Comments on: Lou Ferrigno’s Affliction

By: Tim C.

Tim C. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:07:25 +0000

so now wizards posted an article on a Hulk/through the breach combo deck. its right here: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/boab/81

hopefully the price of these cards doesnt increase as a result because i still need to get the cards together. plus now the deck will be more expected…

What are your thought on the decklist in the article in comparison to the decklist posted by wizards?

By: Tim C.

Tim C. — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:46:19 +0000

@ THall. so what would the decklist look like with the landfall creatures as secondary win condition?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:20:58 +0000

Thanks Mr. Hall for the detailed sideboard plan.

By: THall

THall — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:01:21 +0000

The sideboard is really gonna depend on what you expect to face in your meta. I strongly recommend the 4th Magma Jet in the side, and Early Frost for control decks. Other than that, we’ve considered:
Chalice for Elves/Cascade
Echoing Truth for Leylines
Firespout for Elves/Zoo/Boros
Ghost Quarter for Thepths
Remand for Cascade and Control
Blood Moon
Repeal

Also, I think we’ve decided to go with a landfall creature other than Ob Nixilis as our secondary win con…

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:53:49 +0000

I was just wondering if you could share the sideboard used. I want to play this deck this weekend.

Glenn or BigScissors if you could go over a brief board plan used I would appreciate it.

By: Tim C.

Tim C. — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:52:11 +0000

@ Amos- Im thinking of taking a variant of this deck to GP Columbus as well. I live about two hours away =)

By: Johan

Johan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:07:57 +0000

Where are the videos ? :)

By: Amos C.

Amos C. — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:41:54 +0000

I’m a bit skeptical when it comes to new Hulk lists as most never have that “umph” to make the hurdle. This idea actually looks viable. I’ve only fished the deck a handful of times but wondered if they was a safer, slightly more consistent plan to achieve lift-off.

Lately, I can’t get into “ritual effects” after a perilous season and many sessions of playing a storm.dec that soured my grapes. Fishing this deck was tedious but I loved the idea of it and how simple it really was. That said, I still despise the rituals. So I went on a mission to placate my need to not play Seething Song, Rite of Flame, or any of their inbred children.

I’m a true believer in that Brainstorm was made for this deck. I am entertaining bringing this to GP Columbus if it can carry a load. And qualifying isn’t something I really care about anymore, so something fun and original like this makes me sit up straight.

Anyway, my first thought was there had to be some other way than Breach to finagle this card into the battlefield. I saw that some Legacy decks used Footsteps (which never dawned on me even though Jitte is legal :P) to which I ruminated, “this card is legal? why wasn’t it a consideration? Is there something I’m missing?”.

Well…is there a reason why? I would love to hear as the version of this deck I’m mulling over is below. Feel free to bash me. No feelings will be hurt:)

And again thanks to the originators of this deck and thanks to Kelly! You guys rock! :)

So here’s my grafted version of it..

4 PROTEAN HULK
4 FOOTSTEPS OF THE GORYO
4 OONA’S PROWLER
4 HEDRON CRAB
4 THOUGHTSEIZE
4 PONDER
3 SUMMONING PACT
1 EERIE OF PROCESSION
4 SIMIAN SPIRIT GUIDE
2 FUNERAL CHARM
2 SAKURA TRIBE ELDER
4 PEER THROUGH THE DEPTHS

4 MISTY RAINFOREST
3 VERDANT CATACOMBS
4 DRYAD ARBOR
4 WATERY GRAVE
1 OVERGROWN TOMB
1 FOREST
1 SWAMP
2 ISLAND

Funeral Charm is another way to bin the Hulk and kill Bob, Hexmage, a bird/hierarch, and shines versus Barely Brozek. Maybe more should be in here?

I’m unsure if Simian Spirit Guide should stay, become Chrome Mox, or be another utility card (Funeral Charm?).

I’ve got the deck proxied up and hope to try it some test games out. I hope it works. :)

By: Will B.

Will B. — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:20:52 +0000

A durrrrrrrr. Brainfart.

By: PA

PA — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:06:49 +0000

Will, Ricochet trap is the stone nuts against counterspells. You change the target of the counterspell to Ricochet Trap!

Re-reading your own posts FTW!

By: Will B.

Will B. — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:13:13 +0000

Ricochet Trap is terrible against counterspells. You must have another legal target already on the stack. Counterspells can’t target themselves.

Anyway, I was one of the three who played this deck, and it was very fun to pilot. Never keep a loose hand. Mulligan extremely aggressively and anyone who plays it should be fine.

By: h4ck3r

h4ck3r — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:15:04 +0000

i would add maybe 2-3 richochte traps to stop the counter

By: Kelly B Reid - www.quietspeculation.com

Kelly B Reid - www.quietspeculation.com — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:01:34 +0000

YES, precisely. I actually already have them, and am planning to play the deck a bit on MTGO for a goof. I like it a lot, don’t know if its got Tier 1 staying power though.

Basically, I see the deck being POPULAR (which is different than good), and i’d rather risk 4 bucks on a card that has a small chance of doing a 5x in price. It’s a small risk, but the payoff could be massive.

By: Akujin

Akujin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:21:08 +0000

So then in this situation you would get 20+ Through the Breach on MTGO and 3 paper play sets because it costs under .20 and can jump to over a dollor. This is very good stuff I will need to do this more often.

By: Kelly B Reid - www.quietspeculation.com

Kelly B Reid - www.quietspeculation.com — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:18:33 +0000

Depends on the card, and if its MTGO or paper. MTGO I’ll just buy like 20-30, becuase i can move them without any trouble. Paper, I’ll get 2-4 playsets tops.