Ulamog's Despoiler
Creature — Eldrazi Processor
As this creature enters, you may put two cards your opponents own from exile into their owners' graveyards. If you do, this creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #17978
Ulamog's Despoiler enters as a 5/5 for six mana and can become a 7/7 or larger if you've exiled enough cards through ingest — but that condition is the whole problem. Outside a dedicated ingest shell, it almost never triggers, leaving you with an overcosted vanilla creature in a format full of six-drops that demand no setup.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ulamog's Despoiler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, the ingest mechanic requires a critical mass of other Eldrazi processors and ingest creatures to function, and even then the payoff — a slightly larger beater — doesn't justify the slot when true Eldrazi threats like Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger end games outright. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, a six-mana creature with a conditional upside doesn't register in any competitive conversation. Oathbreaker shares Commander's constraints; the card simply doesn't have a home.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Ulamog's Despoiler is deep bulk — the price reflects demand that is essentially zero. Don't expect that to change; the ingest mechanic has never found a competitive foothold, and this is one of its weaker payoffs.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.