In A Flash: How One Player Bested Magic's Most Ridiculous Tournament

Flash Hulk is a combo that strikes fear into the hearts of Magic players everywhere. Banned or restricted is just about every format it was playable in including Legacy, Vintage, Commander and cEDH this instant speed two card combo could threaten to win as early as turn two and in some versions of the build could even win in your OPPONENTS upkeep when pushed to its limit. This is the story of the event that started it all and when young MTG pro Steve Sadin is given an offer he can't refuse to play in a Legacy event despite never having seen the deck before he just jams one of the most broken decks in the format's existence as the format has been sent into upheaval only a few weeks prior. Grand Prixs are a beautiful slice of Magic history that for the most part have not been captured by time nearly as much as we would like. This is an attempt to piece together one of the most incredible two day Magic events that ever happened that will never happen again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to support my content efforts more directly I just launched both a Patreon and a Kofi. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HungryOnPlane Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/hungryonplane Come connect over at my Discord - https://discord.gg/5aJaknbsAN Follow me on Moxfield! - https://www.moxfield.com/users/Pastrytime All other links - https://linktr.ee/TheRealPastrytime For business inquiries please shoot a message to [email protected] Credits: - My initial research got the power level errata timelines a little wrong and the VO was recorded so long ago that it felt not worth re-recording for a few minor changes. This article by Christopher Coppola from SCG was a great resource in understanding just how on earth this GP came to be: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/unlocking-legacy-a-history-of-the-flash-fiasco/ Also apologies for the differences in VO audio for this video, it was written and recorded when I was away and stayed locked as I edited the video up until release. Next video should have my usual audio setup. - Footage used from TheMagicShow with courtesy, you can check out Evan's Channel here: youtube.com/@TheMagicShow - Legacy gameplay footage used with permission from @BoshNRoll. Check out his daily eternal Magic offerings here: https://www.youtube.com/@BoshNRoll - Footage of NorthernLion playing in GP Portland is both real and used with permission from @katelovelymomo. Peep her YT channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@katelovelymomo - This video features the songs, 'Title', 'Ambience', 'The Void' and 'Breaking Through' from the game 'Orb of Creation', used with permission. Thanks Marple for being awesome. You can check out Orb of Creation here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1910680/Orb_of_Creation/ - Magic coverage footage used is presumably owned by the WOTC and the PlayMTG channels. Everything was used with the intention of being both transformative and additive while sharing the great stories of competitive Magic. Credit is attributed as best I can.