Managorger Hydra

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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Alchemy 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
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Managorger Hydra

Creature — Hydra

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to defending player or planeswalker while attacking if that damage would be enough to kill the creatures blocking this one.)

Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this.

Flarhoon13 on Stonebrow smashes

1 month ago

May 3, 2024 I started a new quest. Having built 52 decks, I endeavoured to play them all, in roughly the same order as I created them.

May 17, Stonebrow smashes Insurrection win, 6 player game, Managorger Hydra grew to 40/40, planechase enabled shenanigans. No, really, planechase planes warp the game! Rob's Mana Flarefoil helped me (and everyone), too, Insurrection sealed the victory. Blaine was popping off and would have ground me into paste if he had one more turn. Still, six player late game Insurrection was enough to take out everyone, 5-3

CommanderMeanderer on Hold me fast...

6 months ago

From the iteration I'm looking at, I don't think you need more ramp - you actually have a decent amount of it. It's more likely that the deck feels like it needs more ramp because the average CMC is pretty high.

You may benefit from "focusing" the deck. Pick the theme you want, evaluate the cards you have, and ask for each one "does this help me achieve my goal"? It might be harder to evaluate generic cards that every deck needs like removal, ramp, or card draw this way, but it's a good starting point. While doing this also ask yourself, "can I get this effect at a lower CMC?"

For example:

Lets take a look at Phyrexian Triniform


The goal of the deck is to cast as many Cascade spells as possible, then beat your opponents down with big creatures. Phyrexian Triniform is a big creature, but it also has a very high CMC - the CMC is so high that your only ways to cast it are hard-casting for 9 mana, or hitting it with an Apex Devastator cascade trigger. You aren't focusing on death triggers/sacrifice so its death trigger, while nice, isn't very synergistic. You aren't focusing on self-mill or ways to reliably get it into your graveyard, so you can't abuse its Encore ability early.

Now imagine if you replaced that card with something like Managorger Hydra. It's only 3 CMC, so it's much easier to cast (either on its own or from a cascade trigger). Even better, is it grows with each spell anyone casts. Cascade is about casting multiple spells using one card, so if Managorger is out and you hit a big score of 3 or 4 spells in a turn, it gets big fast. Not to mention that it already has trample and any/all spells that your opponents will cast will pump it more.


Master_J on Laser Beams

7 months ago

OUT: Evolutionary Escalation, Strionic Resonator, Taurean Mauler

IN: Halana and Alena, Partners, Arwen, Weaver of Hope, Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion

Mauler is a single, slow burn creature with no evasion (unlike the Managorger Hydra already in the list).

The Evolutionary Escalation was a big target and doesn't provide any protection (unlike the Agitator Ant or Orzhov Advokist already in the list).

And Strionic Resonator could be good, but has limited use in this version of the deck.

Each replacement should help keep my deck moving along better than what I took out.

Crow_Umbra on Felix Five-Boots - Reach for the Sky (v0.5)

8 months ago

If you're looking to lean a bit more into +1/+1 counters, I think Managorger Hydra and Ravenous Slime could both be decent candidates. They balloon into threats on their own without much needed additional investment on your part from support cards, and both have built in evasion.

Champion of Lambholt could help open up evasion for your board to get those combat triggers, and Herald of Secret Streams could also help in this regard.

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