Hi,

I want to start a discussion over the deck Hulk Smash. The deck is originally a Vintage deck that used Psychatog and Cunning Wish -> Berserk to finish the game fast. It's impossible to port the deck direct to Legacy. The deck is quite reliant on Mana Drain and uses Merchant Scroll to fetch bombs like Ancestrall Recall, Mana Drain and Gush. But with the possibilty of Cunning Wish --> Berserk you don't need that many spells in your hand/yard to win. Here are the possibilities of dealing 20 damage with a Tog.

(cards in hand excluding Berserk)

0 cards in hand, 20 cards in the graveyard
1 card in hand, 15 cards in the graveyard
2 cards in hand, 12 cards in the graveyard
3 cards in hand, 9 cards in the graveyard
4 cards in hand, 6 cards in the graveyard
5 cards in hand, 3 cards in the graveyard
6 cards in hand, 0 in the graveyard

As you can see, it's quite good possible to get a lethal tog fast. After searching the web and my computer I digged up a few Legacy HulkSmash lists. I compared them, and those cards where in all of them

4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea
3 Island

3 Psychatog

4 Force of Will
2 Fact or Fiction
2 Cunning Wish
4 Brainstorm
3 Counterspell

Sideboard
1 Berserk

I tried quite some different combination, but I found none of them perfect. I would like your thought on the deck. Some questions to start the discussion.

Manabase
1. five fetches or more?
2. How many Tropical Islands?
3. How many basic lands? non blue basics?
4. Acceleration? wich one; Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Ancient Tomb?
5. Utility lands, Wasteland, Mishra's Factory, Cephalid Coliseum?

Kill
1. three or four Tog's?
2. An additional kill?

Control
1. The fourth Counterspell?
2. Other counters like Stifle, Force Spike, Daze or Duress?
3. Pernicious Deed? how many? or Engineered Explosives?
4. Permanent control cards, like Chalice of the Void, Vedalken Shackles or Engineered Plague?

Carddraw and Tutor
1. two Cunning Wish enough? and Fact or Fiction?
2. Accumulated Knowledge any good?
3. Intuition with or without it?
4. Is Merchant Scroll possible? And Deep Analysis?
5. Other draw engines, like Shadowmage Infiltrator or Standstill?

Splashing?
1. Splash red for Fire // Ice and SB Pyroclasm, Flametongue Kavu and REB.
2. Splash white for Swords to Plowshare and SB Serenity.

Well, Discuss!!