Thanks for all the great posts. I waffled playing something else entirely (Fish, Aggro r/g) simply because the lack of power wouldn't be as detrimental, and 3 proxies would supplement any "budget" build I could come up with.

I'm still waffling - I'm considering playing an aggro r/g deck, or playing GAT. At heart, I've always been an aggro player, and Hulk has been a fun deck to play (proxied, that is).

I have 4 weeks to play around, and some gamers at the shop to test builds against/with. I'm going to try and scope the local meta to see what decks I may be facing, and that may dictate the final deck.

The environment in my area (Mpls, MN) seems to be heavy in Keeper, Workshop/Stax-types, and Dragon - so I don't know which is better, bast*rd Hulk, GAT or RG aggro.....

The other solution is to convince the wife that I need to purchase power...

Derf. Added my decklist above. That would help, I s'pose...

I have 2 drains. I was toying with adding a stronger white component for consistent StP access and Balance, since I play a more control-oriented style, and a lot of the decks in the area are very aggro. Balance maches up well. That also beggars the question of adding Zuran Orb vs. burn and to fill the graveyard....

I've been playing a build of Hulk for some time now, and am going to be playing in some upcoming tournaments.

However....I have NO power. I sold everything a while back to buy a house, under the impression that I was "done" with Magic......heh.

I have duals, Berserk - but no moxen, no lotus, no big blue, no library.

The upcoming tourney allows three proxies.

What are the three most essential OOP cards for Hulk? What cards would you proxy?

For reference, my thought is Timewalk, Ancestral, and Mox Sapphire.

My decklist:
3 Duress
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
3 Cunning Wish
4 Force of Will
2 Intuition
2 Mana Drain
2 Counterspell
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Pernicious Deed
3 Psychatog
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind Twist
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall (proxy)
1 Gush
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk (proxy)


1 Black Lotus (proxy)
1 Mox Emerald (proxy)
1 Mox Jet (proxy)
1 Mox Ruby (proxy)
1 Mox Pearl (proxy)
1 Mox Sapphire (proxy)
1 Mana Crypt
1 Strip Mine
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Tundra
3 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea
2 Island