Phytohydra
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}{W}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Plant Hydra
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds #218 (rare)
- Price
- $0.74 USD
If damage would be dealt to this creature, put that many +1/+1 counters on it instead.
Phytohydra has 2 printings, first in Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005). EDHREC ranks it #13,660 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kirri, Talented Sprout decks (1,594 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Phytohydra most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kirri, Talented Sprout: 1,594 decks
- Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin: 924 decks
- Progenitus: 626 decks
- Jacques le Vert: 76 decks
- Ragnar: 25 decks
- Daughter of Autumn: 15 decks
Often played with Phytohydra
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If another effect would prevent damage from being dealt to Phytohydra or replace it with something else, Phytohydra's controller chooses which effect to apply first.
- : If Phytohydra blocks or is blocked by a creature with first strike or double strike, Phytohydra will get the counters during the first-strike combat damage step before it deals its own combat damage during the second combat damage step.
- : Phytohydra's ability doesn't prevent damage. Damage that can't be prevented will still be replaced by +1/+1 counters being put on Phytohydra.