Hulk, Gamma Goliath

Hulk is a 5-mana 6/5 reach+trample legend with a global cost-reduction for power-up abilities on other creatures (making them 3 cheaper) and his own one-time power-up that slaps 5 +1/+1 counters on himself. He's a premier counters-voltron / plus-one-counters payoff and a fine aggressive midrange threat, but his power-up is a once-per-game effect and the cost reduction only helps in a power-up-dense build (Marvel set synergy). His own power-up costs {6RG} reduced to free if he entered this turn, making it a serious immediate finisher in the right setup.

• Hulk's cost-reduction static ability only benefits power-up abilities on OTHER creatures you control — his own power-up is not reduced by it; his self-reduction is the separate mech-power-up rule (reduce by MV if he entered this turn).

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• The power-up cost reduction of {3} is extremely context-dependent — it is nearly dead value outside of Marvel-set-heavy builds or Commander decks deliberately stacking multiple power-up creatures.

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• At 5 mana, Hulk's power-up can be activated for free the same turn he enters (6RG = 8 mana, minus his MV of 5 = {3RG}, then minus {3} from himself = effectively {R}{G} — but the self-reduction only applies if he entered this turn, not the board-wide reduction).

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• EDHREC rank: #27,290