Kalonian Hydra + Biomass Mutation
Asked by goldzero10 11 years ago
When you attack with Kalonian Hydra his attack doubles the counters it has. If you were to play biomass mutation for +5/5 before the attack phase, does the hydra get to keep the extra 5/5 counters that it gained on the attack?
I.E. Hydra is 4/4, Biomass for +5/5, Hydra is 9/9. Attacks for 18/18 and loses 5/5 going back to a 13/13.
smash10101 says... #2
Please tag all cards in your question. Kalonian Hydra Biomass Mutation
Biomass Mutation does not add any counters to creatures, it just sets their power and toughness.
Devonin says... Accepted answer #1
Biomass Mutation changes the power and toughness of creatures to X/X where X is what you chose when you cast the spell. It doesn't give PLUS any power or toughness, nor does it interact in any way with counters.
If you had a 0/0 Kalonian Hydra with 4 +1/+1 counters on it and used Biomass Mutation to make it a 5/5, it would be a 5/5 with 4 +1/+1 counters on it. Those counters would double to 8 counters, and at the end of the turn, when Biomass Mutation 's effect wore off you'd be back to a 0/0 hydra with 8 +1/+1 counter on it.
It's 4/4, Biomass to 9/9, Attacks, doubling counters from 4 to 8 making it a 13/13, at end of turn, it goes back to 8/8
December 18, 2013 9:57 p.m.