[cEDH] - Grist the Hunger tide + Primer (EDH / Commander)

Our basic gameplan requires three steps:

1 Entomb Hulk (usually with the help of Grist/Altar of Dementia)
2 Reanimate Hulk
3 Sacrifice Hulk

Most of games we want to cast Grist, the Hunger Tide on turn 1 or 2, then entomb Hulk turn 2 or 3, and then reanimate/win on turn 3 or 4.

There are a few exceptions for this plan. For example, if you will cheat Hulk into play with Pattern of Rebirth or Natural Order.

Grist is the big star in our deck as it enables so many options to entomb Hulk.
Another great card, that essentially does the same as Grist is Altar of Dementia, helping us to entomb Hulk at the same time it's a sac outlet.

Entomb Effects

Entomb
Unmarked Grave
Buried Alive
Final Parting
Survival of the Fittest (activating it twice)
Grist, the Hunger Tide ability/Altar of Dementia + Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
Grist, the Hunger Tide ability/Altar of Dementia + Cruel Tutor
Grist, the Hunger Tide ability/Altar of Dementia + Imperial Seal
Grist, the Hunger Tide ability/Altar of Dementia + Scheming Symmetry
Grist, the Hunger Tide ability/Altar of Dementia + Sylvan Tutor
Grist, the Hunger Tide ability/Altar of Dementia + Vampiric Tutor
Grist, the Hunger Tide ability/Altar of Dementia + Worldly Tutor

You can also use Cabal Therapy, Lesser Masticore, Body Snatcher, or Collective Brutality to discard Hulk.

Cheating into Play Effects

Without sacrifice effect:

Natural Order + Green Creature
Pattern of Rebirth attached to a creature + Sacrifice Effect
Body Snatcher in play + Sacrifice Effect
Life/Death
Reanimate
Shallow Grave
Animate Dead
Dance of the Dead
Persist

With sacrifice effect:

Apprentice Necromancer
Footsteps of the Goryo
Makeshift Mannequin
Wake the Dead
Necromancy (always cast it in instant speed)

Sacrifice Effects

Unlimited sacrifice effects: These unlimited sacrificing effects are used in the main combos of the deck (Masticore and Ballista), but they can also be used to sacrifice Protean Hulk.

Carrion Feeder
Viscera Seer
Altar of Dementia

Limited sacrifice effects: These limited sacrificing effects are mostly relevant to sacrifice Protean Hulk.

Grist, the Hunger Tide
Cabal Therapy (flashback)
Diabolic Intent
Natural Order
Culling the Weak
Phyrexian Tower
High Market

You can also destroy Hulk with Slaughter Pact or even use your enchantment/permanent removal to destroy an Animate Dead / Dance of the Dead enchanting Hulk.

Combos

Here you find the basic Hulk piles of the deck. You may have to adapt these lines to the board state and where your combo pieces are.
Although unlikely, you may assemble these combos without Protean Hulk.

Line 1: Protection/Assembly Pile

This is usually the first pile that we are going for.
It essentialy puts one of our infinite sac outlets in play, provides a way to protect our combos, and gives us a new Hulk trigger to fetch one of our other combos.
Body Snatcher + Carrion Feeder/Viscera Seer + Sylvan Safekeeper = in response to Snatcher ETB, sacrifice it with Feeder / Seer, returning Hulk to the battlefield.
Sacrifice Hulk with Feeder/Seer to tutor for another combo line.

Line 2: Masticore Combo / Hulk Pile

If possible, use the Protection/Assembly Pile first.
Lesser Masticore + Disciple of the Vault + Carrion Feeder/Viscera Seer + Metallic Mimic naming "Masticore" = sacrifice Masticore with Feeder/Seer, making an opponent lose 1 life with Disciple of the Vault.
Lesser Masticore persist ability will make it to return to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter, however Metallic Mimic will add a +1/+1 counter on it, making both counters to be removed from Lesser Masticore.
Keep sacrificing Lesser Masticore to ping infinitely each of your opponents with Disciple of the Vault.

Line 3: Ballista Combo/Hulk Pile
This combo requires an infinite sac outlet (Carrion Feeder, Viscera Seer, or Altar of Dementia) in play, so most of the time you want to use the Protection/Assembly Pile first.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista + Infinite sac outlet already in play = Mikaeus static ability makes Ballista a 1/1 even without any counters since it is a non-Human.
Sacrifice Ballista with Feeder/Seer, returning it back to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter using Mikaeus’ undying trigger.
Ping one of your opponents for 1. Repeat the process to kill all your opponents.

Maralen Lock/Hulk Pile
Maralen of the Mornsong + Opposition Agent = players cannot draw and, thanks to Oppostion Agent, at each player draw step you tutor for a card from that player's library for yourself.

Other Wincons
Altar of Dementia + Lesser Masticore + Metallic Mimic naming "Masticore" = sac Masticore to mill one of your opponents for 2.
Masticore persist will return it to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter, but Mimic will put a +1/+1 on it, basically removing the -1/-1 counter.
Repeat the process to mill out your opponents’ libraries, be wary of the rare Nexus of Fate player as you cannot mill their libraries.

Altar of Dementia + Lesser Masticore + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed = sac Masticore to mill one of your opponents with Altar of Dementia.
Both Mikaeus’ undying and Masticore’s persist will trigger.
Return Masticore to play with the undying trigger (persist trigger fizzles).
Repeat the process, but this time returning Masticore to play with its persist ability instead (undying trigger fizzles).
Keep sacrificing Masticore to mill out your opponents, always alternating between undying and persist triggers.

Carrion Feeder/Viscera Seer + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Lesser Masticore + Disciple of the Vault = same process as the combo before, but this time pinging your opponents with Discipline of the Vault.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista + Metallic Mimic naming "Construct" = Mikaeus’ static ability makes Ballista a 1/1 even without any counters since it is a non-Human.
Mimic will make Ballista enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter (making it a 2/2). Remove the Ballista counter to ping itself in order to kill it.
Mikaeus undying ability will trigger for Ballista, returning it back to the battlefield with a +1/+1. Metallic Mimic will add an additional +1/+1 to Ballista (which is now a 3/3).
Remove one counter from Ballista to ping one of your opponents and another one targeting itself to kill it. Repeat the process to ping your opponents to death.

Other Synergies
Opposition Agent + Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire/Scheming Symmetry = force an opponent to search their library and steal the card with Opposition Agent.

Tips
You can use Noxious Revival to put a combo piece back in the library before searching the Hulk pile.
Only use Scheming Symmetry when comboing off in the same turn.
Consider reanimating multiple creatures with Wake the Dead when missing a few combo pieces.