edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Ugin, the Ineffable

Ugin, the Ineffable

Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin

Mana cost: {6}

How we read this card

Colorless spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.

static — costs 2 less

Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create a 2/2 colorless Spirit creature token.

activated +1 —

activated +1 — makes a token

When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand.

triggered —

Destroy target permanent that's one or more colors.

activated −3 —

Causes: exile a card, create a Spirit creature token, put a Spirit creature token onto the battlefield, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: a token leaves the battlefield, a creature it makes cheaper to cast, an artifact it makes cheaper to cast, an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, an instant it makes cheaper to cast, a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a battle it makes cheaper to cast.

Works well with

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

Ugin, the Ineffable puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Nezumi Freewheeler // Hideous Fleshwheeler — can bring back
  2. Cache Grab — can bring back
  3. Neyam Shai Murad — can bring back
  4. Seed of Hope — can bring back
  5. Rapid Rescue — can bring back
  6. Wasteful Harvest — can bring back
  7. Wrenn and Realmbreaker — can bring back

120 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

  1. Liability — When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, Liability makes a player lose 1 life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 174 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable:

  1. Prince of Thralls — brings a card back
  2. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  3. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  4. Sarulf, Realm Eater — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

  1. Super Shredder — When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, Super Shredder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

When Ugin, the Ineffable is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  4. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  5. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  6. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  7. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  8. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  9. Tellah, Great Sage — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Ugin, the Ineffable enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Bontu — When God-Eternal Bontu is exiled thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, it returns itself from the graveyard
  3. God-Eternal Kefnet — When God-Eternal Kefnet is exiled thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, it returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Urza's Sylex — When Urza's Sylex is exiled thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, it searches a library
  5. Ilharg, the Raze-Boar — When Ilharg, the Raze-Boar is exiled thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, it returns itself from the graveyard
  6. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, it triggers
  7. God-Eternal Rhonas — When God-Eternal Rhonas is exiled thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, it triggers

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Ugin, the Ineffable makes a Spirit token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

When Ugin, the Ineffable makes a Spirit token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Ugin is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Ugin, the Ineffable, Enduring:

  1. Enduring Innocence — Innocence draws you 1 card
  2. Enduring Courage — Courage gives +2/+0

3,035 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.