Art by Chase Stone
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.
Average Card Type Breakdown
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Most Played With Ulamog, the Defiler (161)
Sol Ring
95% of decks · $1.38
Thran Dynamo
85% of decks · $4.43
Mind Stone
69% of decks
Hedron Archive
68% of decks · $0.25
Conduit of Ruin
66% of decks · $4.43
Thought Vessel
66% of decks
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
66% of decks · $6.25
Worn Powerstone
64% of decks · $0.38
Oblivion Sower
63% of decks · $0.70
It That Betrays
63% of decks · $12.93
Artisan of Kozilek
62% of decks · $0.46
Everflowing Chalice
61% of decks · $0.30
Warping Wail
61% of decks · $1.07
Geode Golem
60% of decks · $0.35
Lightning Greaves
60% of decks · $4.00
Urza's Incubator
60% of decks · $20.18
Mystic Forge
59% of decks · $3.34
Breaker of Creation
58% of decks · $0.31
Endbringer
58% of decks · $0.38
Titan's Presence
58% of decks · $0.40
Darksteel Monolith
57% of decks · $25.76
Kozilek's Command
56% of decks · $8.36
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
56% of decks · $47.24
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
56% of decks · $35.30
Dreamstone Hedron
55% of decks · $0.34
Rise of the Eldrazi
54% of decks · $26.70
Basalt Monolith
54% of decks · $5.05
Eldritch Immunity
54% of decks · $8.90
Void Winnower
54% of decks · $18.78
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
53% of decks · $40.36
Calamity of the Titans
47% of decks · $4.04
Swiftfoot Boots
47% of decks
Solemn Simulacrum
46% of decks · $0.34
Bane of Bala Ged
46% of decks · $2.49
Kozilek, the Broken Reality
46% of decks · $4.75
Emrakul, the World Anew
45% of decks · $6.46
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
45% of decks · $1.12
Emrakul, the Promised End
44% of decks · $28.94
Sire of Seven Deaths
44% of decks · $18.95
Flayer of Loyalties
42% of decks · $13.50
Pathrazer of Ulamog
41% of decks · $3.09
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
40% of decks · $12.23
Spawnbed Protector
39% of decks · $3.16
Roaming Throne
39% of decks · $51.97
Eldrazi Conscription
39% of decks · $1.51
Eldrazi Confluence
37% of decks · $14.75
Expedition Map
37% of decks · $1.44
Idol of False Gods
36% of decks · $0.31
Crashing Drawbridge
35% of decks · $1.10
Desecrate Reality
35% of decks · $5.21
Mana Vault
34% of decks · $116.06
Commander's Plate
33% of decks · $38.74
The Eternity Elevator
33% of decks · $3.04
Gilded Lotus
32% of decks · $0.54
Hedron Crawler
31% of decks · $0.24
Desolation Twin
31% of decks · $0.97
Skittering Cicada
31% of decks · $12.69
Ulamog's Dreadsire
30% of decks · $4.33
Anticausal Vestige
30% of decks · $2.06
The One Ring
30% of decks · $116.27
Ornithopter of Paradise
29% of decks · $2.23
Burnished Hart
29% of decks · $0.30
Ulamog's Crusher
29% of decks · $0.22
Manifold Key
28% of decks · $1.51
Abstruse Archaic
28% of decks · $2.69
Selective Obliteration
28% of decks · $2.04
Skittering Invasion
28% of decks · $0.59
Wandering Archaic
28% of decks
Matter Reshaper
27% of decks · $0.82
Stonespeaker Crystal
27% of decks · $0.37
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
26% of decks · $7.14
Unwinding Clock
25% of decks · $22.79
Endless One
24% of decks · $1.33
Chimil, the Inner Sun
24% of decks · $7.85
Eldrazi Mimic
23% of decks · $1.27
Scour from Existence
22% of decks · $0.23
Ugin's Mastery
22% of decks · $0.37
Manakin
22% of decks · $0.34
Thought-Knot Seer
22% of decks · $5.36
Foundry Inspector
22% of decks · $0.39
Breaker of Armies
21% of decks · $0.28
Planar Bridge
20% of decks · $3.39
Sculpting Steel
20% of decks · $3.61
Sensei's Divining Top
20% of decks · $39.63
Mind's Eye
20% of decks · $5.61
Cloud Key
20% of decks · $1.44
Sisay's Ring
20% of decks · $0.34
Reality Smasher
19% of decks · $0.66
Akroma's Memorial
19% of decks · $34.65
Devourer of Destiny
18% of decks · $1.17
Voltaic Key
18% of decks · $4.68
Metalworker
17% of decks · $199.69
Doubling Cube
17% of decks · $33.84
Moonsilver Key
17% of decks · $0.94
Spatial Contortion
17% of decks · $0.37
Grim Monolith
17% of decks · $478.02
Portal to Phyrexia
17% of decks · $50.59
Chromatic Orrery
17% of decks · $32.46
The Immortal Sun
17% of decks · $12.85
Liquimetal Torque
16% of decks · $3.02
Sol Talisman
16% of decks · $1.18
Introduction to Annihilation
15% of decks · $0.33
Mox Opal
15% of decks · $236.10
Mirage Mirror
15% of decks · $0.31
Quicksilver Amulet
15% of decks · $3.24
Fellwar Stone
15% of decks
Prismatic Lens
15% of decks · $0.41
Pristine Talisman
15% of decks · $0.40
Rings of Brighthearth
15% of decks · $5.30
Blightsteel Colossus
14% of decks · $38.55
Unstable Obelisk
14% of decks · $0.32
Twins of Discord
14% of decks · $0.40
Helm of Awakening
14% of decks · $3.63
Horizon Stone
13% of decks · $1.15
Introduction to Prophecy
13% of decks · $0.14
Strionic Resonator
13% of decks · $7.50
Helm of the Host
13% of decks · $5.15
Molecule Man
13% of decks · $5.25
Deceiver of Form
12% of decks · $0.46
Jhoira's Familiar
12% of decks · $2.53
Walker of the Wastes
12% of decks · $0.25
Semblance Anvil
12% of decks · $6.26
Ur-Golem's Eye
12% of decks · $2.23
Arcane Signet
12% of decks · $0.49
Wayfarer's Bauble
11% of decks · $5.61
Gruesome Slaughter
11% of decks · $0.29
Environmental Sciences
10% of decks · $0.20
Zuko's Exile
10% of decks · $0.19
Palantír of Orthanc
9% of decks · $19.21
Karn, the Great Creator
9% of decks · $5.21
Eldrazi Monument
9% of decks · $10.65
Lotus Petal
8% of decks
Ring of the Lucii
8% of decks · $0.28
The Ten Rings
8% of decks · $11.45
Skyclave Relic
8% of decks · $1.44
Darksteel Forge
8% of decks · $51.57
Karn Liberated
8% of decks · $3.55
Arc Reactor
8% of decks · $0.70
Mithril Coat
8% of decks · $29.34
Lithoform Engine
7% of decks · $7.30
Staff of Domination
7% of decks · $10.74
The Ozolith
7% of decks · $61.76
Shadowspear
7% of decks · $30.19
Ashnod's Altar
7% of decks · $16.88
Sonic Screwdriver
7% of decks · $3.28
Perilous Vault
6% of decks · $0.34
Gathering Stone
6% of decks · $0.47
Clock of Omens
6% of decks · $3.62
Kaldra Compleat
6% of decks · $10.01
The Aetherspark
6% of decks · $20.17
Defense Grid
6% of decks · $7.18
Nevinyrral's Disk
6% of decks · $1.46
Whispersilk Cloak
6% of decks · $2.22
Excalibur, Sword of Eden
6% of decks · $18.28
Fractured Powerstone
6% of decks · $0.33
The Mightstone and Weakstone
6% of decks · $4.12
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
6% of decks · $19.82
The Irencrag
6% of decks · $0.54
Expanded Anatomy
6% of decks · $0.26
Karn, Scion of Urza
5% of decks · $4.90
Guardian Idol
5% of decks · $0.31
New Cards
Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
34% of decks · $20.33
Omnath, Locus of the Void
22% of decks · $2.66
Hall of Echoes
8% of decks · $2.70
Troop of Ponies
5% of decks · $0.33
The Echoverse Fulcrum
3% of decks · $2.58
Creatures (50)
Conduit of Ruin
66% of decks · $4.43
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
66% of decks · $6.25
Oblivion Sower
63% of decks · $0.70
It That Betrays
63% of decks · $12.93
Artisan of Kozilek
62% of decks · $0.46
Geode Golem
60% of decks · $0.35
Breaker of Creation
58% of decks · $0.31
Endbringer
58% of decks · $0.38
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
56% of decks · $47.24
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
56% of decks · $35.30
Void Winnower
54% of decks · $18.78
Solemn Simulacrum
46% of decks · $0.34
Bane of Bala Ged
46% of decks · $2.49
Kozilek, the Broken Reality
46% of decks · $4.75
Emrakul, the World Anew
45% of decks · $6.46
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
45% of decks · $1.12
Emrakul, the Promised End
44% of decks · $28.94
Sire of Seven Deaths
44% of decks · $18.95
Flayer of Loyalties
42% of decks · $13.50
Pathrazer of Ulamog
41% of decks · $3.09
Spawnbed Protector
39% of decks · $3.16
Roaming Throne
39% of decks · $51.97
Crashing Drawbridge
35% of decks · $1.10
Hedron Crawler
31% of decks · $0.24
Desolation Twin
31% of decks · $0.97
Skittering Cicada
31% of decks · $12.69
Ulamog's Dreadsire
30% of decks · $4.33
Anticausal Vestige
30% of decks · $2.06
Ornithopter of Paradise
29% of decks · $2.23
Burnished Hart
29% of decks · $0.30
Ulamog's Crusher
29% of decks · $0.22
Abstruse Archaic
28% of decks · $2.69
Wandering Archaic
28% of decks
Matter Reshaper
27% of decks · $0.82
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
26% of decks · $7.14
Endless One
24% of decks · $1.33
Eldrazi Mimic
23% of decks · $1.27
Manakin
22% of decks · $0.34
Thought-Knot Seer
22% of decks · $5.36
Foundry Inspector
22% of decks · $0.39
Breaker of Armies
21% of decks · $0.28
Reality Smasher
19% of decks · $0.66
Devourer of Destiny
18% of decks · $1.17
Metalworker
17% of decks · $199.69
Blightsteel Colossus
14% of decks · $38.55
Twins of Discord
14% of decks · $0.40
Molecule Man
13% of decks · $5.25
Deceiver of Form
12% of decks · $0.46
Jhoira's Familiar
12% of decks · $2.53
Walker of the Wastes
12% of decks · $0.25
Instants (9)
Warping Wail
61% of decks · $1.07
Titan's Presence
58% of decks · $0.40
Kozilek's Command
56% of decks · $8.36
Eldritch Immunity
54% of decks · $8.90
Eldrazi Confluence
37% of decks · $14.75
Desecrate Reality
35% of decks · $5.21
Scour from Existence
22% of decks · $0.23
Spatial Contortion
17% of decks · $0.37
Zuko's Exile
10% of decks · $0.19
Sorceries (9)
Rise of the Eldrazi
54% of decks · $26.70
Calamity of the Titans
47% of decks · $4.04
Selective Obliteration
28% of decks · $2.04
Skittering Invasion
28% of decks · $0.59
Introduction to Annihilation
15% of decks · $0.33
Introduction to Prophecy
13% of decks · $0.14
Gruesome Slaughter
11% of decks · $0.29
Environmental Sciences
10% of decks · $0.20
Expanded Anatomy
6% of decks · $0.26
Utility Artifacts (50)
Lightning Greaves
60% of decks · $4.00
Urza's Incubator
60% of decks · $20.18
Mystic Forge
59% of decks · $3.34
Darksteel Monolith
57% of decks · $25.76
Swiftfoot Boots
47% of decks
Expedition Map
37% of decks · $1.44
Idol of False Gods
36% of decks · $0.31
Commander's Plate
33% of decks · $38.74
The One Ring
30% of decks · $116.27
Manifold Key
28% of decks · $1.51
Unwinding Clock
25% of decks · $22.79
Chimil, the Inner Sun
24% of decks · $7.85
Planar Bridge
20% of decks · $3.39
Sculpting Steel
20% of decks · $3.61
Sensei's Divining Top
20% of decks · $39.63
Mind's Eye
20% of decks · $5.61
Cloud Key
20% of decks · $1.44
Akroma's Memorial
19% of decks · $34.65
Voltaic Key
18% of decks · $4.68
Doubling Cube
17% of decks · $33.84
Moonsilver Key
17% of decks · $0.94
Portal to Phyrexia
17% of decks · $50.59
The Immortal Sun
17% of decks · $12.85
Mirage Mirror
15% of decks · $0.31
Quicksilver Amulet
15% of decks · $3.24
Rings of Brighthearth
15% of decks · $5.30
Helm of Awakening
14% of decks · $3.63
Horizon Stone
13% of decks · $1.15
Strionic Resonator
13% of decks · $7.50
Helm of the Host
13% of decks · $5.15
Semblance Anvil
12% of decks · $6.26
Wayfarer's Bauble
11% of decks · $5.61
Palantír of Orthanc
9% of decks · $19.21
Eldrazi Monument
9% of decks · $10.65
The Ten Rings
8% of decks · $11.45
Darksteel Forge
8% of decks · $51.57
Mithril Coat
8% of decks · $29.34
Lithoform Engine
7% of decks · $7.30
Staff of Domination
7% of decks · $10.74
The Ozolith
7% of decks · $61.76
Shadowspear
7% of decks · $30.19
Ashnod's Altar
7% of decks · $16.88
Perilous Vault
6% of decks · $0.34
Gathering Stone
6% of decks · $0.47
Clock of Omens
6% of decks · $3.62
Kaldra Compleat
6% of decks · $10.01
Defense Grid
6% of decks · $7.18
Nevinyrral's Disk
6% of decks · $1.46
Whispersilk Cloak
6% of decks · $2.22
Excalibur, Sword of Eden
6% of decks · $18.28
Mana Artifacts (35)
Sol Ring
95% of decks · $1.38
Thran Dynamo
85% of decks · $4.43
Mind Stone
69% of decks
Hedron Archive
68% of decks · $0.25
Thought Vessel
66% of decks
Worn Powerstone
64% of decks · $0.38
Everflowing Chalice
61% of decks · $0.30
Dreamstone Hedron
55% of decks · $0.34
Basalt Monolith
54% of decks · $5.05
Mana Vault
34% of decks · $116.06
The Eternity Elevator
33% of decks · $3.04
Gilded Lotus
32% of decks · $0.54
Stonespeaker Crystal
27% of decks · $0.37
Sisay's Ring
20% of decks · $0.34
Grim Monolith
17% of decks · $478.02
Chromatic Orrery
17% of decks · $32.46
Liquimetal Torque
16% of decks · $3.02
Sol Talisman
16% of decks · $1.18
Mox Opal
15% of decks · $236.10
Fellwar Stone
15% of decks
Prismatic Lens
15% of decks · $0.41
Pristine Talisman
15% of decks · $0.40
Unstable Obelisk
14% of decks · $0.32
Ur-Golem's Eye
12% of decks · $2.23
Arcane Signet
12% of decks · $0.49
Lotus Petal
8% of decks
Ring of the Lucii
8% of decks · $0.28
Skyclave Relic
8% of decks · $1.44
Arc Reactor
8% of decks · $0.70
Sonic Screwdriver
7% of decks · $3.28
The Aetherspark
6% of decks · $20.17
Fractured Powerstone
6% of decks · $0.33
The Mightstone and Weakstone
6% of decks · $4.12
The Irencrag
6% of decks · $0.54
Guardian Idol
5% of decks · $0.31
Enchantments (2)
Eldrazi Conscription
39% of decks · $1.51
Ugin's Mastery
22% of decks · $0.37
Planeswalkers (6)
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
53% of decks · $40.36
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
40% of decks · $12.23
Karn, the Great Creator
9% of decks · $5.21
Karn Liberated
8% of decks · $3.55
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
6% of decks · $19.82
Karn, Scion of Urza
5% of decks · $4.90
Utility Lands (50)
Eldrazi Temple
85% of decks
Urza's Tower
80% of decks
Urza's Mine
80% of decks
Urza's Power Plant
80% of decks
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
74% of decks
Temple of the False God
64% of decks
Eye of Ugin
61% of decks
Rogue's Passage
60% of decks
Reliquary Tower
59% of decks
War Room
58% of decks
Ugin's Labyrinth
54% of decks
Sanctum of Ugin
51% of decks
Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
49% of decks
Urza's Workshop
45% of decks
Bonders' Enclave
43% of decks
Ancient Tomb
41% of decks
Buried Ruin
38% of decks
Darksteel Citadel
38% of decks
Guildless Commons
37% of decks
Thespian's Stage
36% of decks
Command Beacon
35% of decks
Urza's Saga
35% of decks
Zhalfirin Void
33% of decks
Scavenger Grounds
33% of decks
Inventors' Fair
30% of decks
Deserted Temple
26% of decks
Blast Zone
26% of decks
Mage-Ring Network
22% of decks
Vesuva
21% of decks
Arcane Lighthouse
20% of decks
Crystal Vein
19% of decks
Strip Mine
19% of decks
Homeward Path
18% of decks
Arch of Orazca
18% of decks
Ruins of Oran-Rief
18% of decks
Tyrite Sanctum
18% of decks
Spawning Bed
17% of decks
Radiant Fountain
17% of decks
Scorched Ruins
17% of decks
Wasteland
16% of decks
Geier Reach Sanitarium
16% of decks
Urza's Factory
16% of decks
Karn's Bastion
16% of decks
Sea Gate Wreckage
16% of decks
Mirrorpool
15% of decks
Muraganda Raceway
15% of decks
Arid Archway
13% of decks
Forge of Heroes
11% of decks
Mishra's Workshop
10% of decks
Fomori Vault
9% of decks
Lands (17)
Wastes
84% of decks
Urza's Cave
55% of decks
Cavern of Souls
36% of decks
Planar Nexus
20% of decks
The Mycosynth Gardens
19% of decks
Snow-Covered Wastes
16% of decks
Crystal Grotto
15% of decks
Myriad Landscape
15% of decks
Demolition Field
11% of decks
The Grey Havens
10% of decks
Gemstone Caverns
9% of decks
Ash Barrens
9% of decks
Talon Gates of Madara
9% of decks
Plaza of Heroes
8% of decks
Hidden Grotto
8% of decks
Conduit Pylons
8% of decks
Abstergo Entertainment
7% of decks
Play-rate data via EDHREC. Card images and prices via Scryfall.
Public Decks with Ulamog, the Defiler
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