Magic: The Gathering

Honored Hydra

Amonkhet Promos 172s • rare

Set: Amonkhet Promos
Collector number: 172s
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 5 generic mana green mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Green
Artist: Todd Lockwood
Finish: Foil

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$1.05market price via TCGplayer · Aug 7, 2026$1.05 – $1.16 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

The Honored Hydra from the Amonkhet promo set features a unique aesthetic treatment by artist Todd Lockwood, set apart by the distinctive expansion symbol and collector number 172s. As a rare creature card, it is prized by players and collectors for its "emblem" mechanic, which allows it to return from the graveyard to the battlefield with significant power.

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What it does

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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.)

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Provenance

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Honored Hydra was introduced as part of the Amonkhet set for Magic: The Gathering, released in April 2017. The card was specifically released as a promotional version, denoted by the 172s collector number and the distinct expansion symbol associated with the Amonkhet Prerelease events. These promotional cards were distributed to participants to celebrate the launch of the desert-themed plane of Amonkhet, a setting inspired by Ancient Egyptian mythology.

The artwork was created by fantasy illustrator Todd Lockwood, a veteran artist known for his significant contributions to Dungeons and Dragons and the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. Lockwood aimed to capture the hydra’s imposing, serpentine anatomy within the sun-drenched, gilded aesthetic of the Amonkhet aesthetic. The design highlights the creature's multiple heads and its unique 'embalm' mechanic, which allows players to bring the creature back from the graveyard as a zombie token, reflecting the set's central theme of life, death, and afterlife rituals.

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