[Bonfire]

Tyr are you using cbm? It changes the pretender choices for Ulm drastically and most of the posters in this thread are probably assuming you're using it.

Also I think it's worth mentioning that Ulm has the earth income to forge Black Steel Plate on turn 1 or 2 which lets them use some pretenders that are normally too fragile to use as awake expanders like the Ghost King and Father of Winters.