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Ukkima, Stalking Shadow

Ukkima, Stalking Shadow

Legendary Creature — Whale Wolf

Ukkima wants a deck that deals damage straight to its opponents. It comes with a built-in partner, Cazur, Ruthless Stalker, and the two can lead one deck together.

  • Mana cost1 genericblueblack
  • Blue, Black ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 2
  • RarityMythic

Partner with Cazur, Ruthless Stalker (When this creature enters, target player may put Cazur into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)

Ukkima can't be blocked.

When Ukkima leaves the battlefield, it deals X damage to target player and you gain X life, where X is its power.

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Cards That Fit Ukkima, Stalking Shadow

Picked for what they do in Ukkima's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Ukkima's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Ukkima, Stalking Shadow

explain how Ukkima works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 17 Apr 2020

If the target player is an illegal target by the time Ukkima's last ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve. You won't gain any life.

Wizards of the Coast 17 Apr 2020

If your life total is brought to 0 or less at the same time that Ukkima is dealt lethal damage, you lose the game before the last ability goes on the stack.

Wizards of the Coast 17 Apr 2020

Use Ukkima's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage it deals and how much life you gain. If that number is negative, it deals no damage and you gain no life.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Ukkima, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUBPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, B for black. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.BurnBurn decks win by dealing damage straight to opponents with spells and abilities, rather than by attacking with creatures. Damage that hits every opponent at once counts three times over at a four-player table.Open the Burn pageBurnDeals damage directly, to creatures or to players. Because it can hit a player as easily as a creature, the same card can remove a blocker or finish off an opponent. Lightning Bolt, Blasphemous ActOpen the Burn pageLife GainGains you life, once or over and over. Soul Warden, The Great Henge. In Commander life is something to spend, not just a cushion, and many of these cards also set off others that reward gaining life.Open the Life Gain pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion page