Scaled Hulk
Creature — Spirit
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29472
Scaled Hulk is a massive body for its cost — a 6/5 with reach that enters for as little as three mana in a deck that's already casting big spells. The ceiling is real, but it's entirely parasitic: without a high-CMC density to fuel the cost reduction, it's just an overcosted vanilla creature.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scaled Hulk earns a slot in high-CMC decks — Atraxa, Praetors' Voice, Jodah, Archmage Eternal, or any shell that routinely casts five-plus-mana spells — where it becomes a legitimate three-mana 6/5 with reach by midgame. Outside that niche, it's too conditional to justify the slot. In Pauper, the common card pool rarely supports the density of expensive spells needed to make Scaled Hulk efficiently costed, so it mostly sits unplayed. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the formats move too fast for a creature that requires setup to be reasonably priced.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Scaled Hulk is deep bulk — pick it up freely from any trade binder or dollar box. There's no price pressure here; supply is high and demand is narrow enough that this number isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.