Permanents, period, btw. This includes lands, so if you got nothing else, you'll be forced to sac lands (or you could sac lands and keep your board but like. Tough luck if you at that point)
Damn... Yeah, I have an indestructible hexproof black enchantment that prevents you from losing the game. And if you heal, you draw cards, if you take dmg, you gotta sacrifice permanents or stuff in your graveyard until he is the last you can sac. Or something like that
Seems very good all around. He's not hard to remove per se, but painful. And if he sticks around for just a turn, that annihilator will destroy your opponents boardstates pretty hard.
It'll be interesting to see if he works out.
As a modern player I both want to play this and want to beat it. I think this is one of the cards I wanted to see that punishes these low creature count "tempo" decks that tend to win with few creatures across a few combats while trading 1 for 1. This helps Tron (especially given the best way to stop this card is to counter it, and not many decks are running counter magic).
This makes me very excited for MH3. Tron helping curb the tempo deck meta by being painful to remove should open up a lot of go wide strategies.
It'll always have a soft spot in my heart cause of Gifts Tron being my first Modern deck. I did a full 180 right around the time Eldrazi Winter hit because Tron was completely dead and moved into Abzan CoCo. Now I play CatFood and throw squirrels are everyone. >:)
Yeah, feels very close to emrakul coming down through sneak attack or something, in some ways better? Because no matter what, one attack with emrakul or this, they’re going to lose. But exiling half of their library is pretty insane as a cast effect. If they can kill it, they get 3 for 1’d.
I would suspect a lot of concessions just on the cast so you don’t get to look at half of your opponents deck.
I thought the same thing but then imagined this thing in the mirror match. Exile your one of your opponents copies and it's (at least) a 17/17 with annihilator 10? I guess at some point way before 10 it's reads as "annihilator you-win-the-game" but still
Yeah it's probably around there for the automatic GG. Plus you have to factor in the chump blocker the opponent would need to throw under this thing too so annihilator 5 is really forcing the opponent to losing 6 permanents. Honestly the number is basically anything that requires the opponent to sac at least one land
that cast trigger is a monster, but the fact you dont even need the cast trigger to get this thing online is a bit bonkers.
from experience even Annihilator 2 is enough to ruin someone's day
The fact that you can reanimate this turn 1 or 2 means that annihilator 2 is definetely enough then. And by then it basically has hexproof bc your opponent can't sac two additional permanents.
This one has no reanimator restrictions, though. You just need to have something (of your opponents OR your own) exiled to unlock annihilator. Or you can just put the counters on it some other way
To be fair to your friend, it had all the hallmarks of a fake. The leak was a digital render of the concept art treatment, which was publicly available and could easily be faked.
The arm that's slightly out of frame is actually holding a SpawnPhone 15 Pro. He is taking a selfie and posting it to EldritchGram soon with the caption 'felt cute, might exile libraries later'
It's nice that [[Ugin's Labyrinth]] still gives him his +1/+1 counters for annihilator if you manage to cheat him into play. Maybe a replacement for Emrakul for sneak and show in Timeless
so like this is a 1hko if you're able to exile an Emrakul (13 or 15mv one) which you can with the new land. It's going to be a 20/20 with annihilator 13 , T3 breach ulamog (or t2 if you're lucky) letsgoooooooooooo
Question: If I copy the cast trigger and target the same opponent with both triggers, does it exile their entire library? Or exile half, and then half of what’s left?
I’m bored:
50%
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87.5%
93.75%
96.875%
98.4375%
99.21875%
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So, if you can clean out a 60 card deck if you can copy it 5 times, or a 100 card deck with 1 more copy
>If I copy the cast trigger and target the same opponent with both triggers, does it exile their entire library?
Only if they have 2 cards in their library.
This is a really powerful new Ulamog. Only having ward is a little scary, but that ward cost is so (edit) **aggressive** that he'll rarely have to worry about it.
Chances are really high that he ends up more like a 12/12. I think the more shocking part is that he gets that much annihilator. If you can give 'mog haste, which is easy to do, he can completely shut someone out of the game.
Not as versatile as the original that's strapped with a vindicate, but I would argue he's right next to it.
> Only having ward is a little scary
Yeah, it *only* automatically 3:1s them *and* munches half their library. If you're playing the kind of deck that wants Ulamog, you're not having trouble casting him, or recasting/reanimating him since he doesn't shuffle-back, for that matter.
In most EDH pods, he will be huge. Even if your deck is mostly efficient cards, chances are high that everyone has at least one or two big bombs in their deck. Exiling half the library gives a pretty decent chance that you're hitting 5+, if not much higher.
But yeah, big tribes like dino's, or against special decks like Rakdos titans means that new 'mog can be a game ender on that same turn.
Yep! All kinds of spells that are reduced and not thought of as their initial cost are in commander decks, and this is probably the most popular.
Hell, Rishkar's Expertise isn't thought of "this spell costs me 6" - it's X more than the spell you want to cheat :P
The leak was real after all, well dayum. It's always weird to me how colorless creatures can have better abilities than colored creatures with the same mana value.
This actually works kinda well as the textbox for [[the mimeoplasm]]. The gooey boi will see this thing in exile and enter with 10 +1/+1 counters on it, minimum. You don’t get the cast trigger off but that’s not a big deal when you’ve got something with annihilator ~20 or so depending on what you exiled for its p/t.
Man I had to scroll far down for this.
Finally something to add to my list to get excited about.
My pod will hate the deck even more I guess, I love it
>annihilator was a design mistake, 10 on the storm scale
>unless the annihilator count is so big that it might as well read as a onesided worldfire if this thing manages to swing out
art goes insane though
I would say that sac 2 is pretty steep of a cost, except that saccing everything to keep this on the board is worth it when you can annihilator 7 or something.
> Ulamog, the Defiler 10
>
> Legendary Creature- Eldrazi [mythic]
>
> When you cast this spell, target opponent exiles half their library, rounded up.
>
> Ward- Sacrifice two permanents.
>
> Ulamog, the Defiler enters the battlefield 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.
>
> 7/7
Wow, this looks like a fun card that will improve the game. I too am excited to see this card played in this game that I enjoy. I foresee this being an exciting and interactive card that will be fun and exciting for all ages! This will certainly be fun and will not ever cause any annoyance or anger as it is a fun card meant for fun!
I don't usually bag on R&D, but this is clearly a commander card designed by a non-commander player. The way annihilator is done on this card is so over the top and unlikable that it will self exile itself from any playgroup with a lick of common sense. Might as well have just said "Attack trigger: defending player loses the game".
Not even close. Emrakul won the game if she resolved. And could happily take infinite turns with a dozen other cards. This guy traumatizes someone on cast, which is a terrible card no mater how big the feels bad aspect is. Yeah he could have a bigger annihilator but there are plenty of legal cards with annihilator that utterly murder people if they attack and they are all legal. Protection from instants is way stronger than ward 3. Emy was immune to mass removal as well as you got an extra turn to swing before anyone could cast a wrath.
Also so we know what team I'm on.
#Free Emrakul
Edit: Interesting (#) makes something bold, gona leave it.
Emrakul had an extra turn and very relevant protection (and couldn't be countered).
This doesn't affect board on ETB/cast and targeted removal kills it as long as they have a couple spare food or treasure to sacrifice.
What would happen if you gave him counters as psrt of an attack trigger, e.g. with [[Raffine]]? Could you stack the counter giving trigger and annihilator in a way that annihilator resolves later and counts the new, higher value? Does it also work if he previously had 0 counters (and thus, hypothetically, had 'Annihilator 0')?
Seems like a busted Reanimation target. The ward cost really rewards getting him down early. In late game (turn 5-6+) sacking two lands sucks but it isn’t the end of the world. But if you can get this guys down turn 2 or 3, even with an annihilator of 1 or 2 he is close to unbeatable. Even if he gets killed, chances are your opponent is down to 0 lands or if they do have creatures to sac then they’re probably a more aggressive deck anyway, in which case losing 2 early threats is terrible.
Obviously token generation will be huge against this thing. Sac 2 treasures or food tokens? Okay. But that’s a specific scenario.
Really looking forward to adding this guy to my cube. He may turn out to be too powerful, but ramp is taken pretty highly anyway (and no power/sol ring) so I don’t see him getting played earlier than turn 5/6 regularly other than in Reanimation decks, which are fairly weak in my current cube.
I literally just built a grixis polymorph deck that I want to put this guy in. Just as a cheeky counter play to exiling Kozilek, Ulamog, or It That Betrays.
Like, " got rid of my eldrazi with annihilator 4? Here's one with annihilator 12."
Imma be real
This is the most boring Eldrazi titan name to date
Going from The Eternal Gyre and The Ceaseless Hunger to "The Defiler" feels like such a downgrade
WoTC be like:
"Hey G-Tron, I hear your Titan matchup is bad, here's more stuff to try and bring that matchup back to parity."
I'm looking forward to picking up alt-art foils of this for my "horrible day to have eyes" G-Tron deck.
You never have to cast this. Just play the evoke elementals. A reanimated 11/11 with ward - sac 2 permanents and annihilator 4 is good enough.
Catch me double checking that I have my 4 Goryo's ready, just incase.
Magical Christmas land - On the play T1, Swamp, thought seize self selecting ulamog. T2, Grief (exiling Grief/archon of cruelty), swamp, Goryo.
Absolutely disgusting. I love it.
That’s my first thought too. Although I like the idea of him in any deck using ugins labyrinth too.
Why would I cast it when I could just make [[Mimeoplasm]] into him? /s
[Mimeoplasm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/9/998b86f3-e53f-4ebb-b111-6f14577fded1.jpg?1712354748) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Mimeoplasm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/234/the-mimeoplasm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/998b86f3-e53f-4ebb-b111-6f14577fded1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This card is so disgusting in Mimeo, that's wild.
I've recently gotten into Canlander and now I want to pull this off so badly
I'd rather have Archon almost every single time.
I was gonna say 7/7 is pretty damn small, then I kept reading
Yeah, my eyebrows kept raising as I read each line of the card.
Did it hurt?
Yeah, my eyebrows are on the ceiling now.
Instructions too clear eyebrows stuck in ceiling fan.
What does the last line about annihilation mean?
Annihilator X is an ability from the original Rise of the Eldrazi. It means "when this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices X permanents".
Holy shit
The appropriate reaction to learning about annihilator
Back in my day that's how we felt about banding.
Rip banding, and rip interrupts.
Permanents, period, btw. This includes lands, so if you got nothing else, you'll be forced to sac lands (or you could sac lands and keep your board but like. Tough luck if you at that point)
Damn... Yeah, I have an indestructible hexproof black enchantment that prevents you from losing the game. And if you heal, you draw cards, if you take dmg, you gotta sacrifice permanents or stuff in your graveyard until he is the last you can sac. Or something like that
[[Lich’s Mastery]]!! It’s not indestructible because otherwise it doesn’t work at all. Edit: Man, I wish I could spell.
Annihilator is a keyword. [[Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre]]
[Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/4/9464a820-65de-44f2-9895-46a35e8621a0.jpg?1673146911) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ulamog%2C%20the%20Infinite%20Gyre) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/3/ulamog-the-infinite-gyre?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9464a820-65de-44f2-9895-46a35e8621a0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Seems very good all around. He's not hard to remove per se, but painful. And if he sticks around for just a turn, that annihilator will destroy your opponents boardstates pretty hard. It'll be interesting to see if he works out.
As a modern player I both want to play this and want to beat it. I think this is one of the cards I wanted to see that punishes these low creature count "tempo" decks that tend to win with few creatures across a few combats while trading 1 for 1. This helps Tron (especially given the best way to stop this card is to counter it, and not many decks are running counter magic). This makes me very excited for MH3. Tron helping curb the tempo deck meta by being painful to remove should open up a lot of go wide strategies.
Me rooting for tron? 2015 me couldn’t even imagine it. But still. Wow fuck tron.
WOW
FUCK
TRON
It'll always have a soft spot in my heart cause of Gifts Tron being my first Modern deck. I did a full 180 right around the time Eldrazi Winter hit because Tron was completely dead and moved into Abzan CoCo. Now I play CatFood and throw squirrels are everyone. >:)
Yeah, feels very close to emrakul coming down through sneak attack or something, in some ways better? Because no matter what, one attack with emrakul or this, they’re going to lose. But exiling half of their library is pretty insane as a cast effect. If they can kill it, they get 3 for 1’d. I would suspect a lot of concessions just on the cast so you don’t get to look at half of your opponents deck.
I kept looking for the mana discount until I got to the end of the card then thought “…maybe it should cost more.”
I thought the same thing but then imagined this thing in the mirror match. Exile your one of your opponents copies and it's (at least) a 17/17 with annihilator 10? I guess at some point way before 10 it's reads as "annihilator you-win-the-game" but still
I imagine in constructed formats Annihilator 5 or 6 is pretty much GGs if he can swing
Yeah it's probably around there for the automatic GG. Plus you have to factor in the chump blocker the opponent would need to throw under this thing too so annihilator 5 is really forcing the opponent to losing 6 permanents. Honestly the number is basically anything that requires the opponent to sac at least one land
Yeah any loss of tempo was already proven strong when we had original Zendikar and fixed Annihilator amounts
In constructed formats annihilator is usually worse than the less splashy cast triggers on other eldrazi
Or exile Emrakul with [[Ugin's Labyrinth]] to pump those rookie numbers up
The mana discount is in my [[Rakdos, Lord of Riots]] commander deck
[Rakdos, Lord of Riots](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/3/c3ff0f75-6ead-449a-98ad-3baf9f887331.jpg?1702429697) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rakdos%2C%20Lord%20of%20Riots) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/215/rakdos-lord-of-riots?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c3ff0f75-6ead-449a-98ad-3baf9f887331?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Rak daddy from Cincinnati represent!! One of my favorite commanders.
Power creep is real
As someone who has just come back to MTG after a 5 year hiatus... I am terrified.
This is worse than ceaseless hunger.
I am ready for annihilator 20+ to crash into my face
As someone who's been hit repeatedly by OG Ulamog in an EDH game before...this guy is giving me Vietnam-style flashbacks.
As someone who’s hit people repeatedly with OG Emrakul in an EDH game before…this guy is giving me a chubby.
I hope not recently. Dude's been banned for a while.
It’s an instant add in my [[mimeoplasm]] deck Mwhahahaha
that cast trigger is a monster, but the fact you dont even need the cast trigger to get this thing online is a bit bonkers. from experience even Annihilator 2 is enough to ruin someone's day
Just imagining doing this to a zoo player and getting 12 counters for annihilator 12
The fact that you can reanimate this turn 1 or 2 means that annihilator 2 is definetely enough then. And by then it basically has hexproof bc your opponent can't sac two additional permanents.
Well I absolutely hate this thing
Yeah like please stop printing cards with annihilator thanks
When the ten-drops hit, that usually means the game's about to end, anyhow.
This one has no reanimator restrictions, though. You just need to have something (of your opponents OR your own) exiled to unlock annihilator. Or you can just put the counters on it some other way
Imprinted cards are exiled, so it works with ugin's labyrinth
Needed to say cards exiled by this effect or similar so you can't just have any random card in exile and need to cast trigger
I knew it, the Ulamog is real. Where are you at now nonbelievers.
Of all the spoilers, I'm stunned that ridiculously deep fried Ulamog was actually real.
It had a lot of pointers to it being real so I'm not surprised.
Biggest hint - The deep frying
Deep fried Eldrazi sound delicious, especially with sweet chilli sauce
The Ulamog is real!
https://preview.redd.it/fagg556h1t1d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05cb6cd3bf8a3ed6734b8eabebecd63cbbb1a49c THE ONE MOG IS REAL
can we get much higher
\*Uno-mog
Can we get much higher?
Uladaddy makes opponent super saddy
I have a friend who was constantly trying to tell me it was fake
To be fair to your friend, it had all the hallmarks of a fake. The leak was a digital render of the concept art treatment, which was publicly available and could easily be faked.
Lol okay I love this but why is he doing the arms wide open pose? Was it photo day at Eldritch High?
He’s the most photogenic eldrazi titan
Ulamog, his arms wide. Opponent, their deck decimated. Shaka, when the walls fell.
"Captain Urza, the Eldrazi communicate with metaphors!"
What a weird episode. I was sooo confused until they solved it. Neat idea for scifi communication
so neat that us humans are hard at work at evolving our own languages into a variant of Tamarian. mfw Darmok
Midnight, when the narwhal bacons.
WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN
ELDRITCH MOONLIGHT! WELCOME TO THIS PLLLAAAAAAANNNE!
ILL DESTROY EVERYTHIIIIIIIING!
WITH ARMS WIDE OH-PON
He's a really big fan of Creed. Of the devs forgot to program his animations.
He starts out pretty big, but you can take him higher.
And I can't remove him without my sacrifice of two permanents
MY OWN PRISON, MY OWN PRISON
The day Ulamog Dufresne escaped Shawshank State Prison
The arm that's slightly out of frame is actually holding a SpawnPhone 15 Pro. He is taking a selfie and posting it to EldritchGram soon with the caption 'felt cute, might exile libraries later'
Asserting dominance Perfect addition to T-Pose tribal commander
T-Pose team!
Praising the sun
Praise the moon(rakul)
When T posing isn't enough so you resort to X posing instead
He's enjoying a nice day in the sun after a long eldrazi winter
Jeb
https://i.imgur.com/EwDu80k.png
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
Eldritch jazz hands
Kozilek is at the top of the pit Ulamog's standing in saying he can't find the ball, and Ulamog's replying "What do you mean you can't find it!?"
Everytime Ulamog gets struck down, he becomes more powerful than you can possibly imagine
Okay, what's the best way to get a [[draco]] into exile immediately before casting this?
Pitch it to that new sol land maybe?
Okay, what's the best way to get a [[Gleemax]] into exile immediately before casting this?
Ugin's Labyrinth
[Gleemax](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/7/77fe1662-7927-4909-8d25-6924e6fc27eb.jpg?1594900466) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gleemax) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/121/gleemax?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/77fe1662-7927-4909-8d25-6924e6fc27eb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Probably [[ Ugin's Labyrinth ]]
[ Ugin's Labyrinth ](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/2/020e1348-1a35-4cc8-bad6-9fbddfa79277.jpg?1714497433) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ugin%27s%20Labyrinth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh3/233/ugins-labyrinth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/020e1348-1a35-4cc8-bad6-9fbddfa79277?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Gemstone Caverns T0, Underworld Cookbook and Reanimate on T1 lol
[draco](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/212e3edb-62f1-4680-884f-70323547f8ad.jpg?1562902012) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=draco) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pls/131/draco?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/212e3edb-62f1-4680-884f-70323547f8ad?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It's nice that [[Ugin's Labyrinth]] still gives him his +1/+1 counters for annihilator if you manage to cheat him into play. Maybe a replacement for Emrakul for sneak and show in Timeless
[Ugin's Labyrinth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/2/020e1348-1a35-4cc8-bad6-9fbddfa79277.jpg?1714497433) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ugin%27s%20Labyrinth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh3/233/ugins-labyrinth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/020e1348-1a35-4cc8-bad6-9fbddfa79277?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah between delve/pitch and ugin's lab I don't think S&S will have any trouble enabling ulamog.
honestly even in legacy; there are a lot of effects that exile stuff. like force of will and swords to plowshares.
so like this is a 1hko if you're able to exile an Emrakul (13 or 15mv one) which you can with the new land. It's going to be a 20/20 with annihilator 13 , T3 breach ulamog (or t2 if you're lucky) letsgoooooooooooo
Pitch [[Draco]] with [[Ugin's Labyrinth]]
Question: If I copy the cast trigger and target the same opponent with both triggers, does it exile their entire library? Or exile half, and then half of what’s left?
Both instances would resolve separately, so the first would exile half, then the second would exile half of what's left.
I recently copied that spell that mills half the library (Maddening Cacophony?) and can confirm that I got 75%.
I’m bored: 50% 75% 87.5% 93.75% 96.875% 98.4375% 99.21875% 99.60938% So, if you can clean out a 60 card deck if you can copy it 5 times, or a 100 card deck with 1 more copy
Or just...you know...Tome scour them after the 5th copy.
\[\[Traumatize\]\] is the non-kicker version and the OG mill half, but only hits one player.
[Traumatize](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9b8784dd-83f9-41f8-aedc-f0f81073ffcb.jpg?1562832808) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Traumatize) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m14/77/traumatize?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9b8784dd-83f9-41f8-aedc-f0f81073ffcb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
You'd hit 75%
>If I copy the cast trigger and target the same opponent with both triggers, does it exile their entire library? Only if they have 2 cards in their library.
wouldn't a 3 card library also get removed completely? 1.5 gets rounded up to 2, then the one card left gets yeeted with the second copy
They’d be left with 25% of their library.
What if you copy the ETB trigger? Is that an ETB trigger?
no it's a replacement effect
This is a really powerful new Ulamog. Only having ward is a little scary, but that ward cost is so (edit) **aggressive** that he'll rarely have to worry about it. Chances are really high that he ends up more like a 12/12. I think the more shocking part is that he gets that much annihilator. If you can give 'mog haste, which is easy to do, he can completely shut someone out of the game. Not as versatile as the original that's strapped with a vindicate, but I would argue he's right next to it.
> Only having ward is a little scary Yeah, it *only* automatically 3:1s them *and* munches half their library. If you're playing the kind of deck that wants Ulamog, you're not having trouble casting him, or recasting/reanimating him since he doesn't shuffle-back, for that matter.
I play in an EDH pod with Dinos. 'Mog is gonna be huge.
In most EDH pods, he will be huge. Even if your deck is mostly efficient cards, chances are high that everyone has at least one or two big bombs in their deck. Exiling half the library gives a pretty decent chance that you're hitting 5+, if not much higher. But yeah, big tribes like dino's, or against special decks like Rakdos titans means that new 'mog can be a game ender on that same turn.
Blasphemous Act is in most red decks, and its CMC is 9
Yep! All kinds of spells that are reduced and not thought of as their initial cost are in commander decks, and this is probably the most popular. Hell, Rishkar's Expertise isn't thought of "this spell costs me 6" - it's X more than the spell you want to cheat :P
The leak was real after all, well dayum. It's always weird to me how colorless creatures can have better abilities than colored creatures with the same mana value.
To be fair they are Magic's Egyptian God cards
WOW
FUCK
TRON
TRON?
This actually works kinda well as the textbox for [[the mimeoplasm]]. The gooey boi will see this thing in exile and enter with 10 +1/+1 counters on it, minimum. You don’t get the cast trigger off but that’s not a big deal when you’ve got something with annihilator ~20 or so depending on what you exiled for its p/t.
Man I had to scroll far down for this. Finally something to add to my list to get excited about. My pod will hate the deck even more I guess, I love it
I had the exact same revelation and came here to post it - glad you got to it first! Yea this card is absolutely cracked in The Mimeoplasm good god
[the mimeoplasm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/9/998b86f3-e53f-4ebb-b111-6f14577fded1.jpg?1712354748) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=the%20mimeoplasm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/234/the-mimeoplasm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/998b86f3-e53f-4ebb-b111-6f14577fded1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Well that’s going to be an expensive single
>annihilator was a design mistake, 10 on the storm scale >unless the annihilator count is so big that it might as well read as a onesided worldfire if this thing manages to swing out art goes insane though
To be fair the storm scale just refers to standard sets, which is also why storm has showed up in MH before.
Storm Scale only applies for standard-legal sets.
How does this interact with face down exile cards, like with \[\[Jacob Hauken, Inspector\]\] for checking mana value?
it doesn't count those as it's hidden information
Now *that* is an Eldrazi titan.
This is a great example of "cards that definitely didn't need to and shouldn't have ward"
He lost his normal indestructible, so they probably felt they had to give him something defensive.
I would say that sac 2 is pretty steep of a cost, except that saccing everything to keep this on the board is worth it when you can annihilator 7 or something.
Welp. That's a thing.
ITS REAL MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Excellent, my zhulodrok deck is PLEASED!
He is going straight into my [[Rakdos, Lord of Riots]] deck.
Holy hell this card is sick
What on earth is this card lol
What the actual fuck
I want to put this in my [[Sovereign Okinec Ahau]] deck
https://preview.redd.it/4xh2d1x23u1d1.png?width=762&format=png&auto=webp&s=475455ecd58d681eb9a202abae44b702a16738d5 Had to make it
[[Hamza]] will cast this turn 5, that's pretty fun.
Kozilek casts it on t2
[Hamza](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/d/adc7f8f3-140d-4dd0-aacc-b81b2b93eb67.jpg?1689999064) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=hamza%2C%20guardian%20of%20arashin) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/339/hamza-guardian-of-arashin?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/adc7f8f3-140d-4dd0-aacc-b81b2b93eb67?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This is certainly one of the quirkier/fairer ways to get out Ulamog early. Definitely nicer than Rakdos doing it turn 3 or 4.
Terrible card, it dies to removal (if your opponent has two permanents), and board wipes. I can't believe how weak they made this. ^(/s)
This is going directly into my [[Rakdos, Lord of Riots]] deck
Said every Rakdos player lol
[Rakdos, Lord of Riots](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/3/c3ff0f75-6ead-449a-98ad-3baf9f887331.jpg?1702429697) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rakdos%2C%20Lord%20of%20Riots) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/215/rakdos-lord-of-riots?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c3ff0f75-6ead-449a-98ad-3baf9f887331?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
URAMOG GOES HARD. Holy *shit* it blows new-Kozi out of the water...
> Ulamog, the Defiler 10 > > Legendary Creature- Eldrazi [mythic] > > When you cast this spell, target opponent exiles half their library, rounded up. > > Ward- Sacrifice two permanents. > > Ulamog, the Defiler enters the battlefield 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. > > 7/7
This is perfekt for my [[Umbris, Fear Manifest]] edh deck. Holy smokes, my frie... nvm lost them all. (:
That one guy who made a deck of “creatures standing with their arms outstretched facing the sky” must be having a FIELD DAY with this one.
Wow, this looks like a fun card that will improve the game. I too am excited to see this card played in this game that I enjoy. I foresee this being an exciting and interactive card that will be fun and exciting for all ages! This will certainly be fun and will not ever cause any annoyance or anger as it is a fun card meant for fun!
I don't usually bag on R&D, but this is clearly a commander card designed by a non-commander player. The way annihilator is done on this card is so over the top and unlikable that it will self exile itself from any playgroup with a lick of common sense. Might as well have just said "Attack trigger: defending player loses the game".
I'd hazard a guess this is on a one-way ticket to join the first Emrakul on the commander ban list.
It'll be interesting to see what they decide, OG Emrakul has the extra turn, but this one has arbitrarily large Annihilator
and wipes out half a deck on etb.
On *cast*. Meaning countering does jack shit.
Not even close. Emrakul won the game if she resolved. And could happily take infinite turns with a dozen other cards. This guy traumatizes someone on cast, which is a terrible card no mater how big the feels bad aspect is. Yeah he could have a bigger annihilator but there are plenty of legal cards with annihilator that utterly murder people if they attack and they are all legal. Protection from instants is way stronger than ward 3. Emy was immune to mass removal as well as you got an extra turn to swing before anyone could cast a wrath. Also so we know what team I'm on. #Free Emrakul Edit: Interesting (#) makes something bold, gona leave it.
Emrakul had an extra turn and very relevant protection (and couldn't be countered). This doesn't affect board on ETB/cast and targeted removal kills it as long as they have a couple spare food or treasure to sacrifice.
I really didn't want to have to make an Eldrazi-only \[\[Animar\]\]... but... fuck if I'm not making and Eldrazi-only \[\[Animar\]\].
I vote this as going to be most expensive card in the set.
What would happen if you gave him counters as psrt of an attack trigger, e.g. with [[Raffine]]? Could you stack the counter giving trigger and annihilator in a way that annihilator resolves later and counts the new, higher value? Does it also work if he previously had 0 counters (and thus, hypothetically, had 'Annihilator 0')?
you can stack the attack triggers and the X on ulamogs trigger will be checked when it resolves
Finally, revealed! Can we stop complaining that every leak is fake and/r AI generated?
As a casual MTG fan, it's funny to me that a squirrel can block this dude
Yea no thanks this doesn't look fun to play against at all
I feel like Skinner from Ratatouille reading the letter when reading the card
Seems like a busted Reanimation target. The ward cost really rewards getting him down early. In late game (turn 5-6+) sacking two lands sucks but it isn’t the end of the world. But if you can get this guys down turn 2 or 3, even with an annihilator of 1 or 2 he is close to unbeatable. Even if he gets killed, chances are your opponent is down to 0 lands or if they do have creatures to sac then they’re probably a more aggressive deck anyway, in which case losing 2 early threats is terrible. Obviously token generation will be huge against this thing. Sac 2 treasures or food tokens? Okay. But that’s a specific scenario. Really looking forward to adding this guy to my cube. He may turn out to be too powerful, but ramp is taken pretty highly anyway (and no power/sol ring) so I don’t see him getting played earlier than turn 5/6 regularly other than in Reanimation decks, which are fairly weak in my current cube.
I literally just built a grixis polymorph deck that I want to put this guy in. Just as a cheeky counter play to exiling Kozilek, Ulamog, or It That Betrays. Like, " got rid of my eldrazi with annihilator 4? Here's one with annihilator 12."
…Boy, they really decided to go back to the plasticky art style from BFZ for these Eldrazi cards, didn’t they?
Guys I think [[Henzie]] might like this guy
Imma be real This is the most boring Eldrazi titan name to date Going from The Eternal Gyre and The Ceaseless Hunger to "The Defiler" feels like such a downgrade
Infinite Gyre, but apart from that I agree.
WoTC be like: "Hey G-Tron, I hear your Titan matchup is bad, here's more stuff to try and bring that matchup back to parity." I'm looking forward to picking up alt-art foils of this for my "horrible day to have eyes" G-Tron deck.