ColorlessLegendary Creature — EldraziUlamog, the Infinite Gyre
Mana value11Rank#1,321
The Commander
When you cast this spell, destroy target permanent.
Indestructible
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Ulamog is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Guide
Gameplan
Ramp hard with colorless mana rocks and big-mana lands, then deploy Ulamog to wipe a key permanent on cast and crash in with Annihilator 4. As a colorless commander you build a Commander tax/Eldrazi shell that punishes opponents with massive creatures and protects your board while overwhelming with size.
Strengths
- Indestructible and shuffles back when it dies, making it extremely resilient to removal
- Free permanent destruction every time you cast it, plus crippling Annihilator 4 on attack
- Colorless identity means it slots into any deck and stresses no color requirements
- Annihilator 4 ends games fast once it connects
Weaknesses
- 11 mana is a massive investment; you brick if ramp is disrupted
- Vulnerable to exile, bounce, and -X/-X effects that bypass indestructibility
- No evasion natively, so it can be chump-blocked all day
- Colorless identity locks you out of true interaction, card draw, and tutors from colored cards
- Slow starts leave you defenseless before Ulamog lands
Key Cards
- Eldrazi Temple — Taps for two toward Eldrazi spells, dramatically accelerating Ulamog and friends.
- Eye of Ugin — Free Eldrazi cost reduction and a tutor for the next titan.
- Sol Ring — Premier colorless acceleration that helps reach double-digit mana.
- Ugin, the Spirit Dragon — Colorless planeswalker that ramps the deck's nut draw and sweeps the board.
- Rogue's Passage — Gives Ulamog evasion to force through lethal Annihilator damage.
Upgrade Path
Lean harder into fast colorless ramp—add Eldrazi Temple, Ancient Tomb, Mana Crypt, Grim Monolith, and Cloud Key effects to land Ulamog turns ahead of schedule. Include more evasion/haste enablers (Rogue's Passage, Hall of the Bandit Lord) and additional Eldrazi titans plus Kozilek's Channeler-style payoffs. Add stax pieces like Winter Orb and Smokestack to keep opponents off their footing while you assemble the nut draw.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Annihilator 4 strips a player's board then commander damage closes the game
- ▸Repeated Eldrazi beatdown overwhelming depleted opponents
- ▸Stax-locking the table while a hard-to-kill threat chips them out
Archetypes
- Big Mana / Eldrazi Ramp — Ulamog rewards stacking colorless ramp to cast it and other titans early.
- Stax — Annihilator and the on-cast destruction pair with land/permanent denial to grind opponents out.
- Voltron — Indestructible body plus evasion turns one swing into a knockout.
Combos
- Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
→ Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB
- Syr Konrad, the Grim + Morality Shift + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
→ Near-infinite damage
- Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion + Hellkite Charger + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
→ Infinite damage, Infinite rummaging
- Inverter of Truth + Thassa's Oracle + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
→ Exile your library and graveyard, Win the game
- Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Ashnod's Altar + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite sacrifice triggers
Combos via Commander Spellbook.