Suckling Hydras

Commander / EDH* Casual RGW (Naya)

Mervingian

Land (37)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 8x Forest
• 1x Fungal Reaches
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Kazandu Refuge
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Nourishing Shoal
• 1x Predator's Rapport
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Creature (22)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Drumhunter
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Ironscale Hydra
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Oracle of Nectars
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Fanning the Flames
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Jaya's Immolating Inferno
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Vandalblast

Commander (1)

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Footfall Crater
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Market Festival
• 1x Nature's Chosen
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Trace of Abundance
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Artifact (4)

• 1x Candelabra of Tawnos
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x The Ozolith

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Sideboard

Creature (27)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Domesticated Hydra
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Feral Hydra
• 1x Fungal Behemoth
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Khenra Charioteer
• 1x Ley Druid
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Ulasht, the Hate Seed
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Browbeat
• 1x Burn from Within
• 1x Clan Defiance
• 1x Devil's Play
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Rolling Thunder
• 1x Savage Twister
• 1x Stream of Life
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Warp World
• 1x Wildest Dreams

Instant (5)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Dwarven Catapult
• 1x Fall of the Titans
• 1x Volt Charge

Artifact (9)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Farsight Mask
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mage Slayer
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Custody Battle
• 1x Dawn's Reflection
• 1x Racecourse Fury
• 1x Urban Burgeoning
• 1x Verdant Haven
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Land (1)

• 1x Temple of the False God

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Maybeboard

Land (7)

• 1x Arena
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Library of Alexandria
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 1x Stomping Ground

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Blaze
• 1x Disintegrate
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Ghitu Fire
• 1x Kaervek's Torch

Creature (3)

• 1x Khalni Hydra
• 1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra

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Suckling Hydra's Need Many Tits

Lead by babbling giantess Rosheen Meanderer , her mad ramblings are soon drowned out by the bloodcurdling roars of her huge Hydra pets. Whilst I would really like a Hydra commander, Rosheen just works to wonderfully here, pumping the Hydra's. Imagine her suckling them like babes as they grow beyond measure, in a depraved scene of maternal abhorrence.

Few Lands make BIG Hydra's

Strategy here is to use a relatively low number of lands to generate as much mana as possible. Pumping lands:

Utopia Sprawl | Wild Growth | Fertile Ground | Trace of Abundance | Overgrowth | Market Festival , ideally placed strategically on heavy lands like Lotus Field | Gruul Turf .

Gaea's Cradle is of course also included.

Rosheen & Magus, the Unholy Alliance

Rosheen Meanderer may be a large woman but she needs only a few of these lands, because her companion Magus of the Candelabra will untap shenanigan into dazzling amounts of mana.

Tutor for him with Worldly Tutor , Citanul Flute or Gamble .

Alternatively, Rosheen "don't need no man" and can just use the Candelabra of Tawnos on herself. God bless an independent woman.

Rosheen & Magus are slowed down by age and this takes a toll on their effectiveness. Worry not! Instaed invigorate them with Instill Energy and Nature's Chosen so they can go twice as long.

Everything is better x2

Can I get a twofer, everybody?

Once the engine is going double up on Hydra power or mana with Doubling Season | Primal Vigor | Unbound Flourishing | Mana Reflection .

The Hydra Horde

Big Hydra's is how we win the game, so plenty are included here.

Apocalypse Hydra | Gargos, Vicious Watcher | Hydra Broodmaster | Ironscale Hydra | Lifeblood Hydra | Mistcutter Hydra | Primordial Hydra | Protean Hydra | Savageborn Hydra | Voracious Hydra | Hooded Hydra | Steelbane Hydra | Capricopian | Genesis Hydra .

If a Hydra perishes, mourn accordingly, but then save the life force in The Ozolith , and redistribute appropriately.

Death is Inevitable

Make sure those Hydra's hit their targets!

Rancor | Footfall Crater | Rhythm of the Wild | Kessig Wolf Run | Skarrg, the Rage Pits | Rogue's Passage

X equals death (or life)

Plenty of other spells to leverage the X cost.

Nourishing Shoal | Predator's Rapport | Starstorm | Animist's Awakening | Bonfire of the Damned | Fanning the Flames | Jaya's Immolating Inferno | Nylea's Intervention

Happy to get suggestions on this! Cheers

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 8 Mythic Rares 51 - 23 Rares 18 - 22 Uncommons 11 - 7 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Hydra */* G, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G