As I believe it to be said already on this thread, Sol Ring eats a colored mana to cast, while Mana Crypt is free of charge. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this Hulk wants to "go off" as quickly as possible. Sol Ring, while giving you colorless mana, shuts down your colored land if played first turn instead of the Crypt. And, like all 'Tog variants I've been seeing, Hulk is extremely dependant on colored mana to further its game plan.

John

As usual, great deck and grats on the nice finish. That being said, I like red a lot in Hulk nowadays. It could be my meta, but Rack and Ruin and Artifact Mutation are such great cards I feel they are almost neccessary to run, at least as "oh, crap" wish targets. On the inclusion of Last Word, I love it. It's great for countering game breaking spells with no ifs ands or buts. Last comment, are you confident with only one Deed at your disposal in the maindeck? I normally run two, sometimes three if the meta calls for it. Do you ever find yourself wishing for another mass removal card? In agreement with most other posters here, I would have to say that, at least in Hulk, Sol Ring does not belong.

John

Build doesn't look too bad there. I used to run a B/G Sui build for a while, and it did fairly well in an aggro metagame. Tech idea: go B/G, run Bayous, fetches, Deeds, Spiritmongers, and Forgotten Ancient.  :lol: Seems like a bad idea, but I have seen Ancients get big and they help out huge against aggro. Sui, though normally intended to give control fits, can be a huge bother to an aggro strategy. Good luck with the deck man.

John

As weird as it may seem, Standard Bearer has done really well. Of course, the debate is, do you really need such a sacrificial lamb so to speak? I've always been intrigued by this card in WW, and I'd like to see other's thoughts on it.

John