Ultima Budget

Format: Commander

Commander: Ultima, Origin of Oblivion

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This colorless deck is helmed by Ultima, Origin of Oblivion, an imposing commander that doubles mana produced by lands tapping for colorless while blighting opposing lands into colorless-only mana sources. The game plan focuses on deploying early artifact ramp (such as Mind Stone, Thought Vessel, and Worn Powerstone) on Turns 2 and 3 to cast Ultima on Turn 4. With Ultima in play, the deck's mana doubles, providing 10+ mana on Turn 5 to cast massive Eldrazi titans including Ulamog's Dreadsire, Pathrazer of Ulamog, and Desolation Twin, or asymmetric board resets like All Is Dust. Inevitability is achieved through crushing Annihilator triggers, overwhelming combat power, and severe land-denial that strips opponents of colored fixing. While vulnerable to early artifact removal and lacking instant-speed stack interaction, the deck leverages redundant mana engines and high-impact colorless threats to overwhelm tables by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 Anticausal Vestige
  • 1 Arch of Orazca
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bane of Bala Ged
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Breaker of Creation
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolation Twin
  • 1 Dreamstone Hedron
  • 1 Echoes of Eternity
  • 1 Eldrazi Confluence
  • 1 Eldrazi Conscription
  • 1 Eldritch Immunity
  • 1 Encroaching Wastes
  • 1 Endbringer
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Gallifrey Council Chamber
  • 1 Geode Golem
  • 1 Glaring Fleshraker
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Gruesome Slaughter
  • 1 Hand of Emrakul
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hedron Crawler
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Horizon Stone
  • 1 Idol of False Gods
  • 1 It That Heralds the End
  • 1 Kozilek's Channeler
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Petrified Hamlet
  • 1 Phyrexian Juggernaut
  • 1 Planar Bridge
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanctum of Ugin
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Selective Obliteration
  • 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
  • 1 Sisay's Ring
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Tower of Fortunes
  • 1 Trading Post
  • 1 Ugin, the Ineffable
  • 1 Ulamog's Crusher
  • 1 Ulamog's Dreadsire
  • 1 Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warden of Geometries
  • 1 Warping Wail
  • 15 Wastes
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void