Lackluster? Yeah, I agree. I wish he'd destroy at least 3 target permanents when he comes. Kozilek is better and costs less.
dudecow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's probably the weakest of the three legendary Eldrazi, but he's still really good. Indestructability only makes him that much harder to get rid of. A free Vindicate is nothing to scoff at.
HippyRei
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
I think you guys are underestimating this guy. Sure, the other Eldrazi are probably better, but this card is still great. Basically a Darksteel Colossus with -1/-1 and no trample (probably around 9 CMC), a Vindicate tacked on (3 CMC), and Annihilator 4, which SHOULD probably tack on another 3 mana in my opinion. This adds up to 15 mana, yet it only costs 11. If the other Eldrazi weren't in the picture, I can definitely see this getting up to the 4.5 range in ratings, just like Mr. Colossus over there.
ZEvilMustache
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
thrallallmighty
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
He is good cuz he cant be destroyed you just attack few times whit it and your opponent doesnt have anything in play kozilek is cheaper but he is just blocked with some creatures and he dies this guy can only be removed 4,5/5
AngelxLegna
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(7 votes)
"Ulamog is familiar yes, but we have never seen such power. The Elrazi hunger for our sacrifice." -Terrified Players Everywhere
DoctorKenneth
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(32 votes)
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
~William B. Yeats, "The Second Coming"
I don't know if the nod to gyres was intentional, Wizards, but I love it.
LordCapulet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Rhodestar1 I think you missed the part on Emrakul's card that says "Protection from colored spells". The only things that could remove him post-casting would be something artifact based or board sweep, but even with those around you will still get your extra turn with which to ruin with Emrakul or to win with whatever else you've got.
Rhodestar1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yes Lordcapulet. Missed the "Can't be targeted by coloured spells. BUT. Spells are only spells on the stack. This means that Be it an enchantment, creature or artifact, it is not a spell once it hits the battlefield. That was the controversey over Mindbreak Trap. It looked good, but it was only good for storm. And storm isnt standard.
strigen
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(9 votes)
Hands down one of the best Eldrazi.
His "destroy target permanent" is what makes this so good. What good is a fatty eldrazi if there's a Jace, the Mind Sculptor ready to bounce it back to your hand or even a 3-mana Vampire Nighthawk to keep your big guy from turning sideways.
This Eldrazi covers its own behind in taking out the one threat on the other side of the board that can give you problems.
5/5
TheTraitorKing
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Your seas are not safe from my wrath."
-Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre Ulamog is the Bowie knife to the meat cleaver of Kozilek, Butcher of Truth and the enormous Swiss Army Knife of Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. It it less multipurpose thanb the Swiss but more versatile than the meat cleaver. Ulamog is a counter-permanent agent, first and foremost. He can eliminate pieces in combo latticeworks, pick off creatures that are giving you a hard time, take out board enchancers, eliminate problematic artifacts, or even lay waste to an enabling land.
Zulp
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
I have a weakness for indestructibility, so Ulamog gets my vote as favorite.
Johnald
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0)(22 votes)
No. Simply no. These Eldrazi are terrible. They are ruining the game and raising peoples expectations from creatures to absurd levels.
SleetFox
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(11 votes)
This guy is seriously underrated. Kozilek is a more efficient fighter, but if you attack with anything that can kill a player in 2 hits and makes them sacrifice 4 or more permanents, it doesn't really matter how strong it is. On the other hand, this guy is indestructible and can destroy key threats when he comes into play. He's also immune to card disadvantage, because even if he's countered without spending a card, there's no way around his Vindicate ability.
I would call him better than Kozilek, and unless Eldrazi only see play by cheating, I think Emrakul's cost is prohibitive enough that Ulamog is better than it as well. Plus, it's predictable. If you ramp yourself past 12 and don't cast anything, they pretty much know exactly what you're planning.
DrZygfryd
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
because we REALLY need another timmy card
Styny
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I actually like this guy more than kozilek. Sure, he costs one more than kozilek, but with all the spawn tokens floating around, i doubt that one mana will matter. Also, the free vindicate is better than kozileks free tidings IMO. and while kozilek has ulamog beat with in power and toughness, ulamog is indestructable, it doesnt matter how much more toughness kozilek has that ulamog. if anything, ide call Kozilek the weakest of the three.
ongck
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(10 votes)
I think that among the three Eldrazi titans, this one has the nicest art. Ulamog almost looks god-like in this gem of an art piece. Picture a humanoid in that stance, with golden armor...it will be like a warrior god walking the earth!
Demonic_Angel13
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
An uncounterablish beat stick with built in Vindicate without color restrictions and a major ability. For 11!? This set is definitly has overpowered cards.
Donovan_Fabian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This creature imo is better than the other 2 eldrazi titans. Emrakul is awesome, but its 15 mana, and there are ways around colored protection. Kozilek is interesting, but maybe no more so than some of the other eldrazi.
Ulamog on the other hand.. is indestructible, efficiently costed for an eldrazi, and has a built in destroy while still making mill useless. Just awesome. If I had to choose I'd go with ulamog for sure.
HairlessThoctar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My friend was on the receiving end of this guy at the prerelease. ON TURN FIVE.
He did not win that game...
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ongck : Ulamog looks like it's flexing its muscles in a victory stance after having killed an opposing Emrakul :P
This card is really awesome, but I don't think you need me to tell you that. Apart from being enormous like the other 2 Eldrazi progenitors, his indestructibility really helps him deal with large threats (and renders him immune to Smite), and the Vindicate ability allows him to quickly take down immediate threats, meaning you won't have to attack with him and wait for his annihalator ability to take care of things. Actually, one of the best things about him is probably his Vindicate ability, since it allows him to actually deal with Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
I like this eldrazi the most. I opened one in limited and it was so much fun.
BattleMagnum
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Probably the best art out of the three Eldrazi titans. Kozilek looks way too CG, imo. I think Ulamog is the best Eldrazi, simply because he's a Vindicate on a stick, is aggressively costed, and is indestructible.
givethepeopleair
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this card is just outrageous.
TehFREEMAN
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Darksteel Collosus in Eldrazzi form anyone?
Kaiser911
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
opponent summons ulamog, then you useTraitorious instinct or Act of treason, main phase 2 use Day of judgement or any card like it then Ulamog is all yours for the rest of the game unless :D
SliverLordJon
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This dude is going in my eldrazi deck for sure. Jesus these guys are insane, but I bet someone has already made a deck to take them out. I wonder what will happen if I add these to a sliver deck. ;)
Ventrisor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In my opinion, this is the best of the legendary elrdazi creatures. i mean, think about it. Kozilek costs the least mana and has the best P/T value for the mana cost, but he can die from a doom blade and nothing sucks more than to have built up that mana and then having it doom bladed instantly. Then you have Emrakul. If you can get him out, hes the best. but the question is, can you get him out? 15 mana is just too much, even with all the eldrazi spawns. Ulamog, on the other hand, costs 11 mana, which is doable, and hes a 10/10, which means he can finish your opponent of in 2 hits. Most importantly, he is indestructible. No wrath of god, no doom blade and no terminate. On top of that, he has an instant vindicator ability that cant be countered. whats not to like?
statiefreez
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd rather have this guy than Emrakul, unless my deck is built entirely to cheat him into play (Summoning Trap, Polymorph, Elvish Piper). He's easier to cast, especially in a green ramp deck that hits 7 mana by turn 5 and then doesn't know what to do with the extra Greenseekers and Treespeakers that keep getting top-decked, and is awesome removal. Plus, most opponents fold when they see an Eldrazi Titan hardcasted, since annihilator will take them out in 3 turns or less unless they have an answer.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Playing with Eldrazi is like arguing over the internet...
SilusCrow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
See, it's kinda sad that you can kill this guy in one turn with only 4 mana in a White Deck. Soul Sculptor + Disenchant But if you did this, would he stay in the graveyard due to him being reduced to an enchantment with no abilities what-so-ever?
Zaneshift
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I assume that I'm the only one who plays this as a Gaea's Blessing half the time then.
Still, having one of these in my mill deck makes me immune to other mill decks, counteracts my self mill from the likes of Mesmeric Orb, and it even gives me one helluva ridiculous attacker if I get mana flooded and my opponent is somehow not milling as much as they should be (Isochron Sceptered Counterspells can do that, as well as the previously mentioned Gaea's Blessing). Its Annihilator abilities make it great for getting rid of any of said permanents that might be preventing me from milling them out, even if it gets countered. Getting countered actually benefits me half the time by netting me a shuffle anyway, and if it's stuck in my hand I have plenty of "draw then discard" abilities to keep it from turning into a liability. And to top all of that off, it's then the world's most insulting wall, if I decide to take the time to mill someone after summoning this beast. Not for everyone, but it has some comfortable niches in many decks that want something comparable to a Darksteel Colossus but with more lasting damage to the field (permanent destruction) as a tradeoff for reduced damage (no trample). So against many white decks with lots of enchantments and life gain, or as a secondary win condition in a less aggro deck, or just for any deck that for some reason needs a huge mana cost on something or a free shuffle for discard, there's plenty of offbeat uses for this creature. Not to mention the flavor of using a creature with such a mana cost to begin with. I give it a 4.5, since it's certainly not perfect, yet I can't find myself complaining either. Definitely a fun card, and that counts for a lot in my book.
Gahoojin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best of the three eldrazi by far. Kozilek can be killed easily and emrakul is just ridiculous
sancrosact
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What is the consensus about playing eldrazi here. Are people planning on "cheating" these into play in limited/casual through the likes of Elvish piper, Quicksilver amulet, pattern of rebirth, defense of the heart (gotta love urza block), or are people going to go with the eldrazi spawn ramp methods (awakening zone, emrakul's hatcher, etc.). I'm inclined to think the a devoted eldrazi mana ramp plus a few quality "search your library" cards could make an eldrazi deck no longer a joke.
by the way, if ulamog destroyed 3 permanents when coming into play, he would a helluva lot more than Emrakul
achilleselbow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I don't know what the consensus is, and there's obviously a bunch of options in extended or casual, but I do know that one of the decks in standard relies on Polymorph in a deck with no other creatures except for the tokens you get from things like Awakening Zone to get out a guaranteed Emrakul, with plenty of counterspell backup of course. It's very frustrating to play against, but any fast deck usually rolls over it.
Personally, I play a deck with Hand of Emrakul and Eldrazi Con***ion, along with a bunch of ramp and token producers. The bigger ones aren't worth it IMO because you lose too much tempo and card advantage ramping up that much. And as awesome as they seem, getting a Terra Stomper out four turns earlier is a better deal.
Duskdale_Wurm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
WIth annilihator 4 and being indestructable, this card is OVERPOWERED.
Devouring_Strossus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is really cool. A member of my gathering has all the "world devourers" and uses them to whop me every gathering. I like the annihilator 4 ability even tough it hurts much more than the damage taken, and I also like the fact that it's indestructible. On the other hand I kind of dislike it as well. I know it takes quite a lot of mana to get it out , but there are ways around that, and once it is out, the game is pretty much over for everyone else. It's really fun for the person with the card in play, but I believe that it makes game play much less interesting overall. I think that a the big cards like this should do pretty substantial damage to the controller to counter how much it turns the game so one sided. I probably won't find too many people that agree with me on that but it really takes the fun out of the game. It was kind of fun to hear the de***ion of the card the first time he played it though. A couple of paragraphs into the de***ion of its abilities, I decided the flavor text should read, "Yada, yada, yada....you die."
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wonder; does Cemetery Reaper's activated ability resolve before the triggered ability that shuffles their library into their graveyard? If so, that means that if you could get somebody to sacrifice Progenitous, or Ulamog, or Emrakul, or Kozilek, (or just find someway to put them into the graveyard) you could exile the dang things before they get back into the safety of their library, and get a nifty Zombie out of it at the same time. . .
Things that work well with giant eldrazi: "Cheating" them onto the field (aka belbe's portal) Momentous fall (answers removal from game cards) Archenemy (T1 Ulamog + awesomeness!) Game plan for ulamog: cheat him into play now, sacrifice to momentous fall to hard cast him later.
Eldrazi Legends?
Tsabo Tavoc can block Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre all day long without taking a single point of damage; she can straight kill Kozilek (although, Phthisis is much more fun); and not even Emrakul, the Aeons Torn can get past her as long as you have the 2 mana Phyrexian Splicer in play to strip away his flying (and its an artifact so his protection is worthless).
Annihilator mechanic got you down? Start up the Phyrexian Processor. Didn't get to it in time? Yawgmoth's Agenda means those lost permanents are never too far away.
Phyrexia laughs at your "aether born" abominations.
On a more serious note conerning the "over powered" nature of the Eldrazi. That's a true statement when you consider them in isolation. Annihilator may be an awesomely powerful mechanic, but you can stop it cold just by paying 1 G for a Tajuru Preserver. Path to Exile costs exactly W and can get rid of two of the titans relatively painlessly (which is why Emrakul has protection from colored spells). But with Tajuru Preserver on the field you could chump block Emrakul with the (almighty) Storm Crow.
Will the Eldrazi ever end up in a core set? Probably not; for exactly the reasons they seem so completely overpowering. But the fact of the matter is, they are supposed to be. Personally, I believe the claims that they take away from the strategy of M:TG are completely wrong. They add to it. But the strategy isn't in how to use them; a massive beat stick that eats your opponents board is pretty self explainitory. The challenge for us as players, as it is for the planeswalkers in the stories, is how to beat them.
Great in No/Prog Elves. 11 mana is quite easy to get in the 1st few turns with Priest of Titania , Gaea's Cradle , Elvish Archdruid etc.
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
definantly the best legendary eldrazi. In my opinion, it that betrays ins my favorite when comboed, but as a stand alone this is the winner. The fact that it can kill any permanent and then is indestructible is what is fantastic. and yes, you can say that the otheres are more efficient at fighting but come on. 10/10 annihilator 4 that CANT BE DESTROYED. The day that isnt an "efficient" fighter is the day hell freezes over
Eved
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I won't be using this as my EDH/Commander general.
I will however be using this in all my decks to prevent being milled.
Lionhawk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At first glance this guy might look a little expensive on the casting cost side. However, the Indestructibility + the Annihilator + the free(target permanent goes boom) if you cast it...it's just nasty. Oh ya by the way, "Mill Decks" got nothin if this guy is in your deck. Vintage & Legacy players can also "cheat" this guy into play pretty fast. Awesome card! 5/5
thedarkheathen
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(11 votes)
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugs
skew
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Don't want to troll, but i kinda don't like most Eldrazis.
It's like
A: "Hey, let's make some epic creatures, like a gods or something!"
B: "Great idea! They should be interesting, with some unique abilities that makes players think how to use them properly, you know, so they could build decks around them and sh*t."
A: "Naah, let's just make them awfully big, hard to hit the table and make them kill everything, that will do! And the players will just have to find a way to pull them out - but don't worry, we'll prepare some special things for that, too."
B: "..."
dragonking987
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
powns the other eldrazi.
GengilOrbios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
say goodbye to darksteel colossus...
soultoast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Even with the "indestructible" he's not hard to kill. So say someone has him and five other creatures out. They destroy my biggest scariest creature, leaving me with a 1/1. I give my 1/1 Eldrazi Con***ion and swing. what're they gonna block with? they're thinking "he's trying to get rid of some of my creatures", right. Wrong. I want you to block so I can use my tainted strike. My 1/1 is now an 11/11 infect trample annihilator 2. good luck.
Muffintaminator
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@ DoctorKenneth; It might also have been a nod to Carroll, because, let's face it: this thing makes a game very confusing.
"`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe." -Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
May just be the best Eldrazi. Sure, Emrakul might be the tiniest bit harder to kill (maybe - it's quite debatable), but Ulamog is cheaper and can almost as easily win the game when he hits the table. There are a lot of times when he's actually superior to Emrakul too - for example, if your opponent is using something like that Basilisk-Sparkmage combo; Ulamog will live through it, Emrakul will not.
If you're worried about playing against the Eldrazi - a lot of the time, fast decks beat Eldrazi ramp decks, just because they're spending all their time mana ramping and you're spending your time beating face. Having said that, even with fast aggro against mana ramp, it can be hard to come back from A T3/4 Summoning Trap into an Eldrazi without already having an answer, and a lot of the ramp decks run 4 Summ Traps in order to get the Eldrazi out easier, and to back up their Primeval Titans (T3/4 Primeval, Counter, Summ Trap into Ulamog - your move).
4.5/5 - whether you cheat it out or ramp to it and hard cast it, it's a bomb and a game winner, no questions asked.
@0010100111etc - save 'strictly better' comments for when things actually ARE strictly better; for example, Shock vs Burst Lightning (and even then, it's debatable - there are rare circumstances where you actually want less damage; for example, if an opponent is on 2 life but you know they have Purity in their deck and a way to get it onto the battlefield at instant speed). Kozilek is 1 mana cheaper than Ulamog, has more PT, and gives serious card advantage when its cast. There are pleeenty of times when you'd prefer Kozi to Ulamog - for example, if the opponent has way more than enough creatures to do lethal even if you cast Ulamog or Kozi, you have 15 mana available, and you need to try and hit a Day of Judgment - Kozi to the rescue. Emrakul is not only for use with Spawnsire; with Gx Eldrazi Ramp it's quite possible to hard cast him (and of course, there are also 4 copies of Summ Trap to help speed things up). I actually had a T4 Ulamog hard cast the other day after getting an awesome string of Joraga Treespeakers and Overgrown Battlements, a Garruk on T3 (to untap my 2 Eldrazi Temples), and the opponent having no removal. Emrakul could've come out on T4 or T5.
@Soaltoast: he's not so hard to kill, yet you're talking about a 3 card combo, one of which costs 8 mana itself - not to mention that in the process, you're going to lose your three cards aswell (admittedly, if it was on a 2/2, making it a 12/12, your creep and aura would live). Journey to Nowhere - that's all you need, and that's just in standard. Or Brittle Effigy if you're not white.
divine_exodus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best Eldrazi art. I mean, what is Emrakul? Some cross between a beehive and a spider??
Motion2Dismiss
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Arguing over which of the big three Eldrazi is the "best" is stupid. Emrakul is usually the "best" once you have the 15 mana to cast her because she straight-up wins the game. Ulamog is the "best" when you need to destroy something immediately, i.e. Jace TMS. Kozilek is the "best" when you're running low on cards and need to draw an answer, i.e. All Is Dust.
Kitty_the_Kat
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If you're using lands to play any Eldrazi than you're doing it wrong. =/
btw, anyone who says its hard to play the Eldrazi (the big mf'ers) has never seen Show and Tell. Anyone of these guys can be played turn 2, and its not really that difficult. You just gotta have one in your hand.
"You O-ring my Kozilek?" "Yeap. Whatcha gonna do about it?" "I dunno. *drops Ulamog, targets O-ring* How about blow up the O-ring, draw 4 cards AND get 2 massive creatures that'll kill you AND make you sac all your stuff next turn?" "FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
Heh.
Shasticus
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
He reminds me of the Ginyu Force with the way his pose is. Rekoome I believe.
BlackAlbino
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
He's my sideboard answer to jace against legacy permission decks. Damn that deck's annoying... Unless you kill it's like 2 or 3 threats, then u just wait for them to deck themselves =P
Bouv10
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A nice card though I often don't play it because by the time I get him out, I've either already won or lost. What I find the Eldrazi are best for is keep one in each deck you make and it's just good "anti-milling" - I have no intention of ever playing the card but it helps protect me from losing to someone's mill deck (and I have a couple good mill decks myself!)
Revelation666
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
My favorite name of the 3 Eldrazi, Ulamog. It's just fun to say.... Ulamog.
Solid_Oak
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm going to play Ulamog in my version of Jacob Van Lunen's "Fresh Meat" deck. Using Awakening Zone, Kolziek's Predator, and Nest Invaders for Eldrazi Spawn plus cheap mana producers like Llanowar Elves, Joraga Treespeaker, and Birds of Paradise gives you the ability to hard cast this guy pretty early. Sacrifice my 5 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to cast a Ulamog? I think I'll take that trade. If you don't win with Beastmaster Ascension or you don't draw a Fresh Meat to sacrifice your Eldrazi Spawns to, this is a great late game winning condition. There you go, a viable tournament application for Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre especially now that Jace, the Mind Sculptor is banned from standard.
Taegan15
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
legen....dary.
Drewsel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
What the hell is gyreing, and how can Ulamog do it infinitely?
Dread Cthulhu hasn't had a peaceful night Lying Sleeping since someone told him about The God Daymn Batman.
No, I don't have an autocard for Batman. Elder Star Gods from another universe are not too powerful or dangerously unfair for Magic, but Batman most definitely is. There will never, ever, ever be a Batman-like card. Use your imagination for a sec, and pretend what it might be like to put Whispersilk Cloak on Jace, the Mind Sculptor. That's a little bit like what the Michael Keaton Batman is like.
The Kevin Conroy version also has Bat Glare: "{B}: Creatures target player controls can't block this turn, Batman has triple strike until end of turn and fights any number of their creatures, then defending player sacrifices all the cards in their hand." That, on top of Jace, the Mind Sculptor wearing Whispersilk Cloak, is what The G-D Batman would look like as a Magic card.
steez4days
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Favorite of the 3 big eldrazi. Kozilek is too easy to kill and emrakul just seems like overkill.
Anyway, I haven't seen a mention that this is colorless permanent destruction - it gets around all protection except Progenitus (as there are no Protection from Eldrazi cards...) and thus also around Emrakul's protection clause.
Does not get around Indestructible, Shroud or Hexproof, though.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My favorite of the Eldrazi. I don't often pack a lot of removal spells in my decks, but when I do, they come with something hilarious stapled on.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I honestly think that Annihilator is kind of annoying. Eldrazi was awesome without it.
NoobOfLore
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Personally, I think he is the best Eldrazi. Appropriately broken cost, indestructible, and it will handily destroy an opponent's combo piece, disregarding counterspells entirely.
Cthulhu_Shin
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Just imagine, the great and powerful Ulamog gets a tragic slip to his grave XD
DrJack
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(6 votes)
This thing is too subtle. New Magic: the Gathering players won't get it.
It should be like this:
Ulamog, the Infinite Hasbro Product
Annihilator 12938746283746 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices 12938746283746 permanents.)
When you cast Ulamog, the Infinite Hasbro Product, throw target opponent's deck across the room.
If your opponent even dreams of targeting Ulamog with a spell or ability, he or she is transferred to a maximum security federal prison until the game ends.
When Ulamog is put into a graveyard from ANYWHERE YOUR LITTLE BRAIN COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE, its owner shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library and subjects opponent to a $5,000 fine.
Fire infect (if Ulamog damages opponent, set his house on fire. Opponent must concede the game before he or she can call 9-1-1 or attempt to put the fire out)
Just so there aren't any misunderstandings here.
Charles_Prefect
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
We need: Duel decks: Kozilek vs Ulamog
Xineombine
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Spartans!!! PREPARE FOR GLORY!!!!!
TheJank-O-Mancerguy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Overkill is the point stupid.
Brastus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
You know, its kinda sad logging on here and finding streams of complaints about a card. My 'favorites' being the 'its over powered' complaint.
So, lets get that out of the way first... Dies to: Unmake Path to Exile Swords to Plow Shares Night Terrors Oblivion Ring (if properly Trigger-cheated) Archon of Justice
Kay, so its killable. Now, how do they get it out? mana ramp, creature cheaters (piper, amulet, etc) or some kinda mass polymorph thingy. Kay. so kill THAT. is that so hard? Piper is a 1/1 for christ's sake... Amulet is an artifact, run an acidic slime and splash green? cmon now. Counter their Mass Polymorph, or just for god's sake MIND CONTROL it. all that work on their part, to hand you a creature.
Personally, I thought the mass of Eldritch abominations was pretty awesome, I mean Cosmic Horror Stories are pretty fun, now that Im actually seeing a few here and there (and they're not even that Cosmic Horror-ey in-game, cause they CAN die. I cant count the times Ive had to stare down Emrakul while my opponent is grinning like a douchebag, just to wipe that look off their face and have them call a judge to find out the hard way, YEAH, I CAN TAP HIM FOREVER WITH A BLINDING MAGE.)
I myself, wouldnt really play any of them seriously, (though that might be because Im looking at standard now, with Ravnica and what not, being retardedly fast. I figure Im biased in that I figure every format is just about as fast now save for MAYBE EDH.) But its fun for a laugh at least, and the opportunity to declare "ULAMOG THE INFINITE GYRE!" or (Insert Huge Legendary here) when tapping a bunch of mana.
Jeez, lighten up... its a card game, not the end of the world as we know it. (crossin' my fingers and hoping Ulamog is suddenly real JUST because I said that.)
Ligerman30
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Harder to kill then Emrakul, the Aeons Torn in a world full of sweepers. But generally, when you cast Emrakul the game just ends immediately because you get to time walk your opponent. Best Eldrazi in EDH though by a million miles. The only ones that come close are Kozilek, Butcher of Truth and It that Betrays.
5/5
CG1248
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yes, one in my sideboard please (: The faces you get when they don't see it coming :P
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Way more realistic to cast then emrakul, and is just about as sturdy. Plus if they remove him he just took out 2 cards for 1, and if they dont it will be the end of games after 1-2 swings.
Mr.Freshness-Timmy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like to think his destroy target permanent when you cast him, is the giant indestructible helmet tentacle monster slamming down into a planet from space. Like the ship flying into another ship on vindicate.
I also like to think the extra turn from emrakul is jaws dropping in awe for a turn
Baskin2112
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When Ulamog, the infinite gyre dies can I use Adarkar Valkyrie to put Ulamog into play under my control?
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Drewsel: A Gyre can be defined as a Vortex which is pretty much a whirling mass, only a Gyre, as I understand it, is a continuous ring of air formed on top of a large body of water, typically oceans, that repeatedly spins in the same direction with MUCH force. To be called infinite is not unfathomable as it does in fact hold a pattern. I think the name is quite fitting personally :)
@Brastus: Well said.
@Sironos: Hahaha xD AGREED.
@Sleetfox: You dare call IT underrated??! And with such a straight face I might add??! Yeah.. I can TOTALLY see all the kings horses and all the Kings Knights sitting around the table on the eve of battle, when amidst all the chaotic chatter and panic the disgusted bread servant cries out- "guys.. Uhh, Guys!? Excuse me? Gentlemen!! Ugh.. Climbs on the Royal Table and begins PEGGING random members of nobility with loafs of bread (and I'm talkin about HARD loafs too, not the soft warm Olive Garden stuff..) as he SCREAMS: Siiiiii-leeeeeeeence you..... FOOLS." ::slight pause as everyone immediately stops talking and angrily stares down and draws sword and Bow towards this disrespectful peasant scum who says..:: "Correct me if I'm mistaken, but.. it's JUST one little Infinite Gyre we're talkin about here.. right??" ::another silent pause with eyes now BURNING through his brow:: "I mean, it's not like it's Ulamog the Infant AND Merfolk of the Pearl Trident or anything! Get a grip!" ::Warriors, Knights, Nobles and Kings begin nodding to one another, sighing in relief, saying things like- true, and the bread servants right!, laughing and breaking out in dances of joy and celebration to the sound of fiddles and flutes.. when suddenly the great ceiling is ripped from the walls, Ulamog stands above, opens his mouth and a half eaten Merfolk splatters down dead onto the floor just in time for the nightmarish sound of Ulamogs deafening roar to hit their ears before he annihilates everything, taps, swings for 10 and ends the present world, digs up the previous and next world, ends them, lets a short one syllable grunt of a laugh out, cracks knuckles, clenches fists at either side, tilts head (like the hoss he is) and heads for the afterlife for any and everyone thinking it was even CLOSE to over.. Any whoo, my bad- I'm rambling. Just wanted to say, good point, but surely you understand why people take one look at this card and go- Pfffft.. sucks.. and then frisbie it out the car window doin 80 mph's, right??? Yeah. TOTALLY underrated..
@DrJack: LoL! Exactly.
EGarrett01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seriously though, if ever there was a guy that should have Reach...
Comments (86)
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
you just attack few times whit it and your opponent doesnt have anything in play
kozilek is cheaper but he is just blocked with some creatures and he dies
this guy can only be removed
4,5/5
-Terrified Players Everywhere
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
~William B. Yeats, "The Second Coming"
I don't know if the nod to gyres was intentional, Wizards, but I love it.
I think you missed the part on Emrakul's card that says "Protection from colored spells". The only things that could remove him post-casting would be something artifact based or board sweep, but even with those around you will still get your extra turn with which to ruin with Emrakul or to win with whatever else you've got.
His "destroy target permanent" is what makes this so good. What good is a fatty eldrazi if there's a Jace, the Mind Sculptor ready to bounce it back to your hand or even a 3-mana Vampire Nighthawk to keep your big guy from turning sideways.
This Eldrazi covers its own behind in taking out the one threat on the other side of the board that can give you problems.
5/5
-Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Ulamog is the Bowie knife to the meat cleaver of Kozilek, Butcher of Truth and the enormous Swiss Army Knife of Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. It it less multipurpose thanb the Swiss but more versatile than the meat cleaver. Ulamog is a counter-permanent agent, first and foremost. He can eliminate pieces in combo latticeworks, pick off creatures that are giving you a hard time, take out board enchancers, eliminate problematic artifacts, or even lay waste to an enabling land.
I would call him better than Kozilek, and unless Eldrazi only see play by cheating, I think Emrakul's cost is prohibitive enough that Ulamog is better than it as well. Plus, it's predictable. If you ramp yourself past 12 and don't cast anything, they pretty much know exactly what you're planning.
Ulamog on the other hand.. is indestructible, efficiently costed for an eldrazi, and has a built in destroy while still making mill useless. Just awesome. If I had to choose I'd go with ulamog for sure.
ON TURN FIVE.
He did not win that game...
This card is really awesome, but I don't think you need me to tell you that. Apart from being enormous like the other 2 Eldrazi progenitors, his indestructibility really helps him deal with large threats (and renders him immune to Smite), and the Vindicate ability allows him to quickly take down immediate threats, meaning you won't have to attack with him and wait for his annihalator ability to take care of things. Actually, one of the best things about him is probably his Vindicate ability, since it allows him to actually deal with Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
Soul Sculptor + Disenchant
But if you did this, would he stay in the graveyard due to him being reduced to an enchantment with no abilities what-so-ever?
Still, having one of these in my mill deck makes me immune to other mill decks, counteracts my self mill from the likes of Mesmeric Orb, and it even gives me one helluva ridiculous attacker if I get mana flooded and my opponent is somehow not milling as much as they should be (Isochron Sceptered Counterspells can do that, as well as the previously mentioned Gaea's Blessing).
Its Annihilator abilities make it great for getting rid of any of said permanents that might be preventing me from milling them out, even if it gets countered. Getting countered actually benefits me half the time by netting me a shuffle anyway, and if it's stuck in my hand I have plenty of "draw then discard" abilities to keep it from turning into a liability. And to top all of that off, it's then the world's most insulting wall, if I decide to take the time to mill someone after summoning this beast.
Not for everyone, but it has some comfortable niches in many decks that want something comparable to a Darksteel Colossus but with more lasting damage to the field (permanent destruction) as a tradeoff for reduced damage (no trample). So against many white decks with lots of enchantments and life gain, or as a secondary win condition in a less aggro deck, or just for any deck that for some reason needs a huge mana cost on something or a free shuffle for discard, there's plenty of offbeat uses for this creature. Not to mention the flavor of using a creature with such a mana cost to begin with.
I give it a 4.5, since it's certainly not perfect, yet I can't find myself complaining either. Definitely a fun card, and that counts for a lot in my book.
by the way, if ulamog destroyed 3 permanents when coming into play, he would a helluva lot more than Emrakul
Personally, I play a deck with Hand of Emrakul and Eldrazi Con***ion, along with a bunch of ramp and token producers. The bigger ones aren't worth it IMO because you lose too much tempo and card advantage ramping up that much. And as awesome as they seem, getting a Terra Stomper out four turns earlier is a better deal.
EDIT: *Essence Scatter* + *crack Relic of Progenitus* = 3 mana answer to Ulamog.
"Cheating" them onto the field (aka belbe's portal)
Momentous fall (answers removal from game cards)
Archenemy (T1 Ulamog + awesomeness!)
Game plan for ulamog: cheat him into play now, sacrifice to momentous fall to hard cast him later.
Eldrazi Legends?
Tsabo Tavoc can block Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre all day long without taking a single point of damage; she can straight kill Kozilek (although, Phthisis is much more fun); and not even Emrakul, the Aeons Torn can get past her as long as you have the 2 mana Phyrexian Splicer in play to strip away his flying (and its an artifact so his protection is worthless).
Annihilator mechanic got you down? Start up the Phyrexian Processor. Didn't get to it in time? Yawgmoth's Agenda means those lost permanents are never too far away.
Phyrexia laughs at your "aether born" abominations.
On a more serious note conerning the "over powered" nature of the Eldrazi. That's a true statement when you consider them in isolation. Annihilator may be an awesomely powerful mechanic, but you can stop it cold just by paying 1 G for a Tajuru Preserver. Path to Exile costs exactly W and can get rid of two of the titans relatively painlessly (which is why Emrakul has protection from colored spells). But with Tajuru Preserver on the field you could chump block Emrakul with the (almighty) Storm Crow.
Will the Eldrazi ever end up in a core set? Probably not; for exactly the reasons they seem so completely overpowering. But the fact of the matter is, they are supposed to be. Personally, I believe the claims that they take away from the strategy of M:TG are completely wrong. They add to it. But the strategy isn't in how to use them; a massive beat stick that eats your opponents board is pretty self explainitory. The challenge for us as players, as it is for the planeswalkers in the stories, is how to beat them.
Indestructibility only saves it from damage and being destroyed. Not from exile.
I will however be using this in all my decks to prevent being milled.
It's like
A: "Hey, let's make some epic creatures, like a gods or something!"
B: "Great idea! They should be interesting, with some unique abilities that makes players think how to use them properly, you know, so they could build decks around them and sh*t."
A: "Naah, let's just make them awfully big, hard to hit the table and make them kill everything, that will do! And the players will just have to find a way to pull them out - but don't worry, we'll prepare some special things for that, too."
B: "..."
It might also have been a nod to Carroll, because, let's face it: this thing makes a game very confusing.
"`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."
-Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky
If you're worried about playing against the Eldrazi - a lot of the time, fast decks beat Eldrazi ramp decks, just because they're spending all their time mana ramping and you're spending your time beating face. Having said that, even with fast aggro against mana ramp, it can be hard to come back from A T3/4 Summoning Trap into an Eldrazi without already having an answer, and a lot of the ramp decks run 4 Summ Traps in order to get the Eldrazi out easier, and to back up their Primeval Titans (T3/4 Primeval, Counter, Summ Trap into Ulamog - your move).
4.5/5 - whether you cheat it out or ramp to it and hard cast it, it's a bomb and a game winner, no questions asked.
@0010100111etc - save 'strictly better' comments for when things actually ARE strictly better; for example, Shock vs Burst Lightning (and even then, it's debatable - there are rare circumstances where you actually want less damage; for example, if an opponent is on 2 life but you know they have Purity in their deck and a way to get it onto the battlefield at instant speed). Kozilek is 1 mana cheaper than Ulamog, has more PT, and gives serious card advantage when its cast. There are pleeenty of times when you'd prefer Kozi to Ulamog - for example, if the opponent has way more than enough creatures to do lethal even if you cast Ulamog or Kozi, you have 15 mana available, and you need to try and hit a Day of Judgment - Kozi to the rescue. Emrakul is not only for use with Spawnsire; with Gx Eldrazi Ramp it's quite possible to hard cast him (and of course, there are also 4 copies of Summ Trap to help speed things up). I actually had a T4 Ulamog hard cast the other day after getting an awesome string of Joraga Treespeakers and Overgrown Battlements, a Garruk on T3 (to untap my 2 Eldrazi Temples), and the opponent having no removal. Emrakul could've come out on T4 or T5.
@Soaltoast: he's not so hard to kill, yet you're talking about a 3 card combo, one of which costs 8 mana itself - not to mention that in the process, you're going to lose your three cards aswell (admittedly, if it was on a 2/2, making it a 12/12, your creep and aura would live). Journey to Nowhere - that's all you need, and that's just in standard. Or Brittle Effigy if you're not white.
btw, anyone who says its hard to play the Eldrazi (the big mf'ers) has never seen Show and Tell. Anyone of these guys can be played turn 2, and its not really that difficult. You just gotta have one in your hand.
That will be all.
"Yeap. Whatcha gonna do about it?"
"I dunno. *drops Ulamog, targets O-ring* How about blow up the O-ring, draw 4 cards AND get 2 massive creatures that'll kill you AND make you sac all your stuff next turn?"
"FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
Heh.
Damn that deck's annoying... Unless you kill it's like 2 or 3 threats, then u just wait for them to deck themselves =P
No, I don't have an autocard for Batman. Elder Star Gods from another universe are not too powerful or dangerously unfair for Magic, but Batman most definitely is. There will never, ever, ever be a Batman-like card.
Use your imagination for a sec, and pretend what it might be like to put Whispersilk Cloak on Jace, the Mind Sculptor. That's a little bit like what the Michael Keaton Batman is like.
The Kevin Conroy version also has Bat Glare: "{B}: Creatures target player controls can't block this turn, Batman has triple strike until end of turn and fights any number of their creatures, then defending player sacrifices all the cards in their hand." That, on top of Jace, the Mind Sculptor wearing Whispersilk Cloak, is what The G-D Batman would look like as a Magic card.
Anyway, I haven't seen a mention that this is colorless permanent destruction - it gets around all protection except Progenitus (as there are no Protection from Eldrazi cards...) and thus also around Emrakul's protection clause.
Does not get around Indestructible, Shroud or Hexproof, though.
Appropriately broken cost, indestructible, and it will handily destroy an opponent's combo piece, disregarding counterspells entirely.
It should be like this:
Ulamog, the Infinite Hasbro Product
Annihilator 12938746283746 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices 12938746283746 permanents.)
When you cast Ulamog, the Infinite Hasbro Product, throw target opponent's deck across the room.
If your opponent even dreams of targeting Ulamog with a spell or ability, he or she is transferred to a maximum security federal prison until the game ends.
When Ulamog is put into a graveyard from ANYWHERE YOUR LITTLE BRAIN COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE, its owner shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library and subjects opponent to a $5,000 fine.
Fire infect (if Ulamog damages opponent, set his house on fire. Opponent must concede the game before he or she can call 9-1-1 or attempt to put the fire out)
Just so there aren't any misunderstandings here.
Duel decks: Kozilek vs Ulamog
So, lets get that out of the way first...
Dies to:
Unmake
Path to Exile
Swords to Plow Shares
Night Terrors
Oblivion Ring (if properly Trigger-cheated)
Archon of Justice
Kay, so its killable. Now, how do they get it out? mana ramp, creature cheaters (piper, amulet, etc) or some kinda mass polymorph thingy.
Kay. so kill THAT. is that so hard? Piper is a 1/1 for christ's sake... Amulet is an artifact, run an acidic slime and splash green? cmon now. Counter their Mass Polymorph, or just for god's sake MIND CONTROL it. all that work on their part, to hand you a creature.
Personally, I thought the mass of Eldritch abominations was pretty awesome, I mean Cosmic Horror Stories are pretty fun, now that Im actually seeing a few here and there (and they're not even that Cosmic Horror-ey in-game, cause they CAN die. I cant count the times Ive had to stare down Emrakul while my opponent is grinning like a douchebag, just to wipe that look off their face and have them call a judge to find out the hard way, YEAH, I CAN TAP HIM FOREVER WITH A BLINDING MAGE.)
I myself, wouldnt really play any of them seriously, (though that might be because Im looking at standard now, with Ravnica and what not, being retardedly fast. I figure Im biased in that I figure every format is just about as fast now save for MAYBE EDH.) But its fun for a laugh at least, and the opportunity to declare "ULAMOG THE INFINITE GYRE!" or (Insert Huge Legendary here) when tapping a bunch of mana.
Jeez, lighten up... its a card game, not the end of the world as we know it. (crossin' my fingers and hoping Ulamog is suddenly real JUST because I said that.)
5/5
I also like to think the extra turn from emrakul is jaws dropping in awe for a turn
@Brastus: Well said.
@Sironos: Hahaha xD AGREED.
@Sleetfox: You dare call IT underrated??! And with such a straight face I might add??! Yeah.. I can TOTALLY see all the kings horses and all the Kings Knights sitting around the table on the eve of battle, when amidst all the chaotic chatter and panic the disgusted bread servant cries out- "guys.. Uhh, Guys!? Excuse me? Gentlemen!! Ugh.. Climbs on the Royal Table and begins PEGGING random members of nobility with loafs of bread (and I'm talkin about HARD loafs too, not the soft warm Olive Garden stuff..) as he SCREAMS: Siiiiii-leeeeeeeence you..... FOOLS." ::slight pause as everyone immediately stops talking and angrily stares down and draws sword and Bow towards this disrespectful peasant scum who says..:: "Correct me if I'm mistaken, but.. it's JUST one little Infinite Gyre we're talkin about here.. right??" ::another silent pause with eyes now BURNING through his brow:: "I mean, it's not like it's Ulamog the Infant AND Merfolk of the Pearl Trident or anything! Get a grip!" ::Warriors, Knights, Nobles and Kings begin nodding to one another, sighing in relief, saying things like- true, and the bread servants right!, laughing and breaking out in dances of joy and celebration to the sound of fiddles and flutes.. when suddenly the great ceiling is ripped from the walls, Ulamog stands above, opens his mouth and a half eaten Merfolk splatters down dead onto the floor just in time for the nightmarish sound of Ulamogs deafening roar to hit their ears before he annihilates everything, taps, swings for 10 and ends the present world, digs up the previous and next world, ends them, lets a short one syllable grunt of a laugh out, cracks knuckles, clenches fists at either side, tilts head (like the hoss he is) and heads for the afterlife for any and everyone thinking it was even CLOSE to over.. Any whoo, my bad- I'm rambling. Just wanted to say, good point, but surely you understand why people take one look at this card and go- Pfffft.. sucks.. and then frisbie it out the car window doin 80 mph's, right??? Yeah. TOTALLY underrated..
@DrJack: LoL! Exactly.