Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
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.)
How it works : Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A creature that's both a Zombie and a Mutant will get +X/+X only once from Hancock's first ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Viscera Seer + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Hancock
- 5When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 6Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Resolve the Viscera Seer ability from step 4.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#2
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Ashnod's Altar + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Hancock
- 4When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 5Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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#3
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Umbral Collar Zealot + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 4Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Hancock
- 5When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 6Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability from step 4.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#4
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Carrion Feeder + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Hancock
- 5When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 6Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability from step 4.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#5
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Bartolomé del Presidio + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
- 4Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Hancock
- 5When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 6Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability from step 4.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#6
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phyrexian Altar + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Hancock
- 4When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 5Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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#7
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Altar of Dementia + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite mill
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- 4Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Hancock
- 5When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 6Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 4.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#8
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Blasting Station + Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Hancock
- 2When Hancock dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3When Hancock enters, Blasting Station triggers, untapping Blasting Station.
- 4Resolve the Blasting Station ability from step 1.
- 5Activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Hancock
- 6When Hancock dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 7Hancock enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness. Its undying ability and Blasting Station trigger.
- 8Resolve the undying trigger, returning Hancock from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
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Legal formats
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