Hydra's Growth

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

When Hydra's Growth enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on enchanted creature.

Discussion (45)

TheVectornaut on Ramp hydra

2 months ago

I'd prefer Primordial Hydra to Apex Devastator here. It doesn't need Rancor or Hydra's Growth to pose a serious threat and it pairs well with Kalonian Hydra . Also, cascading into Voracious Hydra is pretty awkward.

multimedia on Fractal: The Gathering

2 months ago

Hey, good start and interesting budget version of Vorel. I think you have the right idea with cards such as Stadium, Nexus, Ascension, Kasmina and Zone. The drawback of Fractals is they lack evasion therefore if building around them then consider cards to give your creatures evasion?

• Champion of Lambholt : unblockable and triggers when Fractals are created.
• Herald of Secret Streams : unblockable.
• Archetype of Imagination : flying and can be unblockable.

If attacking with Fractals is a main strategy then consider cards that can give you extra turns?

• Sage of Hours : pair it with Forgotten Ancient or Hydra's Growth .
• Magistrate's Scepter
• Walk the Aeons : now a budget card.

Could expand on other ways to get value from being able to double counters with Vorel.

• Fathom Mage : repeatable draw, pair it with Archmage Ascension .
• Astral Cornucopia
• Everflowing Chalice

Good luck with your deck.

TheVectornaut on Death Touch Green Boi

3 months ago

It is true that the deathtouch package will be worse in multiplayer games since you have more threats to deal with. I think siding into a bigger ramp package would be a good idea. I would caution though that it's important to add in more mana dorks or ramp spells to keep pace with any new bombs you include or you'll find yourself mana screwed a lot of the time.

I went ahead and added my creature-based commander deck so I could link it for reference. It was built from a casual 60-card skeleton that's quite similar to your deck, so some of the ramp cards I've had success with over the years might do well here too.
deck: Predator's Toolkit

Prowling Serpopard or Destiny Spinner could be useful tech if counters are flying around left and right. Vigor is definitely strong against board stalls, and I like Archetype of Endurance against a lot of common removal. Somberwald Sage and Elvish Piper would probably be my first picks for dropping haymakers early without much other support. Yeva, Nature's Herald and Seedborn Muse are particularly disgusting in multiplayer since you essentially play on every turn. Some final bombs I love are Whiptongue Hydra for flyers, Polukranos, World Eater for other creatures, and Sylvan Primordial for most anything else.

For your existing ideas, I think Worldspine Wurm is good if your games go long enough to cast it while Tempt with Discovery is good if you don't have opponents who greatly benefit from the mana. I'm still iffy on Lumberknot in a deck not based around token sacrifice, and I'd probably just run Dungrove Elder if you need a midrange hexproof creature. Hydra's Growth is very good with additional +1/+1 synergy, Kazandu Tuskcaller needs more token synergy, and Strixhaven Stadium feels optimistic in multiplayer. For the bigger cards, I think Vigor , Soul of New Phyrexia , Toski, Bearer of Secrets , Verdant Sun's Avatar , and Vivien Reid are all playable. Myojin of Life's Web needs some way to refill the hand or its ability will never do anything that impactful. Impervious Greatwurm is the weakest option since it gets completely stuffed by chump blockers. I used Connive / Concoct to reanimate it in standard and still found it to be too slow. If you had a Warstorm Surge or something, maybe it'd be a different story...

king-saproling on

4 months ago

This looks fun. You might like these: Cauldron of Souls , Corpsejack Menace , The Ozolith , Reyhan, Last of the Abzan , Cauldron Haze , Strionic Resonator , Panharmonicon , Hydra's Growth , Invigorating Surge , Solidarity of Heroes , Grim Backwoods , Burning-Rune Demon

Digirono on Stompinclex

4 months ago

Suggestion list:

Vivien's Arkbow , Tooth and Nail , Evolution Charm , Lurking Predators , Elvish Piper , Hydra's Growth , Krosan Grip , Praetor's Council, Blunt the Assault , Yisan Chord, Rishkar's Expertise

Removing: Ugin, the Spirit Dragon , Gravity Well , Vernal Bloom , Nissa, Vital Force , Lightning Greaves , Wrap in Vigor , Hall of Gemstone

king-saproling on Don't feed the Troll

5 months ago

Grismold is a neat general. You might like these: Genesis Chamber , Infernal Genesis , Primal Vigor , Sylvan Offering , Akroan Horse , Parallel Evolution , Invigorating Surge , Corpsejack Menace , Winding Constrictor , Hardened Scales , Pir, Imaginative Rascal , Fungal Sprouting , Skullclamp , Hydra's Growth , Solidarity of Heroes , Eternal Thirst

aponiato on Zaxara, the Exemplary EDH

6 months ago

Recommend considering Hydra's Growth and Gilder Bairn for token doubling shenanigans.

aponiato on Omnath, Locus of the Roil EDH

6 months ago

Check out Hydra's Growth for hydra shenanigans!