Card of the Day: Glassdust Hulk

I've decided to do a post each day that highlights a card that I have either found an interesting use for or just find terribly interesting! After a little deliberation I decided to make the first post about the card featured above: Alara Reborn's Glassdust Hulk. When I first saw the card I noted that if properly abused it has the potential of being extremely powerful and with its cycling ability along with prevalent artifact/graveyard interaction in the current standard it can be an amazing utility card as well!

Strengths:
- 4 Toughness = Doesn't die to most damage-based removal
- 3 Power = When it is unblockable it actually hits pretty hard
- Cycling = Gains card advantage through hybrid cycling ( This also makes it a potential recursion target once it hits the yard)

Weaknesses:
- Dies to Path :P ;)
-Relatively high mana cost (though we will probably never actually pay it)

Ways to Abuse:
- Master Transmuter : Bounce and play artifacts to boost the Hulk and make it unblockable
- Sharuum the Hegemon : Cycle it and then put it into play with Sharuum's ability
-Sanctum Gargoyle : Cycle the Hulk and then return it to your hand to repeat the process. (Even more abusable if coupled with Master Transmuter to bounce the Gargoyle in and out of play)
-Scarecrone: Cycle and then use Scarecrone's ability to put it into play gaining a powerful creature and card advantage for only 5 mana!
-Makeshift Mannequin: Cycle for card advantage and then put the Hulk into play at instant speed!

Overall a very powerful and abusable card that I will enjoy using in my Transmutation deck (see earlier post). I am also excited to see the other ways it can be used and abused that I haven't thought of yet!

(Picture Courtesy of Wizards of the Coast inc.)