Genesis Hydra

Creature — Plant Hydra

When you cast this, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with converted mana cost/mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.

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

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
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

Tic12 on One Hundred and One Counters

2 months ago

Update 1 (more Creature Power):

Out:Stag Beetle, Thrive, Smell Fear, Decisive Denial

In:Evolution Sage, Roalesk, Apex Hybrid, Benevolent Hydra, Genesis Hydra

Update 2 (better Card Draw):

Out:Towashi Guide-Bot

In:Bred for the Hunt

Update 3 (Mana Base):

Out:Tangled Islet

In:Flooded Grove

NonetheWeisser on Unbound X

2 months ago

I would remove Genesis Hydra. It does not synergize with other X costed creatures. X will be 0 and they will die immediately.

aholder7 on Shivan the devastator

4 months ago

it looks like the combo here is Devoted Druid equipped with Luxior, Giada's Gift to produce infinite mana then using Shivan Devastator/Crater's Claws or anything else as an outlet to kill with it.

The main issue I see with the deck is finding the druid or gift. the only way i see you finding them short of mulling aggressively is with Genesis Hydra thats not exactly an efficient way to look for them. fetching the druid can be done with anything similar to Finale of Devastation. but getting gift is a bit tricker and you may just need to dig hard with cards like Cathartic Reunion.

Max_Hammer on

5 months ago

Huh, it broke, eh? Oh well, here's the list again, not hidden. (I usually accordion lists, so they don't take up three acres in comment space)

• Polukranos, World Eater isn't X-cost, but he can poke at all of your other masochistic hydras, feeding them. That, or just act as removal.

• Primordial Hydra is going to get out of hand fast, if people let him.

• Neverwinter Hydra is going to, on average, be a 11/11 if you're just paying the two to bring it out and letting your commander foot the rest of the bill (Average roll for 4d6 is 10.5).

• Hungering Hydra and Protean Hydra both like tickles.

• Steelbane Hydra is some extra removal, if need be.

• Hooded Hydra could be cool. You get snakes!

• Capricopian is a goat! What's not to like?

• Mistcutter Hydra, Wildwood Scourge, Feral Hydra, and Stumpsquall Hydra are all here, I suppose. They work, technically.

• Genesis Hydra is here, but is also kind of less than useless (if you add a bunch more X-cost creatures. If not, it wouldn't be a bad addition). If a bunch of your big creatures are going to be 0/0's unless you pay their cost, then you don't want to play them for free, really.

• Astral Cornucopia isn't a hydra, but it is X-cost and would give Palette more doots.

• Strength of the Tajuru and Squall Line could both work well, too, also feeding Palette.

• Path of Ancestry just for an extra little doot.

P.S. I swear I'm not being paid by Big Elementalist.

thefiresoflurve on Thousands of health? Not a problem

7 months ago

Capricopian -> Protean Hydra? Both enter as 4 mana 3/3s, and while

1) Protean Hydra doesn't interact with Genesis Hydra very well 2) Protean Hydra doesn't have inherent Trample Buuuut

Protean Hydra can get hella huge super quick. :D (Also people can't bribe it)

Steelbane Hydra is also great for repeated artifact/enchantment removal in creature form (albeit a bit expensive).

if you end up adding Aggravated Assault, you should also consider Bear Umbra and Savage Ventmaw, since those are good value cards in and of themselves that will also win games on the spot with an Aggravated Assault out.

Rivel on Hail Hydra - Gargos Version

10 months ago

Though on second thought, I will end up keeping Genesis Hydra for the Hydrae that are not X cost. Not to mention the potential benefit of potentially getting out free artifacts and enchantments.

Rivel on Hail Hydra - Gargos Version

10 months ago

Removed Genesis Hydra for Steelbane Hydra. I found out that any x-cost hydrae would enter the field with x = 0 from the cast.

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Wurm Tribal?!

1 year ago

Great list, love it. Oath of Druids and Vivien's Arkbow would be good additions to cheat out wurms. Also, how about Thicket Elemental and Genesis Hydra? Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma would be another fitting ramp card.