Heliod Hulk (Heli Hulk)

Commander / EDH* Combo Competitive GWUB

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Instant (32)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flash
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Silence
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library

Land (29)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain

Artifact (5)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Commanders (2)

Creature (19)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Veteran Armorer
• 1x Walking Ballista

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Nature's Claim

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Timetwister

Land (1)

• 1x Ancient Tomb

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Artifact (1)

• 1x Isochron Scepter

Creature (3)

• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Nearheath Pilgrim
• 1x Soul Warden

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Heliod Hulk is a compact hulk deck that is capable of instant speed wins along with offering a list that remains interactive throughout the game. Having Tymna and Thrasios as commanders come with the usual benefits of the dynamic duo, such as incremental card draw and placing us in one of the best 4 color combinations in Commander. This deck attempts to use the "Heliod, Sun-Crowned" and "Walking Ballista" combo to win with infinite ping damage.

The deck was developed a couple days after Heliod, Sun-Crowned was spoiled to create a potential hulk line out of the interaction with Walking Ballista . The benefits to this hulk line is that it is quite compact and slot efficient. This allows us to really just jam in more goodness into the deck. Since both combo pieces are "creatures" and "artifacts/enchantments" they are easy to tutor for. However, both pieces are also more susceptible to different hate pieces. Compared to other existing hulk piles, Heliod Hulk is also more mana intensive requiring to go off at instant speed.

Disclaimer: The inception of this deck was prior to the spoiler of Thassa's Oracle and will need to be updated accordingly.

Win Condition

Heliod Hulk Pile

The Heliod Hulk Pile

Pile consists of: Heliod, Sun-Crowned (THB) Walking Ballista (AER) Soul's Attendant (ROE) Veteran Armorer (RAV)

The pile requires to go off at instant speed.

1. Veteran Armorer will keep Walking Ballista alive at 0/1.
2. Soul's Attendant will trigger 3 times giving us 3 distinct 1 life gain.
3. In turn this will trigger Heliod, Sun-Crowned ability to place 3x +1/+1 counters on Walking Ballista .
4. Pay to activate Heliod, Sun-Crowned to give Walking Ballista lifelink.
5. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Walking Ballista to deal 1 damage lifelink to an opponent and gain 1 life.
6. Life gain will trigger Heliod, Sun-Crowned and give Walking Ballista a new +1/+1 counter

Infinite Mana

Infinite Mana

Freed from the Real + Bloom Tender or Faeburrow Elder can generate infinite mana. With Thrasios, Triton Hero on the board we can then draw the deck and play Walking Ballista for .

Card Discussion

• Faeburrow Elder : This card was added in to help with the intensive cost of the Flash Hulk pile. In addition, Faeburrow Elder is a win con with Freed from the Real effects generating infinite mana. Lastly, this card is a great beater for Tymna triggers.

• Swords to Plowshares : Great creature removal. Much needed against hate bears such as Collector Ouphe and Hushbringer . This card can also be used for simple life gain by exiling our own creatures, or even gaining life to trigger Heliod, Sun-Crowned .

• Force of Vigor : This artifact/enchantment removal hits a majority of the stax pieces that affect us. Great for instant speed removal for when we want to go off.

• Enlightened Tutor : This tutor hits 3 of our combo pieces Heliod, Sun-Crowned , Walking Ballista , and Freed from the Real .

Weakness

1. Universal Hulk Hate: Grafdigger's Cage shuts down creatures being fetched by Protean Hulk 's death trigger. Leyline of the Void and Rest in Peace completely shuts down Protean Hulk 's death trigger as creatures are exiled instead of dying normally. That is why this list runs Force of Vigor .

2. Activated Creature Ability Hate: The combo is also weak to Cursed Totem and Linvala, Keeper of Silence effects as these cards shuts down both Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista .

3. Creature "Enter The Battlefield" Hate: Cards like Torpor Orb and Hushbringer shuts down the Soul's Attendant triggers in the hulk pile.

4. Activated Artifact Ability Hate: Cards like Null Rod , Stony Silence , and Collector Ouphe shuts down Walking Ballista . This is why in addition to the typical Golgari instant removals Assassin's Trophy and Abrupt Decay this list runs Swords to Plowshares .

Maybe Board

This deck still needs more testing, but these are some cards that may make the deck more resilient.

Alternative win conditions:

• Pemmin's Aura is an alternative or redundancy for Freed from the Real to generate infinite mana.

• Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter + mana worth of Mana Rocks/Dorks generating infinite mana can also perform similar win conditions as option 1.

• Copy Artifact and/or Timetwister for infinite cast wins after achieving infinite mana

• Angel's Grace combos with Ad Nauseam to draw the whole deck. Also now with the added benefit of shutting down Thassa's Oracle

• Soul Warden is another card with identical ability as Soul's Attendant .

• Nearheath Pilgrim can be added into the hulk pile if one of the pieces is already on board. Having this card in the pile targeting Walking Ballista saves us the extra needed to activate Heliod, Sun-Crowned .

Protection

• Grand Abolisher Protects our plays on our turn

• Nature's Claim Good removal for potential hate pieces at instant speed

• Narset's Reversal Can still get a copy of Flash if the original copy is countered with Dovin's Veto or a massive storm of Flusterstorm . This is also a great way to steal an opponent's tutor spell.

Value

• Smothering Tithe This can generate a lot of mana which is perfect for our mana intensive Hulk Pile.

• Ancient Tomb Considered for helping with ramp and to help with the mana cost of the Hulk Pile.

Credits

The base shell of the deck is referenced from Sleepy and Shaper's CST and Pongo's Sacred Hulk .

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.62
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 C