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Hungry Hungry Hippo

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Pygmy Hippo

{G}{U}

Creature — Hippo

Visions

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Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have defending player activate a mana ability of each land they control and lose all unspent mana. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn and at the beginning of your next main phase this turn, you add an amount of {C} equal to the amount of mana that player lost this way.

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Date Posted: Tue Dec/17/13 at 10:40 am

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

The Cloak can be anything to make the hippo unblockable. Get the hippo and cauldron out, and get the hippo past the defenders. Its ability triggers and forces your opponent to tap all of their lands for mana. Which in turn causes the storm cauldron to bounce all of their lands to their hand.
Keep the hippo on the offensive, and your opponent shouldn't get more than two lands out ever again.
Date Posted: Tue Dec/17/13 at 11:49am

Pal-of-Lim-Dul
Posts: 1148
Joined: 24-May-10

Fun combo plus great combo title equals good post :)
Date Posted: Tue Dec/17/13 at 8:23pm

Boyachi
Posts: 1553
Joined: 02-Nov-11

Good use of the hippo. Richard Garfield would be proud.
Date Posted: Wed Dec/18/13 at 1:55am

Chewy
Posts: 841
Joined: 18-Jan-13

Very nifty combo you've got here. Seems fun
Date Posted: Wed Dec/18/13 at 2:35pm

Hppz102
Posts: 52
Joined: 05-May-13

couldn't they just tap their lands in response to the hippo?
Date Posted: Wed Dec/18/13 at 5:21pm

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

Yes they could, and the result would be the same, the Storm Cauldron would bounce the land back to their hand. They might get an instant off, but once the hippo triggers, they are back to square one for lands.
Date Posted: Wed Dec/18/13 at 6:35pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

Why does warped devotion pop into mind when I am seeing this