annihilate their board every turn.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Mill
Ramp, Eldrazi, Sacrifice
Strategy
Ulamog, the Defiler is a colorless mill finisher that doubles as a massive threat. Your game plan is to ramp hard into this 10-mana Eldrazi, then leverage its mill trigger and annihilator ability to lock opponents out of the game. When Ulamog enters, it exiles half an opponent's library and gains counters equal to the highest mana value you've milled—potentially entering as a 10+ power creature that forces sacrifice when it attacks. You're essentially combining library disruption with a Voltron-style threat that scales based on what it mills.
The deck wants fast mana and card draw to cast this threat reliably. Once Ulamog is out, it dominates through annihilator (forcing sacrifices) and combat damage. Backup win conditions include other big Eldrazi threats, generic card advantage engines, and token sacrifice synergies to protect Ulamog from Ward costs. This isn't a combo deck—it's a ramp-into-haymaker strategy where you're grinding opponents down with inevitability.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip the fancy mana bases—colorless decks are forgiving. Use budget Eldrazi like It That Betrays or Void Winnower instead of pricey alternatives; substitute Cultivate and Kodama's Reach for Atraxa's Foreboding.
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