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Commander

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Zaxara, the Exemplary
Deathtouch
: Add two mana of any one color.
Whenever you cast a spell with
in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Hydra
Zaxara, the Exemplary (dmc) 176

Commander

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Counters

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Benevolent Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on another creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
Creature - Hydra
Benevolent Hydra (soc) 124
Branching Evolution
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
Enchantment
Branching Evolution (mh3) 285
Capricopian
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then you may reselect which player this creature is attacking. Only the player this creature is attacking may activate this ability and only during the declare attackers step. (It can't attack its controller.)
Creature - Hydra Goat
Capricopian (c20) 58
Feral Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Any player may activate this ability.
Creature - Beast Hydra
Feral Hydra (j22) 658
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.
Legendary Creature - Horror Hydra
Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager (znr) 223
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.)
Creature - Hydra
Hungering Hydra (c20) 177
Nyxborn Hydra
Bestow
(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.
Creature Enchantment - Hydra
Nyxborn Hydra (mh3) 164
Primordial Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.
This creature has trample as long as it has ten or more +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Hydra
Primordial Hydra (soc) 284
Vastwood Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, you may distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature among any number of creatures you control.
Creature - Hydra
Vastwood Hydra (c20) 194
Wren's Run Hydra
Reach
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Reinforce X—
(
, Discard this card: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature.)
Creature - Hydra
Wren's Run Hydra (mh2) 183

Counters

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Draw

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Drown in Dreams
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Target player draws X cards.
• Target player mills twice X cards.
Instant
Drown in Dreams (m3c) 181
Finale of Revelation
Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Exile Finale of Revelation.
Sorcery
Finale of Revelation (fdn) 589
Genesis Hydra
When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Plant Hydra
Genesis Hydra (otc) 193
Hydroid Krasis
When you cast this spell, you gain half X life and draw half X cards. Round down each time.
Flying, trample
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Beast Jellyfish Hydra
Hydroid Krasis (soc) 315
Inspiring Call
Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Instant
Inspiring Call (tle) 168
Lifeblood Hydra
Trample
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, you gain life and draw cards equal to its power.
Creature - Hydra
Lifeblood Hydra (soc) 274
Mind Spring
Draw X cards.
Sorcery
Mind Spring (blb) 389
Open into Wonder
X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
Sorcery
Open into Wonder (znc) 34
Pull from Tomorrow
Draw X cards, then discard a card.
Instant
Pull from Tomorrow (soc) 116
Sphinx of the Second Sun
Flying
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, there is an additional beginning phase after this phase. (The beginning phase includes the untap, upkeep, and draw steps.)
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Second Sun (mkc) 118
Stroke of Genius
Target player draws X cards.
Instant
Stroke of Genius (soc) 203
The Goose Mother
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Bird Hydra
The Goose Mother (soc) 312
Thunderous Snapper
Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, draw a card.
Creature - Hydra Turtle
Thunderous Snapper (eld) 215

Draw

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Instant

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Brush Off
This spell costs
less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Brush Off (sos) 39

Instant

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Land

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Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 233
Dimir Aqueduct
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Dimir Aqueduct (dsc) 270
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (msc) 239
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (msc) 241
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
Golgari Rot Farm
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Golgari Rot Farm (ecc) 151
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (msc) 250
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (hob) 195
Llanowar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Llanowar Wastes (soc) 383
Opulent Palace
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Opulent Palace (ecc) 157
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (msc) 254
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Secluded Courtyard
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.
Land
Secluded Courtyard (msc) 265
Simic Growth Chamber
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Simic Growth Chamber (dsc) 298
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
Temple of Deceit
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Deceit (drc) 176
Temple of Malady
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Malady (soc) 413
Temple of Mystery
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Mystery (soc) 414
Unclaimed Territory
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.
Land
Unclaimed Territory (msc) 275
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (fic) 439
Woodland Cemetery
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Cemetery (soc) 424
Yavimaya Coast
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Yavimaya Coast (soc) 425

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Protection

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Battle-Rage Blessing
Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Battle-Rage Blessing (dmu) 80
Blinding Fog
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures this turn. Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Blinding Fog (xln) 177
Elderscale Wurm
Trample
When this creature enters, if your life total is less than 7, your life total becomes 7.
As long as you have 7 or more life, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 7 reduces it to 7 instead.
Creature - Wurm
Elderscale Wurm (m13) 167
Lazotep Plating
Amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Lazotep Plating (scd) 57
Mistcutter Hydra
This spell can't be countered.
Haste, protection from blue
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Hydra
Mistcutter Hydra (ths) 162
Offer Immortality
Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Offer Immortality (fdn) 525
Orcish Medicine
Target creature gains your choice of lifelink or indestructible until end of turn.
Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Instant
Orcish Medicine (ltr) 104
Silkguard
Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to X target creatures you control.
Auras, Equipment, and modified creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Instant
Silkguard (soc) 286
Simic Charm
Choose one —
• Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
• Permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Instant
Simic Charm (cmr) 451
Stonehoof Chieftain
Trample, indestructible
Whenever another creature you control attacks, it gains trample and indestructible until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Centaur
Stonehoof Chieftain (cmm) 325

Protection

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Ramp

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Aetheric Amplifier
: Add one mana of any color.
,
: Choose one. Activate only as a sorcery.
• Double the number of each kind of counter on target permanent.
• Double the number of each kind of counter you have.
Artifact
Aetheric Amplifier (drc) 18
Astral Cornucopia
This artifact enters with X charge counters on it.
: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color for each charge counter on this artifact.
Artifact
Astral Cornucopia (soc) 342
Cultivate
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Cultivate (msc) 172
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
Explore
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Explore (tle) 259
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (msc) 173
Goldvein Hydra
Vigilance, trample, haste
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to its power.
Creature - Hydra
Goldvein Hydra (soc) 270
Golgari Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Golgari Signet (dsc) 246
Progenitor's Icon
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
: Add one mana of any color.
: The next spell of the chosen type you cast this turn can be cast as though it had flash.
Artifact
Progenitor's Icon (msc) 208
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (fic) 313
Replicating Ring
: Add one mana of any color.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a night counter on this artifact. Then if it has eight or more night counters on it, remove all of them and create eight colorless snow artifact tokens named Replicated Ring with "
: Add one mana of any color."
Snow Artifact
Replicating Ring (moc) 372
Simic Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211
Unbound Flourishing
Whenever you cast a permanent spell with a mana cost that contains
, double the value of X.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell or activate an ability, if that spell's mana cost or that ability's activation cost contains
, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Enchantment
Unbound Flourishing (soc) 126

Ramp

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Removal

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Amazing Acrobatics
Choose one or both —
• Counter target spell.
• Tap one or two target creatures.
Instant
Amazing Acrobatics (spm) 25
Blue Sun's Twilight
Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or more, create a token that's a copy of that creature.
Sorcery
Blue Sun's Twilight (one) 43
Condescend
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Instant
Condescend (j22) 282
Divert Disaster
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If they do, you create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")
Instant
Divert Disaster (eoe) 55
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Vigilance
Hydra spells you cast cost
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.
Legendary Creature - Hydra
Gargos, Vicious Watcher (m20) 172
Logic Knot
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for
.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Logic Knot (tsr) 73
Mass Manipulation
Gain control of X target creatures and/or planeswalkers.
Sorcery
Mass Manipulation (rna) 42
Steelbane Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Creature - Hydra Turtle
Steelbane Hydra (soc) 288
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Syncopate (fin) 80
The Tarrasque
The Tarrasque has haste and ward
as long as it was cast.
Whenever The Tarrasque attacks, it fights target creature defending player controls.
Legendary Creature - Dinosaur
The Tarrasque (afr) 207
Voracious Hydra
Trample
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.
• This creature fights target creature you don't control.
Creature - Hydra
Voracious Hydra (tmc) 54

Removal

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Sorcery

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Expansion Algorithm
Proliferate X times. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Expansion Algorithm (soc) 19
Mathemagics
Target player draws 2ˣ cards. (2⁰ = 1, 2¹ = 2, 2² = 4, 2³ = 8, 2⁴ = 16, 2⁵ = 32, and so on.)
Sorcery
Mathemagics (sos) 58

Sorcery

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Tokens

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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

As this creature is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Snake Hydra
Hooded Hydra (mkc) 171

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Tutor

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Diabolic Revelation
Search your library for up to X cards, put those cards into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Diabolic Revelation (m13) 87

Tutor

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Tokens & Extras

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Copy
(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)
Token
Copy (tmsc) 1
Food
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.
Artifact Token - Food
Food (tmsh) 19
Hydra
Creature Token - Hydra
Hydra (tznr) 9
Hydra
Creature Token - Hydra
Hydra (tdmc) 10
Lander
,
, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Artifact Token - Lander
Lander (teoe) 4
Morph
(You can cover a face-down creature with this reminder card.
A card with morph can be turned face up any time for its morph cost.)
Creature
Morph (tmkc) 30
Orc Army
Creature Token - Orc Army
Orc Army (tltr) 18
Replicated Ring
: Add one mana of any color.
Snow Artifact Token
Replicated Ring (tmoc) 41
Snake
Creature Token - Snake
Snake (tmkc) 20
Treasure
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact Token - Treasure
Treasure (thob) 13
Zombie Army
Creature Token - Zombie Army
Zombie Army (tdrc) 8

Tokens & Extras

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Deck Info

Deck stats

0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 10 cards
40 pips - 23 cards
28 mana - 26 cards
7 pips - 6 cards
28 mana - 26 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 10 cards
52 pips - 34 cards
30 mana - 28 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
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