Genesis Hydra
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander 193 • rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Collector number
- 193
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Genesis Hydra was originally printed in the Magic: The Gathering set Magic 2015, later appearing in the Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander expansion as card number 193. It was designed as a rare green creature with a scalable casting cost that allows players to reveal cards from the top of their library and put a nonland permanent into play, effectively rewarding players for generating large amounts of mana.
The illustration for the Outlaws of Thunder Junction version maintains the creature's identity as a multi-headed beast emerging from a planar rift. Like many cards in the Commander preconstructed decks, this iteration serves to support players who favor ramp-heavy strategies, providing a reliable way to deploy high-impact permanents directly from the deck during the middle or late stages of a game.
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