The Eldrazi super-ramp deck is the best way to cast huge Eldrazi in play for massive beats and huge effects. This Heartless Summoning build isn't as swarmy as the Processor /X decks, but it gets way bigger and has more streamlined draws with the inclusion of Conduit of Ruin.

This list was adapted from Jacob Baugh's deck, which took 50th place at SCG Charlotte.

"The Eldrazi hunger without limit and consume without pause."

-Oblivion Sower

The Lands

1x Cavern of Souls. This utility land not only produces straight-up colorless mana to cast our Oath of the Gatewatch cards that require colorless, but can also make our creatures uncounterable since this is a tribal deck.
4x Eldrazi Temple. This is our second-best Eldrazi enabler, going a long way to casting our big guys. It's almost always going to tap for 2 mana, so even though our creatures cost so much, this land's acceleration shouldn't be taken lightly.
4x Eye of Ugin. 4 copies might seem a little much for a Legendary Land, but we want to see one every game. Eye is probably the best land in the deck, since it reduces the cost of Eldrazi by just by existing on the battlefield, and it has a very relevant tutor ability tacked on. While it doesn't tap for mana at first, when you throw this down next to an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, you essentially have a Mishra's Workshop for Eldrazi. And that's absolutely huge; Workshop is only legal in Vintage for a reason!
4x Ghost Quarter. Easy land disruption and colorless mana means GQ is very useful for the deck. Can get rid of bothersome lands like Tron lands and the Nexus lands and can fufill the OotG Eldrazi colorless requirements.
1x Mortuary Mire. A land with a great ability when it enters the battlefield. Just another silver bullet value land that that unfortunately enters the battlefield tapped.
1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse. Just a strictly better Swamp with an ability that lets Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger and Kozilek, the Great Distortion attack through clogged boardstates. Since it's Legendary and we don't particularly need it, only one's included.
5x Swamp. Basic land of choice since the deck's mono-black. Well technically I guess it's colorless with a black splash, but still. Lets us cast important things like Heartless Summoning, Inquisition of Kozilek, and removal.
1x Underground River. A utility land that produces colorless mana without a downside and black mana when necessary for a small cost. Gets better post sideboard when it can activate Spellskite's ability for one less life. Not a necessary inclusion, but a useful one.
4x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. Like Eye of Ugin, we run 4 because we'd like to see it every game, and it's not terrible in multiples (though certainly not ideal). This card allows us to make Eye of Ugin a Mishra's Workshop, and allows us to cast our black spells without fear of being Swamp-screwed. Just remember your opponent's lands become Swamps as well!

"Each Eldrazi ancient spawned a lineage of horrors in unfathomable shapes."

-Dread Drone

The Creatures

4x Conduit of Ruin. This creature is just pure card advantage. If we cast it, we get an Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger or Kozilek, the Great Distortion for us to draw next turn. If it survives to our main phase, that Titan now costs 8 mana. It's like Heartless Summonings 4-8 without the drawback! A 5/5 body we can play turn 3 certainly isn't bad at all either.
1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion. Honestly, the best thing about this card is the draw ability. This really shouldn't be tutored for until at least one Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger has hit the field and our hand is running on empty. Then casting Newzilek will let us draw 5-7 cards and, if he sticks, can let us protect our everything with his last ability. The fact that Newzilek will probably be drawing us at least 5 cards the majority of the time we cast him makes him better inherently better than Kozilek, Butcher of Truth.
4x Oblivion Sower. This card is arguably the best creature in the deck. Arguments can be made for Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger or Conduit of Ruin, but Oblivion Sower has an absolutely huge body for a pretty small cost and an excellent ability on being cast. Taking our opponent's lands is huge since it gives us more to further our own ramp plan. Even if we get nothing but Scalding Tarns, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth makes that work for us. Did I mention its huge body? This guy has the ability to block Tarmogoyf, Tasigur, the Golden Fang, Gurmag Angler, Siege Rhino, Blight Herder , and other Oblivion Sower all day- even with a Heartless Summoning out!
3x Reality Smasher. This is one aggressive card. We're able to drop it turn 3 and immediately start swinging for 5 that turn. Plus for targeted removal, it requires a 2-for-1 to get rid of it, which is great value. Even with Heartless Summoning out, it's a 4/4 that can deal decent damage and is out of Lightning Bolt range. With Heartless Summoning in play, you can even drop 2 of these suckers on turn 3!
4x Thought-Knot Seer. This is a nice creature who can be dropped as early as turn 2, no Heartless Summoning required, and essentially Thoughtseize your opponent with a 4/4 body. It's leave-the-battlefield ability isn't so great and when Heartless Summoning is on the field, it's the only creature in the deck who can die to Lightning Bolt, but once it's entered the battlefield its main purpose has been solved.
3x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger. Unlike Eye of Ugin and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, this card isn't a 4-of. Even though we'll want it in almost every game, Conduit of Ruin (and Eye of Ugin, but a Conduit tutor is much more common) finds it easily and Kozilek, the Great Distortion gets his 1-of by running 3 Newlamogs. Newlamog is what the deck wants to build up to finish the game as quick as possible. It is possible to land him on turn 4, but no matter when he comes down you're immediately up and your opponent's priority is to get rid of him ASAP (unless they're in a position to win in the next couple turns). Get rid of him somehow. Path to Exile, discard, Cryptic Command, and counterspells are their only options. And no matter how they try to remove him, you still get to exile 2 permanents! Value. Even with an army of chump blockers, Newlamog's triggered ability will end the game in 3 attacks. If we land him, there's a good chance we're going to win.

"The barest taste of Eldrazi power shatters both realms and identities."

-Eldrazi Conscription

The Spells

1x Dismember. Utility removal that can get rid of some of the format's biggest threats. Castable for 1 mana if needed, though with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth paying its full cost isn't unviable.
1x Doom Blade. This card isn't completely dead against Affinity and Tron, which makes it a useful inclusion since those are popular decks. While it may be lacking in other matchups, Doom Blade will still remove a lot of threatening creatures.
3x Expedition Map. Lets us find our necessary lands whenever or can find one of our silver bullet lands. Very useful to include, but not necessary to play.
2x Go for the Throat. If Affinity and Tron didn't exist, this card might just be the best removal spell in the format. Unfortunately, they do, so it becomes dead weight in those games. But in other matchups, it gets around Spellskite and kills pretty much every other threat, making it very good.
4x Heartless Summoning. The main reason to go black . There's one ability we care very much about, and one that we really don't. It doesn't matter if our 10/10s and 12/12 become 9/9s and an 11/11, especially if we're able to power them out on turn 4. And Oblivion Sower still has a big blocking butt. But it's the other ability of Heartless Summoning that makes it amazing in the deck. Making everything cost less is very relevant when they all cost colorless mana! The best thing is, the deck doesn't need to play this card to win, though it certainly helps.
4x Inquisition of Kozilek. The second reason to play black. Inquisition is best discard spell in Modern, according to its price. Certainly less painful than Thoughtseize and gets most of the necessary cards in the format. Great and necessary to protect ourselves against other decks' hate.
1x Slaughter Pact . It's like a Doom Blade loan- something we can use when we have nothing else, then repay its cost down the road- with a bit of interest. Regardless, it's still a nice silver bullet to have and catch our opponent off-guard.

"The Eldrazi make worse than ruins- they make a world where not even ruins stand."

-Maw of Kozilek

The Sideboard

1x All Is Dust. With Eye of Ugin, this costs practically the same as Damnation for a much more devastating boardwipe that leaves your board intact.
2x Cranial Extraction . Good sideboard tech for things we'd have a hard time dealing with, such as Collected Company, Karn Liberated, Oblivion Stone, etc.
2x Disfigure. Good cheap removal against the likes of RDW/Burn, Affinity, and Infect.
1x Drown in Sorrow. Cheap boardwipe against aggro decks like the above. The scry 2 is more relevant for this deck than the exile on Flaying Tendrils.
1x Night of Souls' Betrayal. Good tech against slower decks that like to outvalue you with small things, like /x Processor Eldrazi and Junk/Abzan.
1x Pithing Needle. Stopping certain activated abilities is crucial when they're the likes of Aether Vial, Oblivion Stone, and Cranial Plating.
1x Slaughter Pact . Extra pact to bring in when quickly destroying those nonblack creatures is absolutely necessary.
2x Spellskite. The card in everyone's sideboard because it helps against so many decks. 'Skite, saving us from those Bolts circa 2011.
2x Vampiric Link. A way to gain life back quickly. Slap it onto one of your huge beaters or on an opponent's creature to stop it from attacking.
2x Warping Wail . This card has 3 very relevant modes to choose from. There are a lot of relevant creatures with power or toughness of 1 in the format, countering a difficult sorcery might just win you the game, and pumping out a chump blocker at instant speed is gravy.

"The threat of the Eldrazi presented a simple choice: lay down your weapons and die for nothing, or hold them fast and die for something."

-Time of Heroes

Card Discussion

Obviously please let me know what you think of the deck! Things you like, things you dislike, and suggestions for improvement!

Now for things I think could warrant discussion about the deck:

With 4x each of Inquisition of Kozilek and Thought-Knot Seer, we have more discard available than most Abzan/Junk and Jund lists. How much is too much? Or does this feel about right? Especially since it'll be semi-rare that Thought-Knot Seer will actually cost 4 mana.
Reality Smasher is pretty good, but also feels really dumb at times. Does it (the feeling or the card) seem weird to anyone but me?
I really like Endbringer, though it's not as aggressive as Reality Smasher. If the hypothetical consensus on Reality Smasher is that it should be cut, should Endbringer be its replacement?
And of course, sideboard is still in the works (especially with Twin just now being banned) and any help would really be appreciated. Be prepared to potentially debate with me though.
"No matter how big your champion, theirs is bigger. No matter how great your numbers, theirs are greater. No matter how voracious your appetite, they are hungrier. That is why the Eldrazi will win."
-Eldrazi Devastator

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Crucible of Worlds

maybe

Top Ranked	Achieved #20 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 22 - 7 Rares 18 - 2 Uncommons 2 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.09
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C
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"The gods known to the merfolk as Ula, Emeria, and Cosi were nothing more than false memories of a monstrous trinity: the Eldrazi titans Ulamog, Emrakul, and Kozilek."

-Shrine of the Forsaken Gods

"The Eldrazi hunger without limit and consume without pause."