Primordial Hydra
- Mana cost
- {X}{G}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Hydra
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 0
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #1330 (mythic)
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.
Primordial Hydra has 6 printings, first in Magic 2012 (2011). EDHREC ranks it #2,409 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zaxara, the Exemplary decks (14,117 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Primordial Hydra
- Quandrix Unlimited - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Commanders that run Primordial Hydra most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zaxara, the Exemplary: 14,117 decks
- Zimone, Infinite Analyst: 9,644 decks
- Gargos, Vicious Watcher: 7,065 decks
- Magus Lucea Kane: 5,927 decks
- Primo, the Unbounded: 2,113 decks
- Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin: 1,987 decks
- Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider: 1,685 decks
- Progenitus: 1,035 decks
Often played with Primordial Hydra
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Consider only the number of +1/+1 counters on Primordial Hydra when determining if it has trample, not its power and toughness. For example, a Primordial Hydra with six +1/+1 counters on it that's been the target of Titanic Growth (giving it +4/+4) would not have trample.