Vastwood Hydra
- Mana cost
- {X}{G}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Hydra
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 0
- Set
- Commander 2020 #194 (rare)
- Price
- $1.30 USD
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.
Vastwood Hydra has 2 printings, first in Magic 2014 (2013). EDHREC ranks it #5,570 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zaxara, the Exemplary decks (10,046 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Vastwood Hydra
- Enhanced Evolution - Commander 2020, led by Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Commanders that run Vastwood Hydra most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zaxara, the Exemplary: 10,046 decks
- Gargos, Vicious Watcher: 5,554 decks
- Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin: 2,155 decks
- Helga, Skittish Seer: 1,342 decks
- Progenitus: 439 decks
- Rosheen, Roaring Prophet: 409 decks
- Rosheen Meanderer: 360 decks
- Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager: 175 decks
Often played with Vastwood Hydra
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose how the counters will be distributed when the ability resolves.
- : In some unusual cases, Vastwood Hydra will have enough -1/-1 counters put on it to make its toughness 0 or less. If this happens, the ability will still distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on Vastwood Hydra before the -1/-1 counters were put on it. For example, if Vastwood Hydra has two +1/+1 counters on it and three -1/-1 counters are put on it, two +1/+1 counters will be distributed.
- : The ability that triggers when Vastwood Hydra dies doesn’t target any of the creatures. You can choose to put counters on a creature with protection from green, for example.