Nyxborn Hydra
Modern Horizons 3 164 • common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Collector number
- 164
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- X mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Vincent Christiaens
- Market price
- $0.34
What it does
Bestow X mana green mana green mana (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Reach, trample
This permanent enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Aura and has reach and trample.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nyxborn Hydra was released as part of the Modern Horizons 3 set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to introduce powerful new cards directly into the Modern format, drawing inspiration from various corners of Magic’s long history. The Nyxborn creature type specifically references the Theros plane, a world deeply influenced by Greek mythology where beings are woven from the constellations of the night sky.
The card was illustrated by Donato Giancola, a renowned fantasy artist known for his painterly, classical approach to digital and traditional media. His design for the Hydra emphasizes the ethereal, starry aesthetic associated with the Nyxborn, blending the monstrous physical form of the beast with the luminous, celestial magic of the Therosian pantheon. The card was received by the player community as a thematic callback to previous enchantment-creature mechanics, intended to offer scalable threat potential in late-game scenarios.
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