Honored Hydra
Amonkhet 172 • rare
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Collector number
- 172
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Todd Lockwood
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Trample
Embalm 3 generic mana green mana (3 generic mana green mana, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Snake Hydra with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
Even gods have pets.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Honored Hydra was released in 2017 as part of the Amonkhet expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set drew heavy aesthetic inspiration from Ancient Egyptian mythology, focusing on a desert world ruled by the god-pharaoh Nicol Bolas. Mechanically, the card utilizes the 'embalm' keyword, which reflects the set's central theme of resurrection and the ritualistic preservation of the dead.
The card was illustrated by Johannes Voss, a long-time contributor to the game known for his expressive, fantasy-driven art style. Voss designed the Hydra to evoke a sense of overwhelming, multi-headed aggression fitting for a green creature, capturing the creature mid-strike within the sun-drenched architecture of Naktamun. Upon release, it was regarded as a formidable limited-format staple due to its ability to return from the graveyard, solidifying its place as a quintessential example of Amonkhet's cycle of embalm-focused creatures.
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