Pygmy Hippo
- Mana cost
- {G}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Hippo
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Visions #133 (rare)
- Price
- $2.10 USD
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have defending player activate a mana ability of each land they control and lose all unspent mana. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn and at the beginning of your next main phase this turn, you add an amount of {C} equal to the amount of mana that player lost this way.
Pygmy Hippo has 1 printing, first in Visions (1997). EDHREC ranks it #26,192 among Commander cards. It appears most in Madame Vastra decks (4 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Pygmy Hippo most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Madame Vastra: 4 decks
Often played with Pygmy Hippo
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : An ability that triggers when something "attacks and isn't blocked" triggers in the declare blockers step after blockers are declared if (1) that creature is attacking and (2) no creatures are declared to block it. It will trigger even if that creature was put onto the battlefield attacking rather than having been declared as an attacker in the declare attackers step.
- : A mana ability is an ability that (1) isn't a loyalty ability, (2) doesn't target, and (3) could add mana when it resolves.