Hooded Hydra

Public decks that run Hooded Hydra

• Deadly Disguise - Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, led by Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
• Faceless Menace - Commander 2019, led by Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Commanders that run Hooded Hydra most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Zaxara, the Exemplary: 8,526 decks
• Gargos, Vicious Watcher: 4,972 decks
• Aphelia, Viper Whisperer: 3,178 decks
• Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer: 3,103 decks
• Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods: 2,710 decks
• Blech, Loafing Pest: 2,414 decks
• Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin: 2,134 decks
• Kaust, Eyes of the Glade: 1,878 decks

Often played with Hooded Hydra

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Master of Pearls
• Duskana, the Rage Mother
• Exalted Angel
• True Identity
• Hidden Dragonslayer
• Ashcloud Phoenix
• Mastery of the Unseen
• Jeering Instigator
• Veiled Ascension
• Sumala Sentry

Rulings

• 2014-09-20: Any time you have priority, you may turn the face-down creature face up by revealing what its morph cost is and paying that cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. Only a face-down permanent can be turned face up this way; a face-down spell cannot.
• 2014-09-20: You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can easily be differentiated from each other. You're not allowed to mix up the cards that represent them on the battlefield in order to confuse other players. The order they entered the battlefield should remain clear. Common methods for doing this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield.
• 2014-09-20: When the spell resolves, it enters the battlefield as a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. It's colorless and has a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the creature can still grant it any of these characteristics.
• 2014-09-20: If a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or if the game ends.
• 2014-09-20: The face-down spell has no mana cost and has a mana value of 0. When you cast a face-down spell, put it on the stack face down so no other player knows what it is, and pay {3}. This is an alternative cost.
• 2014-09-20: Hooded Hydra's last ability isn't a triggered ability. It's a replacement ability that modifies how Hooded Hydra is turned face up. Players can't respond to Hooded Hydra being turned face up and having five +1/+1 counters put on it.
• 2014-09-20: Morph lets you cast a card face down by paying {3}, and lets you turn the face-down permanent face up any time you have priority by paying its morph cost.
• 2014-09-20: If Hooded Hydra is face down and it's turned face up some other way than by having its morph cost paid, the last ability will still apply.
• 2014-09-20: A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent, as well as Auras and Equipment that were attached to the permanent, aren't affected.
• 2014-09-20: At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can't look at face-down spells or permanents you don't control unless an effect instructs you to do so.
• 2014-09-20: Use the number of +1/+1 counters that were on Hooded Hydra the last time it was on the battlefield to determine how many Snake tokens to create.
• 2014-09-20: Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.