Here’s how to play the Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Commander Deck in Magic: The Gathering!

Unlike Kotis' in-world counterpart, his card is about playing spells from your opponents' libraries.

You want to deal large amounts of damage to cast multiple spells for free.

MTG Kotis, the Fangkeeper art with the card in front of it.

This gives Kotis extra abilities and bigger stats to make the most from its effect.

Kotis will need big stats to ensure you cast everything that it exiles.

Otherwise, you’ll quickly be taken out of the game due to low damage and low battlefield presence.

MTG Ulamog the Ceaseless Hunger art with the card next to it.

Youwant to make Kotis unblockable to guarantee it connects for damage.

Normally, Inquisitor’s Flail is a pretty awful card.

However, in Kotis, it’s amazing.

MTG Villainous Wealth card with the art in the background.

Dealing double damagegives youdouble the amount of cards to possibly cast from Kotis.

Once it’s on the battlefield,Kotis will get a massive +10/+0boost to his power.

It willdouble your Kotis triggers, giving you even more spells to castandmaking your opponents' libraries even smaller.

MTG Kotis, the Fangkeeper card with the art in the background.

For the most part,you don’t need to spend mana on muchonce Equipment is on the battlefield.

There’s a handful of different Auras, but the best of them is Well Rested.

It’ll also grow stats, making Kotis' effect that much more damaging.

MTG Inquisitor’s Flail card with the art in the background.

It may be better to remove whatever is provided that ability to double-check Well Rested triggers.

Well Rested can quickly pump Kotis to very high stats.

With two activations, you’re free to almost guarantee being able to cast anything.

MTG Excalibur, Sword of Eden card with the art in the background.

AKotis deck is very unique because no game is the same.

As such, youmay wind up with unique battlefieldsof cards you’ve never even heard of.

You want to adapt to whatever spells you have access to, making the most of what’s exiled.

MTG Felix Five-Boots card with the art in the background.

Theprimary win condition of the deck is winning through combat.

Thebiggest downside to the deck is its heavy reliance on Kotis.

Youwant to target opponents that can go wide first.

MTG Well Rested card with the art in the background.

Infect your opponents with a Skithiryx, The Blight Dragon Commander deck.

Krenko kicks in a door, shiv in hand. Behind him, several key cards line up like a mob.

MTG Scale Up card with the art in the background.

MTG Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon art with the card next to it.

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