Steelbane Hydra

Creature — Turtle Hydra

This enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on this creature.

{2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

indieinside on Hydra

5 days ago

https://edhrec.com/combos/mono-green/4179-5610

You already have Hydra Omnivore. That card combined with Triumph of the Hordes is an instant win condition. Here is a LINK that explains how it works.

Hydra that I think are pretty good.

Voracious Hydra

Steelbane Hydra

Kalonian Hydra

Mistcutter Hydra

I am personally surprised that you aren’t playing way more ramp. Things like Garruk's Uprising. Green is made for ramp. Utilize it.

Power cards:

Krosan Grip

Return to Nature

Aspect of Hydra

Rampant Growth

The Earth Crystal

Anyway, I feel that is a bit too much. I hope this helps.

MindBoogaloo on Standing Stones | Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

6 months ago

Hi man, better late than never. If you're still looking for two cards to cut than I'd recommend getting rid of:

• Poison Dart Frog great deterrent from attacking you, but it requires keeping up mana and it isn't the best at either generating mana or removal.
• Hedge Shredder low synergy with the rest of your cards. Doesn't get you ahead unless you're facing a mill deck. If it's about your commander crewing a vehicle, than I'd suggest the newly released Lumbering Worldwagon (you won't be able to crew it solely with your commander, but you've plenty of creatures that can help).
• Steelbane Hydra seems very mana inefficient. You could run something along the lines of Druid of Purification

KongMing on Animatt, The Bud Lord

7 months ago

How about a Steelbane Hydra?

DemonDragonJ on Nature's Bounty

9 months ago

I have replaced Steelbane Hydra with Forgotten Ancient, which increased the average converted mana cost of this deck from 4.03 to 40.6, but that increase is deceptive, since the hydra had a variable cost, because the ancient is simply too good to not put into this deck, and I am certain that I already had sufficient artifact and enchantment destruction in this deck.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Steelbane Hydra …

9 months ago

RiotRunner789, I am confident with my mana rocks and Fertilid, and I believe that I have sufficient artifact and enchantment destruction, so I believe that Forgotten Ancient is the best replacement for Steelbane Hydra, in this deck.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Steelbane Hydra …

9 months ago

I have a copy of Steelbane Hydra in my Marath, Will of the Wild *f-etch* EDH deck, but I am contemplating replacing it with either Crystalline Crawler or Mindless Automaton, since I feel that I already have sufficient artifact and enchantment destruction in that deck, whereas the other two creatures are far more universal in their utility.

What does everyone else say, about this subject? Should I replace Steelbane Hydra in my Marath deck, or keep it, there?

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Abzan Falconer …

1 year ago

I have a copy of Abzan Falconer in my Atraxa, Praetors' Voice EDH deck, because it is quite awesome to give flying to all of my creatures that have +1/+1 counters on themselves, but since that deck also contains both Akroma's Memorial and Elspeth, Sun's Champion, both of which can also grant flying, I wonder if I should replace that creature with another creature, such as Fertilid, Shapers of Nature, Zameck Guildmage, Steelbane Hydra, or Mindless Automaton, as all of those creatures use +1/+1 counters for various purposes.

What does everyone else say about this matter? Should I keep Abzan Falconer in my Atraxa deck, or replace it, with another creature? I certainly would appreciate your feedback.

DemonDragonJ on Nature's Bounty

1 year ago

I have just made some major changes to this deck; for the first time ever, I have changed the general of this deck, replacing Uril, the Miststalker with Marath, Will of the Wild, because, while Uril was certainly an excellent general, it did not match the theme of this deck, which contained a mere six auras, whereas Marath does, and, upon making that change, I have decided to further emphasize this deck's theme of +1/+1 counters, specifically, by replacing Armadillo Cloak, Bear Umbra, Runes of the Deus, Scourge of the Nobilis, Shield of the Oversoul, and Snake Umbra with All Will Be One, Cathars' Crusade, Warleader's Call, Fertilid, Kalonian Hydra, and Steelbane Hydra; I had contemplated putting Forgotten Ancient in this deck, but I was not able to find space for it, and I also wish to minimize overlap with or similarities between this deck and my Atraxa, Praetors' Voice EDH deck, and, while this deck does not have quite as great of an emphasis on generating creature tokens as does my Ghired, Conclave Exile EDH deck, I still believe that it has a sufficient focus to justify the inclusion of Warleader's Call, which also has great synergy with Tamanoa. I also replaced Titanic Ultimatum with Pathbreaker Ibex, because the creature can use its ability repeatedly. I had considered putting Cabaretti Ascendancy into this deck, but I feel that this deck does not contain quite a sufficient number of creature cards to justify the inclusion of that card.

Overall, these changes reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 40.6 to 4.05, which is only a minimal change, but doing so also reduced the number of colored mana symbols in this deck, which is also a very good thing.

What does everyone else say about this? Do you believe that I did well with overhauling this deck?