Turbo Hulk Reanimator | Budget Varolz [PRIMER]

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Combo Multiplayer Primer Sacrifice

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Creature (29)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Cabal Therapist
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Darkstar Augur
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Lesser Masticore
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Putrid Imp
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Vile Entomber
• 1x Viscera Seer

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Sorcery (21)

• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Dig Up
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Footsteps of the Goryo
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Natural OrderGC
• 1x Nature's Rhythm
• 1x Persist
• 1x Ransack the Lab
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unmarked Grave
• 1x Victimize

Instant (9)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Reincarnation
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Village Rites

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Escape Tunnel
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Pine Barrens
• 1x Shifting Woodland
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Tyvar's Stand

Land (1)

• 1x High Market

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Intro

Varolz, the Scar-Striped is a 15 feet tall, fierce troll warrior of the Golgari Swarm on Ravnica. He has a symbiotic fungus living on him that repairs his wounds, replacing his skin with tough scar tissue which means that the more battles he's in, the tougher he gets.

As a sacrifice outlet in the command zone, Varolz enables this Turbo Hulk Reanimator deck to focus exclusively on getting Protean Hulk on the battlefield.

Budget: $150

Why Combo

• If combat damage is not possible due to blockers or control, there aren't many win conditions available to aggro decks that have reach or can target multiple opponents at once.
• The combat based win conditions that are available like Craterhoof Behemoth, Avenger of Zendikar, and Finale of Devastation can be generic as they are popular answers for any aggro deck. Having a win condition specific to a sacrifice or reanimation style is interesting and more on theme.
• The Protean Hulk combo here is fair in that it requires 4 creatures on the battlefield, making it fragile and open to disruption. For example, exile Melira, Sylvok Outcast or Lesser Masticore and the combo is dead. Graveyard hate also completely shuts off the deck and must be answered to win.

Why play this deck

• You prefer taking advantage of all zones of play, especially the graveyard.
• You enjoy combinations, particularly creature based.
• You like to sacrifice and reanimate creatures.

Why not play this deck

• Your meta is filled with graveyard hate.
• You don't want to win with a combo.
• Hollering "HULK SMASH!" as you windmill slam Protean Hulk onto the battlefield is not your style.

How to win

The Hulk Combo:

1. Sacrifice Protean Hulk to Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, or Varolz, the Scar-Striped and use the Hulk's death trigger to put Melira, Sylvok Outcast + Lesser Masticore + Disciple of the Vault + Viscera Seer into play.

2. Sacrifice Lesser Masticore to Viscera Seer which will trigger Masticore's persist ability, returning it to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter, due to Melira, Sylvok Outcast's ability.

3. Disciple of the Vault will trigger from each Lesser Masticore death dealing 1 damage to an opponent.

4. Repeat steps 2-3 infinitely until all opponents are dealt lethal damage.

Max out the competitive meter

See the non-budget build here.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	4 weeks
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.15
Tokens	Copy Clone, Darkstar Augur 1/1 B