we need more of this sweet david ho art.
as it is we only have this and blistering barrier
i for one would like to see some david ho art in the new sets.
Posted By:
doolydooly
(12/28/2009 2:04:31 AM)
i pulled this, some crap rare, and a city of brass in a six edition tournament pack. this was in the days of 8th coming around, and i did it just to get the good old cards.
i was happy over the CoB, because it was the best painland during that time, but i pretty much threw rthis card away. i had no idea why it was even printed. now i do :)
1: elvish spirit guide and island to flash protean hulk, search for heart sliver and virulent sliver x4, and swing for the win.
Posted By:
gromgrom777
(7/30/2010 9:04:32 AM)
@willpell
You can't say ETB effects weren't imagined at that point. Wizards works in advanced. While one set is being released, the next is being playtested internally, and another is being designed behind that.
That say, I will agree that they probably didn't see the carnage that was Flash Hulk ahead of time. But turn it around, how could they not see Flash when they made the Hulk? I know they can't be expected to remember every card when they design new ones, but that is what play testers are paid to do, as well as why they have multiple levels in the design process. Aaron even mentioned Flash gave them a problem before so it is by no means out of line to at least consider it might again when designing a similar creature. (ETB/LTB tutor effect tied to a creature)
Posted By:
OmegaSerris
(8/25/2011 11:26:36 PM)
Turn 1: Island
Turn 2: Island
Turn 3: Island, Flash, Storm Crow, win.
Posted By:
Mudbutt_on
(2/27/2010 1:03:21 PM)
Actually, I think there the where 3 popular ways to play this deck.
At first, people used to play it using 0 mana cost artifacts with disiple of the vault. However, this combo needed about 10 cards to work properly and assure a certain concistency within the deck.
Soon after that, people started to use 4 virulent sliver + 1 heart sliver, leaving more space into the deck to put tutors. This is the way I played it about 80% of the time.
At about the same time, people tried another combo using kiki-jiki, karmic guide and carrion feeder, allowing them to create an infinite number of creature. That whas my side deck combo used in 20% of my games.
This deck was dangerous mainly because of is high first/second turn kill probability. However, people figured out a way to improve it again by adding 4 serum powder, allowing them to take mulligans without any drawback...this is at that point my friends decided to stop playing against my flash deck for the rest of the times...
Posted By:
KemTox
(2/10/2010 5:29:19 PM)
Second worse f*cking art in the game, after Word of Command.
Yet one of the most broken cards. That said, there are probably more elegant cave drawings.
Apologies, it just makes me angry D:
Posted By:
axiobeta
(9/14/2011 7:25:07 PM)
At the very least it's a "target creature you control has Flash" spell, possibly for no mana cost.
At best, it's a beast of a card.
Posted By:
Arachnos
(8/21/2012 8:10:50 PM)
Anybody who flashes in a Protean Hulk in my play group would have their opponent (including me) reach across the table and slap them in the face. As so for Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, and ANY moxen.
To quote someone's post I read somewhere on the gatherer (forgot who):
Flash+Protean Hulk? Broken? Yes. Good? Never.
Posted By:
CorkBulb
(8/18/2012 1:02:13 AM)
Turn 1: Mountian, Shock your stupid Storm Crow
Turn 2: Repeat this process until everyone stop talking about Storm Crow.
Turn 3: Wizards grants auto-win to the non-Storm Crow deck owner.
Please stop doing the Storm Crow thing people, it's very very old.
Posted By:
opinionfailure
(6/4/2010 9:28:39 PM)
Flash into Protean Hulk
Promptly use the Hulk to summon six of Kokusho, the Evening Star
Drink tears.
Posted By:
EisselsEnnui
(1/4/2013 10:38:06 PM)