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Hulk, Bruce Banner

MSC · uncommon · Released 2026-06-26

Power

brawl
tier-2Strong staple
commander
fringeStrong staple

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

modular

fits anywhere

caps

fixed effect

rigid

one mode

narrow

situational

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
aggromidrange
negative:
controlcombostax-prison

Roles

aggressive-creaturemidrange-threattop-end-finisherevasive-threat

Risks

pip-heavyremoval-magnet

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:

anti:

Structural

static-ability

Rationale

A 7/4 trampler for 5 mana is an efficient and threatening clock in limited and casual Commander; it demands immediate removal or it ends games quickly. However, in Commander and Brawl it lacks additional text beyond trample — no ETB, no draw, no protection — so it's a solid beater but not a format-defining threat. The double-red pip cost constrains it to mono-red or heavy-red builds.

Learnings (2)

  • Hulk, Bruce Banner has no activated, triggered, or replacement abilities — just a static trample keyword, making it one of the simpler Legendary Creatures in the Marvel series; its value is entirely in the stat-to-mana ratio.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • At 7/4 trample for 5 mana in red, this compares favorably to vanilla benchmarks in Limited but lacks the resilience or immediate value that Commander staples typically need to justify the slot at higher brackets.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #29,453