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Omnath turns PuPu UFO into an infinite Landfall engine

The new colorless Omnath can bank mana across turns, but its sharper deckbuilding development is a four-card loop that produces infinite Landfall triggers and a deterministic kill.

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Omnath, Locus of the Void reworks Magic's traditionally multicolored Elemental into a colorless Commander that stores unused mana between steps, phases and turns. That makes burst generators such as Thran Dynamo, Scorched Ruins and Forsaken Monument less wasteful, while every landfall trigger adds two more colorless mana to the reserve.

The most consequential new interaction uses PuPu UFO, Voltaic Construct and Cloudstone Curio. With Omnath in play, a land entering generates two mana. That mana pays Voltaic Construct to untap PuPu UFO, while Cloudstone Curio returns another land to hand. Tapping the UFO puts the bounced land back onto the battlefield, recreating the same Landfall trigger and allowing the sequence to repeat.

The base loop produces unlimited Landfall triggers. Its exact output depends on the land package. Crumbling Vestige converts the repetitions into arbitrarily large mana because it adds mana when it enters. Sunscorched Desert turns the same sequence into damage that can end the game immediately. The pieces are individually usable: UFO accelerates lands, Curio supports other enter-the-battlefield loops, and Construct untaps artifact creatures. That reduces the cost of including the combo compared with a collection of otherwise dead cards.

Omnath also supports a fairer plan. Colorless fetch lands such as Fabled Passage become two-mana rituals, especially when Crucible of Worlds replays them. Walking Ballista, Staff of Domination and Kozilek's Command spend stored resources at useful times, while Eldrazi prevent the deck from collapsing when Omnath is removed. A large Omnath can instead win through commander damage with Whispersilk Cloak or through Super State; Grafted Exoskeleton reduces the required combat damage further.

The weaknesses are equally concrete. The infinite line needs four permanents plus repeatable land access, so removal aimed at Omnath, UFO, Construct or Curio breaks it. A colorless identity also narrows interaction and makes the commander expensive to rebuild. The combo is therefore a high-upside route inside a broader mana deck, not a reason to ignore resilience. Reality Fracture's new Omnath nevertheless creates a genuinely new colorless Landfall archetype with both deterministic and conventional finishes.

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