Arcane Encyclopedia

Gyrus, Waker of Corpses

Gyrus enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of mana spent to cast it.
Whenever Gyrus attacks, you may exile target creature card with lesser power from your graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that card and that's tapped and attacking. Exile the token at end of combat.

Swamp

Thallid

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature.
Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Managorger Hydra

Trample
Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Rot Shambler

Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Adventurer's Inn

When this land enters, you gain 2 life.
{T}: Add {C}.

Aettir and Priwen

Equipped creature has base power and toughness X/X, where X is your life total.
Equip {5}

Hydra Broodmaster

{X}{X}{G}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When this creature becomes monstrous, create X X/X green Hydra creature tokens.

Phyrexian Hydra

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature for each 1 damage prevented this way.

Steelbane Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
{2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Whiptongue Hydra

Reach
When this creature enters, destroy all creatures with flying. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each creature destroyed this way.

All-Fates Scroll

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{7}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw X cards, where X is the number of differently named lands you control.

Island

Deathbonnet Hulk

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile a card from a graveyard. If a creature card was exiled this way, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Deathbonnet Sprout

At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, transform this creature. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Deathbonnet Sprout // Deathbonnet Hulk

Warden of the Grove

At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, it endures X, where X is the number of counters on this creature. (Put X +1/+1 counters on the creature that entered or create an X/X white Spirit creature token.)

Sol Ring

Insidious Fungus

{2}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Draw a card. Then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Thunderous Snapper

Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, draw a card.

Abzan Advantage

Target player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice. Bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Kalonian Hydra

Trample
This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Hydra Omnivore

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.

Brokers Hideout

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Vigilance
Hydra spells you cast cost {4} less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don't control.

Akroma's Memorial

Creatures you control have flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, and protection from black and from red.

Corpsejack Menace

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

Polukranos, Unchained

Polukranos enters with six +1/+1 counters on it. It escapes with twelve +1/+1 counters on it instead.
If damage would be dealt to Polukranos while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it.
{1}{B}{G}: Polukranos fights another target creature.
Escape—{4}{B}{G}, Exile six other cards from your graveyard.

Adamant Will

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Oran-Rief Hydra

Trample
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. If that land is a Forest, put two +1/+1 counters on this creature instead.

Scourge of Skola Vale

Trample
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{T}, Sacrifice another creature: Put a number of +1/+1 counters on this creature equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Polukranos, World Eater

{X}{X}{G}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When Polukranos becomes monstrous, it deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures your opponents control. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to Polukranos.

Swarm Shambler

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
{1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Amulet of Vigor

Whenever a permanent you control enters tapped, untap it.

Abundant Growth

Enchant land
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted land has "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Active Volcano

Choose one —
• Destroy target blue permanent.
• Return target Island to its owner's hand.

Nyxborn Hydra

Bestow {X}{G}{G} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Reach, trample
This permanent enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Aura and has reach and trample.

Ironscale Hydra

If a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Advent of the Wurm

Create a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample.

Aether Rift

At the beginning of your upkeep, discard a card at random. If you discard a creature card this way, return it from your graveyard to the battlefield unless any player pays 5 life.

Plains

Altar's Light

Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager

Grakmaw enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever another creature you control dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, put a +1/+1 counter on Grakmaw.
When Grakmaw dies, create an X/X black and green Hydra creature token, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Grakmaw.

Forest

Altar of the Brood

Whenever another permanent you control enters, each opponent mills a card.

Akawalli, the Seething Tower

Descend 4 — As long as there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Descend 8 — As long as there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets an additional +2/+2 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Zaxara, the Exemplary

Deathtouch
{T}: Add two mana of any one color.
Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.

All-Out Assault

Creatures you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch.
When this enchantment enters, if it's your main phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase followed by an additional main phase. When you next attack this turn, untap each creature you control.

Heroes' Bane

This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
{2}{G}{G}: Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is its power.

Deathspore Thallid

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature.
Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Sacrifice a Saproling: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Savageborn Hydra

Double strike
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}{R/G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Cabaretti Courtyard

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Mountain, Forest, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Hungering Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive the damage to get the counters.)

Bristling Hydra

When this creature enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters).
Pay {E}{E}{E}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains hexproof until end of turn.

Domesticated Hydra

{X}{G}{G}{G}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
As long as this creature is monstrous, it has trample.

Aegis of the Heavens

Target creature gets +1/+7 until end of turn.

Mossborn Hydra

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Deathcap Marionette

Deathtouch
When this creature enters, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Ulvenwald Hydra

Reach
Ulvenwald Hydra's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Mold Adder

Whenever an opponent casts a blue or black spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Mountain

Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Ramunap Hydra

Vigilance, reach, trample
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Desert.
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as there is a Desert card in your graveyard.

Abzan Banner

{T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.
{W}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Polukranos, Engine of Ruin

Reach, lifelink
Whenever Polukranos or another nontoken Hydra you control dies, create a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with reach and a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with lifelink.

Polukranos Reborn

Reach
{6}{W/P}: Transform Polukranos Reborn. Activate only as a sorcery. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin

Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Hooded Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token for each +1/+1 counter on it.
Morph {3}{G}{G}
As this creature is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.

Progenitus

Protection from everything
If Progenitus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Progenitus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.