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Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Legendary Creature — Zombie Mutant Advisor
Each other creature you control that's a Zombie or Mutant gets +X/+X, where X is the number of counters on Hancock. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
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“Undying lord that grows with counters, pumps your Zombies and Mutants into the stratosphere.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Aristocrats, Tokens, Counters, Sacrifice
Strategy
Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor is a lord that scales with its own +1/+1 counters, making it a perfect anchor for a Zombie-Mutant hybrid deck. The key is loading Hancock with counters through proliferate effects, +1/+1 counter synergies, and sacrifice outlets—every counter it gains pumps your whole team, turning even mediocre creatures into threats. Undying gives you built-in recursion and a guaranteed counter accumulation path when Hancock dies, so you're actually incentivized to sacrifice it or let it trade.
Your gameplan revolves around building a critical mass of Zombies and Mutants, then using Hancock as a force multiplier. Cards that proliferate (like Doubling Season or Grim Infamy) turn each counter into exponential growth. Sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Zulaport Cutthroat) generate value while triggering Undying, and you can loop this with aristocrat payoffs. Most games you'll win through a wide board of pumped creatures attacking for massive damage, though the life drain package can also chip away at opponents.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive proliferate cards like Doubling Season; instead use Scute Swarm, Rite of Replication, and token generators like Xathrid Necromancer to create a wide board that Hancock pumps directly.
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