Hydra Head
Face the Hydra 1 • common
- Set
- Face the Hydra
- Collector number
- 1
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Richard Wright
- Market price
- $0.58
What it does
Hero's Reward — When Hydra Head leaves the battlefield, each player gains 2 life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Hydra Head card belongs to the Face the Hydra challenge deck, released by Wizards of the Coast in 2014 as part of the Magic: The Gathering 'Theros' block. This deck introduced a unique, automated gameplay experience designed for the 'Horde' format, allowing a single player or a cooperative team to battle against a deck that acts as an independent, non-sentient adversary.
The design draws heavily from Greek mythology, specifically the legend of the multi-headed Lernaean Hydra. Illustrators focused on a grotesque, layered aesthetic to emphasize the creature's ability to regenerate heads during combat, a mechanic replicated by the card's specific gameplay rules. It was well-received by the community for its innovation in solo-play mechanics, effectively expanding the utility of the standard trading card format beyond head-to-head competition.
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