EDH Optimizer
Professor Hulk
Legendary Creature — Gamma Scientist Hero · 4UU
Color identity: Blue
Professor Hulk is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
Whenever Professor Hulk deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards.
Reference price of the card: €0.69
Comes in the precon Avengers Assemble
Average lands in decks for Professor Hulk: 35
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Build your Professor Hulk deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Professor Hulk 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Professor Hulk deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B+ (74/100)
- Consistency79
- Speed66
- Interaction100
- Resilience91
- Closing63
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (9 nonbasic, 26 Island)
Sol Ring · Thought Vessel · Nerd Rage · Swiftfoot Boots · Arcane Signet · Counterspell · Wizard Class · Empyrial Plate · Laboratory Maniac · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Psychosis Crawler · Sapphire Medallion · Chasm Skulker · Arcane Denial · Genji Glove · Pongify · Iron Man, Armored Avenger · Ominous Seas · Lyla, Holographic Assistant · Rapid Hybridization · Basilisk Collar · High Tide · Decanter of Endless Water · Stark's Ingenuity · Twenty-Toed Toad · Slip Out the Back · Aqueous Form · Body of Knowledge · Commander's Plate · Propaganda · Shore Up · Thran Dynamo · Silver Myr · Mind Stone · Aetherize · Magic Damper · Negate · Octopus Form · Swan Song · Teferi's Ageless Insight · Hand of Vecna · Bender's Waterskin · Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory · Fireshrieker · Fellwar Stone · Wayfarer's Bauble · Jace, Wielder of Mysteries · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Ornithopter of Paradise · Sword of Feast and Famine · Vnwxt, Verbose Host · Baxter, Fly in the Ointment · Reality Shift · Sky Diamond · Snap · Mithril Coat · Starwinder · Stubborn Denial · Lightning Greaves · Artful Dodge · Brainstorm · Mana Drain · Silent Arbiter · Solemn Simulacrum · Reliquary Tower · Rogue's Passage · Mystic Sanctuary · Myriad Landscape · Terrain Generator · Otawara, Soaring City · Witch's Clinic · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Urza's Saga
🃏 Recommended cards for Professor Hulk
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Professor Hulk, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Nerd Rage | 87% | +84% |
| Empyrial Plate | 76% | +74% |
| Genji Glove | 66% | +65% |
| Iron Man, Armored Avenger | 63% | +61% |
| Wizard Class | 77% | +60% |
| Basilisk Collar | 60% | +59% |
| Lyla, Holographic Assistant | 61% | +58% |
| Swiftfoot Boots | 83% | +56% |
| Laboratory Maniac | 75% | +55% |
| Psychosis Crawler | 70% | +54% |
| Stark's Ingenuity | 55% | +54% |
| Chasm Skulker | 68% | +54% |
| Ominous Seas | 62% | +51% |
| Twenty-Toed Toad | 55% | +48% |
| Rogue's Passage | 63% | +47% |
| Commander's Plate | 51% | +47% |
| Slip Out the Back | 53% | +45% |
| Aqueous Form | 51% | +45% |
| Shore Up | 51% | +45% |
| Body of Knowledge | 51% | +44% |
| Decanter of Endless Water | 56% | +43% |
| Magic Damper | 46% | +42% |
| Hand of Vecna | 42% | +41% |
| Octopus Form | 44% | +40% |
💰 The best cards for your Professor Hulk deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Nerd Rage
- Empyrial Plate
- Iron Man, Armored Avenger
- Wizard Class
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Laboratory Maniac
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Genji Glove
- Basilisk Collar
- Lyla, Holographic Assistant
- Stark's Ingenuity
- Twenty-Toed Toad
- Slip Out the Back
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Professor Hulk
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital → Infinite mill for target opponent
- High Tide + Archaeomancer + Snap → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Professor Hulk's color identity?
Professor Hulk is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Professor Hulk come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Professor Hulk deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 93 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 14 % of the time and floods 12 %. Deck health: B+ (74/100).
How many lands should a Professor Hulk deck run?
Real Professor Hulk decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Professor Hulk?
The three highest-synergy cards are Nerd Rage, Empyrial Plate, Genji Glove. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Professor Hulk decks.
What combos does Professor Hulk have?
Professor Hulk has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Professor Hulk deck cost?
You can start cheap: Nerd Rage, Empyrial Plate, Iron Man, Armored Avenger are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.