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Mulligan Guide"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"8. Turn-by-Turn Game Plan"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9. Matchup Guide"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"10. Bracket 3 Swap Package"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"11. Full Decklist"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1. Deck Identity & Philosophy"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"This deck is a big mana Eldrazi cascade engine. The strategy is simple in concept and devastating in execution: ramp hard into the mid game, deploy Zhulodok, then cast one enormous colourless threat after another — each one cascading twice into additional threats at no extra mana cost. Within a single turn cycle, a single large Eldrazi can chain into two more, filling the board with the most oppressive creatures in the game."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The deck is entirely colourless. Every permanent, every spell, every land produces or relies on colourless mana only. This is the deck's primary design constraint and also its greatest strength — no Cyclonic Rift, no Swords to Plowshares, and no Dovin's Veto can stop your threats because there is nothing in the rules restricting colourless permanents from any effect, and your threats are so large that conventional removal struggles to answer them efficiently."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What this deck is: A high-powered, proactive threat deck. You play the biggest spells in the game, chain them together with cascade, and win through sheer card and board advantage."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What this deck is not: A combo deck in the traditional sense. There is no two-card instant win outside of the Forsaken Monument / Grim Monolith infinite mana line (Bracket 4 build only). You win through combat, through Annihilator triggers grinding opponents out of permanents, and through the raw value of repeatedly cascading into free spells."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Urza Tron subtheme: Urza's Mine, Urza's Power Plant, and Urza's Tower together produce seven mana — enough to cast Zhulodok on turn 3 with Sol Ring. Assembling Tron is a consistent game-winning accelerant and several utility lands exist specifically to help find those pieces."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2. Commander Overview"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Zhulodok, Void Gorger "},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"{5}{C} — Legendary Creature — Eldrazi — 7/4 "},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Colourless spells you cast from your hand with mana value 7 or greater have \"Cascade, cascade.\""},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cascade means: when you cast the spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value. You may cast it for free. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order. Zhulodok gives every qualifying spell cascade twice — meaning you cascade once, then cascade again, potentially free-casting two additional cards from your library off a single large spell."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"This is one of the most powerful abilities in Commander. Casting Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger (10 mana) for its cost triggers two cascades, each potentially hitting a 7 or 8 mana Eldrazi and free-casting it. One turn can result in three enormous threats entering the battlefield."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The double cascade chain: Each cascade resolves separately. The first cascade puts a spell on the stack, which resolves before the second cascade triggers. This means the order of events is:"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1. Cast large Eldrazi from hand"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2. First cascade triggers and goes on the stack"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3. First cascade resolves — exile until you find a lesser-cost card, cast it for free"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"4. Second cascade triggers — exile until you find a card cheaper than the first cascade's hit, cast it for free"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"5. Both free spells resolve"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"6. Your original large Eldrazi resolves"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Commander tax note: Zhulodok costs {5}{C} — six mana — and returns to the command zone when it dies. Commander tax applies normally. The Geode Golem can put Zhulodok into play without paying the commander tax at all, making it a critical piece for redeployment."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Colour identity: Colourless. The deck runs zero coloured cards. Every card must be colourless or produce colourless mana. There are no exceptions."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3. The Cascade Engine — How Zhulodok Works"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What Triggers Cascade"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Only colourless spells cast from your hand with mana value 7 or greater. Key constraints:"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Cards cast via Quicksilver Amulet (put onto battlefield, not cast) do not trigger cascade"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Cards cast via Planar Bridge (put onto battlefield) do not trigger cascade"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Cards cast via cascade itself do not trigger cascade again (they are not cast from hand)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Zhulodok must be in play when you cast the qualifying spell — if he leaves the battlefield after you declare the cast, the cascade still resolves"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Cascade Targets by Mana Value"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The cascade ability exiles until it finds a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell that triggered it. This means:"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- A 10-mana spell (Ulamog) cascades into something 9 mana or less"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- A 9-mana spell cascades into something 8 mana or less"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- A 7-mana spell cascades into something 6 mana or less"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The second cascade of a 10-mana spell cascades separately — it finds the same range (less than 10). The two cascades are independent."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Because the deck runs almost exclusively large threats at 7+ mana and medium-cost ramp and interaction at lower values, the cascade hits are usually excellent. A 10-mana Ulamog cascading will likely free-cast an 8 or 9 mana Eldrazi, then cascade that into a 6 or 7 mana piece."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Managing the Cascade Chain"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The deck is carefully constructed to avoid awkward cascade hits. The ramp package sits mostly at 2 to 5 mana. The threats sit at 7 to 15 mana. There is limited in the 5 to 6 mana range, which means cascading off a 7-mana spell (hitting something up to 6 mana) often lands on a high-value ramp piece or a medium Eldrazi rather than a dead card."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cascade cannot be countered on individual cards. The cascade trigger resolves before the original spell. If an opponent counters the cascade-triggered free spell, the original spell is already on the stack and still resolves. To stop the full chain, opponents must counter both the cascade trigger and the original spell separately."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"4. Key Rules Interactions"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Annihilator"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Many Eldrazi in this deck have Annihilator — a triggered ability that fires whenever the Eldrazi attacks. The defending player must sacrifice a number of permanents equal to the Annihilator value before blockers are declared. This means permanents are gone before combat damage is dealt."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Annihilator X triggers on the declaration of attack, not on dealing damage"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- The defending player chooses what to sacrifice — but must sacrifice that many permanents regardless"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Multiple Annihilator creatures attacking the same player stack the sacrifices"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Against a 40-life opponent with 10 permanents, a single Ulamog attack (Annihilator 4) destroys 40% of their board before a single blocker is declared."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Forsaken Monument + Grim Monolith (Bracket 4 only)"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Forsaken Monument gives all colourless permanent mana abilities +{C}. Grim Monolith taps for {C}{C}{C} and untaps for {4}. With Forsaken Monument in play, Monolith taps for {C}{C}{C}{C} and still untaps for {4} — netting one additional mana per cycle. This generates infinite colourless mana with any untap enabler or by simply tapping and untapping repeatedly with the enhanced output. This loop is why Grim Monolith is replaced in the Bracket 3 swap."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Echoes of Eternity"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Echoes of Eternity doubles every triggered ability of your colourless permanents. This means:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Annihilator triggers happen twice — forcing 2X sacrifices per attack"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Cascade triggers from Zhulodok's ability are doubled — four cascades instead of two per qualifying spell"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Kozilek's draw trigger doubles — draw 14 cards instead of 7"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- The One Ring's protection and draw triggers both double"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"This is one of the most powerful cards in the deck and a priority removal target for opponents."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Roaming Throne (Bracket 4 only)"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Named Eldrazi, Roaming Throne copies every Eldrazi triggered ability. This doubles Annihilator before Echoes of Eternity is factored in — a creature with Annihilator 4 with Throne in play forces 8 sacrifices per attack. With Echoes of Eternity as well, that is 16 sacrifices per Annihilator 4 attack — enough to strip any board completely in a single combat."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eldrazi Confluence"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"A three-mana instant with three modes, each usable once or multiple times:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Create a 10/10 colourless Eldrazi token"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Colourless creatures you control gain protection from coloured spells until end of turn"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The third mode is particularly powerful — it protects your entire board from Wrath of God, Toxic Deluge, Swords to Plowshares, and any other coloured removal or wrath effect until end of turn. At instant speed this can be deployed in response to a board wipe."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wandering Archaic"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"A 4/4 that gives opponents a choice whenever they cast an instant or sorcery: pay {2} or you may copy that spell and choose new targets. In a four-player game, opponents are constantly casting spells. This either taxes them {2} per spell (enormous over a game) or gives you free copies of their counterspells, draw spells, and removal, aimed at whatever you need."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"5. Card-by-Card Breakdown"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ramp Package"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The deck needs to produce large amounts of colourless mana quickly. The ramp package is the most important category and deliberately front-loaded with two-to-three drop accelerants."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sol Ring — One mana producing two colourless. The cornerstone of any Commander deck and doubly valuable here since every mana produced is colourless and therefore always usable. Deploy on turn 1 always."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mana Vault (Bracket 4) — One mana producing three colourless. Takes damage at your upkeep if untapped. Does not untap for free. The explosive early-game potential of producing three mana on turn 1 alongside Sol Ring is why it makes this deck too fast for Bracket 3."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Grim Monolith (Bracket 4) — Two mana producing three colourless. Does not untap normally. Untaps for {4}. Enables the Forsaken Monument infinite loop. Replaced in Bracket 3."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Basalt Monolith — Three mana producing three colourless. Does not untap normally. Untaps for {3}, breaking even on mana. Valuable for enabling Unwinding Clock untap and for large one-turn mana production."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thran Dynamo — Four mana producing three colourless. Simple, reliable ramp. One of the best three-mana-producing rocks in the format."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gilded Lotus — Five mana producing three of any colour — in this deck effectively three colourless. The curve cost is high but the output is significant in the mid game."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Urza's Incubator — Three mana. Name Eldrazi. All Eldrazi creatures cost two less to cast. With Zhulodok costing {5}{C}, this reduces his cost to {3}{C}. Most Eldrazi in the deck drop by two mana, dramatically compressing the curve."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Forsaken Monument — Five mana legendary artifact. All colourless permanents gain +2/+2. Each colourless permanent's mana abilities produce one additional {C}. In a deck of nothing but colourless permanents, this is a global mana doubling effect on all mana sources. Every land, every rock, every creature that taps for mana produces one extra colourless. Transforms a board of mana rocks into an overwhelming mana engine."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Everflowing Chalice — Zero mana to cast with Multikicker. Pay any number of {2} to add that many charge counters. Taps for one colourless per counter. Cast for six mana to get a three-mana rock. Scales into the game."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Semblance Anvil — Three mana. Imprint a nonland card. Spells that share a type with the imprinted card cost two less. Imprint an Eldrazi creature card — all Eldrazi creatures cost two less. Second cost reducer in the deck, stacking with Urza's Incubator."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Foundry Inspector — Three mana 3/2. Artifact spells you cast cost one less. Reduces every mana rock in the deck by one. With multiple rocks this pays for itself in the same turn it enters."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Herald's Horn — Three mana. Choose a creature type — choose Eldrazi. Eldrazi spells cost one less. Each turn's first Eldrazi spell may draw you a card by revealing the top card. Third cost reducer and passive card draw in one."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ornithopter of Paradise — Zero mana 0/2 flying. Tap for one mana of any colour — in this deck one colourless. A free mana accelerant that contributes to Forsaken Monument's body count and enables Eldrazi Confluence math."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Palladium Myr — Three mana 2/2. Taps for two colourless. Reliable mid-range mana production on a creature body."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Solemn Simulacrum — Four mana 2/2. Fetch a basic land (Wastes) on ETB and draw a card when it dies. Ramp and card draw. Also fetchable with Conduit of Ruin."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Stonespeaker Crystal — Three mana. Taps for two colourless. Can pay for its own activation to exile a graveyard — grave hate built into a ramp piece."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thought Vessel — Two mana. Taps for one colourless. Removes maximum hand size. With Kozilek drawing 7 or more cards in a turn, no maximum hand size becomes relevant immediately."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ur-Golem's Eye — Four mana. Taps for two colourless. Standard reliable colourless production."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Quicksilver Amulet — Four mana to deploy, then four mana to activate at instant speed putting any creature from your hand onto the battlefield. Cheats large Eldrazi into play at flash speed outside of your main phase. Note: bypasses Zhulodok's cascade requirement."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Geode Golem — Five mana 5/3 trample. When it deals combat damage to a player, you may cast your commander without paying its mana cost. The only way in the deck to deploy Zhulodok for free — critical when commander tax has accumulated."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Darksteel Monolith (Bracket 4) — Nine mana indestructible artifact. Taps for seven colourless. Allows casting Zhulodok or any 7-mana Eldrazi every turn cycle from a single artifact. Replaced in Bracket 3 for enabling continuous free casting of large threats."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Unwinding Clock — Four mana. Untap all artifacts during each other player's untap step. With multiple mana rocks in play, this effectively multiplies your mana production by four in a four-player game. Every opponent's untap step untaps Basalt Monolith, Thran Dynamo, Grim Monolith, Gilded Lotus simultaneously."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ugin, the Ineffable — Six mana planeswalker. Colourless spells cost two less to cast. Creates 2/2 colourless Spirit tokens. Removes permanents with counters or tokens by exiling them. Third passive cost reducer and additional board presence."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Draw Package"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Card advantage is the deck's secondary concern after ramp. The Eldrazi themselves generate much of the draw."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kozilek, Butcher of Truth — Ten mana 12/12. Draw four cards on cast. Annihilator 4. When it is put into a graveyard, shuffle your graveyard into your library. The draw-on-cast trigger fires before Kozilek resolves, refilling your hand immediately. Cascades into two additional spells via Zhulodok."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kozilek, the Great Distortion — Ten mana 12/12. Draw cards until you have 7 in hand on cast. Menace. Discard cards to counter spells of equal mana value — giving a colourless deck genuine counterspell capability. The second Kozilek serving as a hand refill and interactive tool. Cascades into two additional spells via Zhulodok."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The One Ring — Four mana artifact. Protection from everything until your next turn when it enters. Draw a card per burden counter at your upkeep; gain a burden counter at end of turn. At the cost of life, it draws a card every single turn. Pairs explosively with Echoes of Eternity — both the protection and the draw double."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Endbringer — Six mana 5/5. Untaps during each untap step (including opponents'). Tap to deal one damage to any target, tap to prevent blocking, tap to make target player draw a card (you can target yourself). With Unwinding Clock, untaps on every player's turn — potentially tapping four times per round for four damage, four draws, or any combination."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mystic Forge — Four mana. Look at the top card of your library at any time. Cast colourless spells from the top of your library. In a deck of nothing but colourless cards, this effectively extends your hand to include the top card at all times — and with Sensei's Divining Top you can arrange what sits on top."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sensei's Divining Top — One mana. Tap to look at top three cards and rearrange. Tap to draw a card and put Top on top of your library. Works with Mystic Forge to cast the top card and then draw Top back, maintaining card selection every turn. Critical library manipulation piece."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Removal Package"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"All Is Dust — Seven mana. Each player sacrifices all coloured permanents. In a colourless deck this is entirely one-sided — your board is untouched and opponents lose everything except their colourless cards (which virtually none of them have). The closest thing in the format to a one-sided wrath for a colourless deck."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ugin, the Spirit Dragon — Eight mana planeswalker. +2 deals eight damage split among creatures and planeswalkers with colour identities. -X exiles all permanents with mana value X or less that are not colourless. -10 grants emblems for unlimited resources. The -X mode is your primary removal tool — at -6 you exile every permanent with mana value 6 or less that is not yours. Hitting for -7 or -8 clears virtually every permanent opponents control except their largest threats."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger — Ten mana 10/10. When cast (not when it enters — on cast), exile two target permanents. Indestructible. Annihilator 4. The cast trigger cannot be countered by removing Ulamog in response — he exiles two permanents before he even enters the battlefield. This is the deck's most efficient hard removal on a creature."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"It That Betrays (Bracket 4) — Twelve mana 11/11. Whenever an opponent sacrifices a nontoken permanent, you gain control of it. With Annihilator forcing sacrifices, every permanent stripped by Annihilator triggers comes under your control. Replaced in Bracket 3."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Portal to Phyrexia (Bracket 4) — Nine mana artifact. When it enters, each opponent sacrifices three creatures. At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control. On entry this kills up to nine creatures across three opponents, then steals one creature per turn from graveyards. Replaced in Bracket 3."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Flayer of Loyalties — Fifteen mana 15/15. Trample. When it enters, gain control of target creature, give it trample, and it loses all abilities. This is a hard steal — the stolen creature has its abilities stripped so it cannot respond, counter, or trigger. One of the most powerful ETB effects in the game."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Massacre Wurm's Eldrazi equivalent — Calamity of the Titans is a colourless board wipe sorcery that destroys all creatures with the lesser of your largest creature's power or toughness. In a deck of 10/10+ threats, this frequently destroys everything with power or toughness 7 or less — cleaning up weenie and midrange boards while leaving your Eldrazi intact."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Desecrate Reality — Seven mana sorcery. Exile target nonland permanent for each opponent you have. In a four-player game, exile three nonland permanents of your choice. At instant speed with flash enablers this is triple targeted removal for seven mana."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gruesome Slaughter — Six mana sorcery. Until end of turn, colourless creatures you control have \"Tap: this creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature.\" A colourless board-wide fight effect — tap your Eldrazi to kill any creature on the board without attacking."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bane of Bala Ged — Seven mana 7/5. Annihilator 2 variant — whenever it attacks, defending player exiles two permanents. Exiles rather than sacrifices — gets around indestructibility, regeneration, and recursion."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Breaker of Armies — Ten mana 10/8. All creatures able to block must block Breaker of Armies. Forces every available blocker onto one creature, leaving all your other Eldrazi swinging freely into a defender-less opponent."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thought-Knot Seer — Four mana 4/4. When it enters, look at target opponent's hand and exile a nonland card. When it leaves, that player draws a card. The best hand disruption available in colourless. Hits combo pieces, key removal, or whatever poses the greatest threat. The draw-on-leave is a minor downside at this power level."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Void Winnower (Bracket 4) — Nine mana 11/9. Opponents cannot cast spells with even converted mana costs. Opponents cannot block with creatures with even converted mana costs. This eliminates roughly half of all spells from opponents' hands — no 2-drops, no 4-drops, no 6-drops, no 8-drops, no Cyclonic Rift, no Swords to Plowshares. The most oppressive rule-setter in the deck and why it exits in Bracket 3."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rise of the Eldrazi — Eight mana sorcery. Put Eldrazi onto the battlefield — effectively a hard-cast large Eldrazi from your library without paying its cost. A value play that generates tempo."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Spatial Contortion — Three mana instant. Target creature gets +3/-3. Kills most utility creatures in the format instantly. The cheapest targeted interaction available in colourless."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Warping Wail — Two mana instant with three modes: exile target small creature, counter target sorcery, or create a 1/1 colourless Eldrazi Scion. The sorcery counter mode is the most valuable — counters Demonic Tutor, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Cyclonic Rift (overloaded), and board wipes."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Null Elemental Blast — Two mana instant. Counter target coloured spell or destroy target coloured permanent. One of the very few counterspells available in a colourless deck. Hits 99% of threats because nearly everything opponents cast is coloured."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Scour from Existence — Seven mana instant. Exile any target permanent. Unconditional exile at instant speed. The seven mana cost is steep but it answers anything — enchantments, indestructible creatures, planeswalkers at ultimate, problematic lands."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Titan's Presence — Three mana instant. Reveal a colourless creature from your hand — exile target creature if its power is less than or equal to the revealed creature's power. With 10/10+ Eldrazi in hand, this exiles nearly any threat in the game for three mana."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ulamog's Crusher — Eight mana 8/8. Annihilator 2. Must attack each turn if able. Simple, aggressive Annihilator body."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tutors"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Conduit of Ruin — Six mana 5/5. When it enters, search your library for a colourless creature card with mana value 7 or greater and put it on top. The first colourless creature spell you cast each turn costs two less. A tutor on an Eldrazi body that also reduces the cost of whatever it finds. Most commonly tutors for Emrakul, Ulamog, or Kozilek and then sits as a cost reducer."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Planar Bridge — Six mana artifact. Pay eight mana, tap to put any permanent from your library directly onto the battlefield. The strongest tutor in the deck — finds any card at instant speed with Unwinding Clock. Note: permanents enter without being cast, so Zhulodok's cascade does not trigger."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Protection Package"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Lightning Greaves — Two mana equipment. Equip for zero mana. Equipped creature has shroud and haste. Deploy on Zhulodok immediately upon casting — shroud prevents targeting and haste allows him to attack and use Geode Golem damage in the same turn."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Swiftfoot Boots — Two mana equipment. Equip for one mana. Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. Hexproof rather than shroud — you can still target the equipped creature with your own spells. Second copy of the haste and protection package."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter — Three mana 2/2 artifact creature with flash. Gives all your colourless spells flash while it is in play. Being able to cast Eldrazi at instant speed is significant — opponent passes turn, you cast Ulamog in their end step, cascade twice, generate two free spells, and untap with a full board and full mana."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Reality Smasher — Five mana 5/5 trample haste. Discards a card when targeted. Applying this to any attempt to remove or counter Reality Smasher, forcing opponents to discard a card every time they try to interact with it. Immediate haste means it attacks on the same turn it enters."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Not of This World — Seven mana instant. Counter target spell or ability that targets a colourless permanent you control. Zero mana if you control a colourless creature with power 7 or greater. In a deck of large Eldrazi, this is effectively a free counterspell. Counters removal, theft effects, and exile targeting your key permanents."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Geode Golem — See Ramp section. Bypasses commander tax entirely, making it a protection piece as much as a ramp piece."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Finisher"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Emrakul, the Promised End — Thirteen mana legendary Eldrazi. When cast, take control of target opponent for one full turn — you untap their lands, you make all their decisions, you attack with their creatures, you cast their spells. Flying, trample, protection from instants. The cascade into Emrakul is the dream line — a 10-mana Ulamog cascades into Emrakul for free, giving you an entire extra turn with an opponent's deck and the most powerful creature in the game simultaneously."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Synergy Pieces"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Echoes of Eternity — Five mana enchantment. If a triggered ability of a colourless permanent you control triggers, it triggers an additional time. Doubles every Annihilator trigger, every cascade trigger from Zhulodok, every draw trigger from Kozilek, every damage trigger from Endbringer. The highest-ceiling card in the deck at Bracket 4."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eldrazi Confluence — Three mana instant with three selectable modes. Protection from coloured spells at instant speed is its most important function — deployed in response to board wipes or targeted removal to save your entire board."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands — Four mana 4/4. Gives opponents a tax on every instant and sorcery they cast or lets you copy it. A passive value engine that generates card advantage or mana disadvantage for opponents every turn."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Desolation Twin — Ten mana 10/10. When cast, create a 10/10 colourless Eldrazi token. One cast produces two 10/10 bodies — and cascades twice via Zhulodok, potentially adding two more large spells to the chain."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ulamog's Despoiler — Six mana 4/4. Gains a counter for each Eldrazi Scion or spawn that died under your control this turn. Grows into an enormous threat as token creatures are sacrificed for mana or die in combat."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Arch of Orazca — Land. Pay five, tap, draw a card. Requires the city's blessing (10 permanents) to activate. In the mid to late game with a board of artifacts and Eldrazi this is reliable card draw from a land slot."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sanctum of Ugin — Land. Pay seven and sacrifice to search for a colourless creature with mana value 7+. Triggers whenever you cast a colourless spell with mana value 7+. Provides free tutoring every time you cast a large Eldrazi — find the next one, chain the cascade."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"6. Win Conditions"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Primary — Annihilator Combat"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The most common win in this deck. Multiple Eldrazi with Annihilator swinging at opponents each turn strips 3 to 8 permanents per player per attack. Within two or three turns, opponents have no lands, no creatures, and no way to generate mana or interact. They either concede or die to combat damage from creatures they cannot block effectively."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Echoes of Eternity makes this twice as fast — Annihilator 4 with Echoes forces 8 sacrifices per attack instead of 4."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Secondary — Cascade Chain Overwhelm"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast Ulamog or another 10+ mana Eldrazi from hand with Zhulodok active. Cascade twice into two more large Eldrazi. Each of those may further cascade (if they have their own cascade or trigger Zhulodok's again). A single turn can produce 30+ power of Eldrazi across four or five creatures. Even without Annihilator, a 30-power board swinging for 30 trample damage ends games in one combat."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tertiary — Infinite Mana Combo (Bracket 4 only)"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Forsaken Monument + Grim Monolith generates infinite colourless mana. With infinite mana: cast any Eldrazi from hand repeatedly, activate Planar Bridge infinitely to put your entire library onto the battlefield, draw your deck with Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tertiary — Emrakul Mind Control"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast Emrakul, the Promised End via cascade (a 10-mana spell cascades into the 13-mana Emrakul for free — note Emrakul can only be cascaded into, not cascaded off of, as cascade requires the free spell to have lesser mana value than the trigger). Take control of target opponent for their next turn. Untap their lands. Cast their most powerful spells. Attack with their creatures into their own allies. Sacrifice their key permanents. One Emrakul activation often eliminates a player from the game by turning their own resources against them."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"7. Mulligan Guide"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Keep if you have: At least two land-equivalent mana sources (lands or mana rocks), and a clear path to casting Zhulodok by turn 4 or 5."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Always keep: Tron hands (Urza's Mine + Power Plant + Tower = 7 mana on turn 3). Sol Ring + two lands + any rock. Hands with Urza's Incubator or Semblance Anvil reducing the curve significantly."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Always mulligan: Hands with zero or one mana source. Hands with five or more lands and no ramp or threats. Hands with only large Eldrazi and insufficient mana to cast anything for three or more turns."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Priority cards in opening hand:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Sol Ring (always)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Two of the three Tron lands"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Urza's Incubator or Semblance Anvil (dramatic cost reduction)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Sensei's Divining Top (enables Mystic Forge and smooths every draw step)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Conduit of Ruin (tutor + cost reducer in one)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- The One Ring (draw engine that comes online quickly)"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"On six cards: Keep any hand with two mana sources and one way to accelerate or one threat. On five, keep almost any two-source hand."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tron mulligan philosophy: A seven-card hand with two Tron pieces and one ramp spell is a strong keep — Conduit of Ruin, Expedition Map (Bracket 3), or Zhalfirin Void can find the third piece."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"8. Turn-by-Turn Game Plan"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turns 1–3: Accelerate Hard"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Every opening play should be a mana source. Sol Ring on turn 1. Mana Vault if available. Any rock that enters untapped. The goal is to produce 6+ mana by turn 3 or 4."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"If you have two Tron pieces and any way to find the third — Sanctum of Ugin sacrificing after a cast, Zhalfirin Void scrying, Conduit of Ruin searching — prioritise completing Tron over any other play."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Deploy Urza's Incubator or Semblance Anvil early if drawn. These pay for themselves the moment you cast a single Eldrazi."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turn 4–5: Deploy Zhulodok"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"With six mana available, cast Zhulodok. Immediately equip Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots if in hand. If Geode Golem dealt damage earlier this game, use the triggered ability to bring Zhulodok into play for free instead."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"If you cannot cast Zhulodok yet, continue developing mana. Use Quicksilver Amulet to drop large Eldrazi at instant speed if needed — though you miss the cascade."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turn 5+: Begin the Cascade Chain"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"With Zhulodok in play, cast the first large Eldrazi from your hand. Cascade twice. Resolve the cascade chain carefully — the first cascade spell resolves and may itself generate further ETBs (Kozilek draws, Ulamog exiles, Thought-Knot Seer disrupts) before the second cascade resolves."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Each large Eldrazi cast should:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1. Trigger Zhulodok's double cascade"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2. Generate its own powerful ETB or cast trigger"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3. 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Cast remaining large Eldrazi from hand — each cascades into two more free spells. Swing for lethal through a depopulated board."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9. Matchup Guide"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"vs. Fast Combo (Storm, Underworld Breach, Food Chain)"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Strategy: Your interaction suite is limited. Warping Wail counters sorceries — it hits Breach, Gitaxian Probe, Ad Nauseam, and Demonic Tutor. Null Elemental Blast counters any coloured spell — drop it on a key piece in the combo chain. Thought-Knot Seer is your best proactive disruption, removing the key piece from hand before it can be deployed."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The reality is that this deck is not a great counter-combo deck — you are not a control deck. Your best plan is to be faster. A turn-3 Tron into turn-4 Zhulodok into turn-5 Ulamog cascade chain is faster than most combo decks expect. Applying Annihilator pressure before they can assemble their pieces is often the best path to victory."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Hold Scour from Existence to exile a key combo piece on the battlefield at instant speed. Hold Eldrazi Confluence's protection mode to make your permanents immune to coloured interaction if they try to remove Zhulodok at a critical moment."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"vs. Stax and Prison Decks"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Strategy: This is one of your more challenging matchups. Stax pieces like Trinisphere (all spells cost 3) and Sphere of Resistance (all spells cost one more) significantly slow your ramp and Eldrazi deployment. However, you have several advantages:"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Your threats are so large that the cost increase is proportionally small (making a 10-mana spell cost 11 or 13 is less impactful than taxing a 1-mana spell)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- All Is Dust is one of the few answers to most stax pieces — sacrificing coloured permanents including stax artifacts"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Not of This World protects Zhulodok from targeted removal for free"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"- Ugin, the Spirit Dragon's -X exiles permanents by mana value, hitting most stax pieces"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Prioritise finding and protecting Zhulodok. A single Zhulodok attack turn with Annihilator creatures strips stax pieces from the board."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"vs. Creature-Based Strategies (Tribal, Tokens, Voltron)"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Strategy: Your best matchup. Calamity of the Titans wipes creature boards while leaving your Eldrazi untouched. Gruesome Slaughter taps your creatures to fight theirs without combat. Massacre equivalents from the cascade chain clean up wide boards."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Annihilator is particularly brutal against token strategies — sacrificing ten tokens to one Annihilator 10 attack (Zhulodok + Roaming Throne) is devastating but predictable. Against token decks, target their artifact mana sources and creature-producing enchantments before targeting the tokens themselves — removing the engine is more valuable than clearing the board."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"vs. Other Big Mana Decks"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Strategy: Mirror matchups (other Eldrazi, Golos big mana, Ramp decks) come down to who lands the first large threat. Zhulodok's double cascade gives you the best value per mana spent of any big mana commander in the format."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kozilek, the Great Distortion's discard-to-counter ability is your primary interactive tool in this matchup — discard a card matching the mana value of their key spell. Keep Kozilek in your hand or ensure you can cast him to establish this counterspell package."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"vs. Control Decks"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Strategy: Your threats are largely uncounterable due to timing — cascade resolves before the original spell, meaning countering the original spell after cascade has fired does nothing to prevent the free spells from resolving. Not of This World counters targeting for free. Null Elemental Blast counters their counter spells."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The key is forcing them to tap out. Cast Zhulodok when they are tapped down. Follow immediately with a large Eldrazi on the same turn if possible (Quicksilver Amulet at instant speed helps here). Once the cascade chain fires, countering individual pieces leaves too many threats on the board to answer."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"10. Bracket 3 Swap Package"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The following 10 swaps shift the deck from Bracket 4 to Bracket 3 by removing the most oppressive fast-mana and lock pieces while preserving the Eldrazi cascade identity entirely. The deck remains a powerful threat but becomes more interactive and appropriate for casual high-powered tables."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Out (Bracket 4)\tIn (Bracket 3)\tReason"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ancient Tomb\tGeier Reach Sanitarium\tRemoves explosive fast mana; Sanitarium provides loot filtering during stalled games"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Eye of Ugin\tMirrorpool\tRemoves uncounterable late-game tutor engine; Mirrorpool gives a fun copy effect or extra threat"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Urza's Saga\tWastes\tRemoves hyper-consistent Sol Ring / Mana Vault tutor; maintains land count with a basic"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mana Vault\tExpedition Map\tRemoves oppressive turn-1 fast mana; Map tutors for a specific utility land fairly"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Grim Monolith\tSisay's Ring\tRemoves the Forsaken Monument infinite combo piece; Ring is fair mid-range ramp"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Void Winnower\tBreaker of Creation\tRemoves the oppressive rule-lock; Breaker is a hexproof threat that rewards the Eldrazi theme"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Roaming Throne\tGlaring Fleshraker\tRemoves Annihilator doubling that forces scoops; Fleshraker creates Spawn tokens and pings"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Portal to Phyrexia\tSelective Obliteration\tRemoves permanent creature theft engine; Obliteration is a fair board wipe letting opponents save a colour"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Darksteel Monolith\tEldrazi Monument\tRemoves repeated free 7+ casting each turn; Monument protects a wide token board at the cost of an upkeep sacrifice"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"It That Betrays\tIt That Heralds the End\tRemoves game-ending Annihilator theft synergy; Heralds reduces costs as a team lord"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What remains the same: Zhulodok's cascade engine, the Tron package, all major Eldrazi threats including Emrakul and Ulamog, Echoes of Eternity, all protection pieces, all draw pieces, and the core ramp suite. The Bracket 3 version plays the same game plan at a slightly lower ceiling and without the most oppressive lock and fast-mana pieces."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bracket assessment after swaps: No Game Changers remain in the primary list after these swaps (Forsaken Monument's infinite loop is broken without Grim Monolith; Ancient Tomb and Mana Vault are removed). The deck sits comfortably at the top of Bracket 3."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⸻"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"11. 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