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Protean Hulk
Creature — Beast
When this creature dies, search your library for any number of creature cards with total mana value 6 or less, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
"Meat *and* eggs. We eat!" —Borborygmos
6 / 6
- Set
- Dissension (DIS #90)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 7
- Released
- 2006-05-05
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- EDHREC rank
- #2,525
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
1.23
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 17
Protean Hulk+Carrion Feeder+Pitiless Plunderer+Blood Artist+Gravecrawler+Body Snatcher
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
277 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Protean Hulk+Body Snatcher+Viscera Seer+Murderous Redcap+Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite scry
188 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Varolz, the Scar-Striped+Protean Hulk+Disciple of the Vault+Wingrattle Scarecrow+Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite lifeloss
33 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Grumgully, the Generous+Protean Hulk+Lesser Masticore+Reckless Fireweaver+Arcbound Ravager
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
27 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Protean Hulk+Carrion Feeder+Phyrexian Delver+Body Snatcher+Blood Artist+Saffi Eriksdotter+Renegade Rallier
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
13 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Protean Hulk+Loaming Shaman+Leyline of Singularity+Clone+Phantasmal Image
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
7 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Dakmor Salvage+The Gitrog Monster+Putrid Imp+Thassa's Oracle+Dread Return+Narcomoeba
Infinite self-millNear-infinite self-discard triggersWin the game
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Cephalid Illusionist+Nomads en-Kor+Thassa's Oracle
Infinite self-millWin the game
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Body Snatcher+Laboratory Maniac+Viscera Seer+Hapless Researcher+Hermit Druid+Torch Courier
Win the game
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Ezuri, Claw of Progress+Sage of Hours+Dryad Arbor+Ornithopter+Memnite+Phyrexian Walker
Infinite turnsLock
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+Walking Ballista+Viscera Seer
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Spellseeker+Thassa's Oracle+Blood Pet+Demonic Consultation
Exile your libraryWin the game
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Viscera Seer+Zulaport Cutthroat+Karmic Guide+Felidar Guardian
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifelossInfinite scryInfinite scry 1
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Skill Borrower+Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker+Goblin Recruiter+Torch Courier+Mogg Fanatic
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Cephalid Illusionist+Nomads en-Kor+Narcomoeba+Viscera Seer+Blood Artist+Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifelossInfinite millInfinite self-mill
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Flash+Protean Hulk+Vigean Graftmage+Incubation Druid+Torch Courier
Infinite colored manaInfinite mana lands you control can produce
0 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
All 17 combos.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Banned
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2018-03-16
If a card in your library has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. - 2018-03-16
You can find any number of creature cards, so long as their total mana value is 6 or less. For example, you could find eight creature cards with mana value 0 and three with mana value 2, but you couldn't find two with mana value 4.