If that wasn't enough, it also lets you pair it with any background as a second commander, most often Sword Coast Sailor to make it unblockable
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While it's kind of a toned-down version of pervious Ulamogs - ward is not indestructibility and exiling half a library is not the same as exiling 20 cards per attack - it's safe to assume you'll at least hit a four-drop, making the Defiler an 11/11, and giving it annihilator 4
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty sets the bar high for Magic in 2022
Amazing stats for a 5-drop, a good ward ability, and a cool and unique static effect
While we wouldnt have the full block until 2013, Return to Ravnica brought powerful new tools (Abrupt Decay, Sphinxs Revelation, Cyclonic Rift, Rest in Peace, Dreadbore) and one unassuming but eventually problematic megaguildmage/one-mana planeswalker in Deathrite Shaman