Zaxara, the Exemplary
Commander 2020 (C20) #20 · Mythic · Legendary Creature — Nightmare Hydra
Mana cost: {1}{B}{G}{U}
Deathtouch
{T}: Add two mana of any one color.
Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
Power/toughness 2/3 · Illustrated by Simon Dominic · Released April 17, 2020
Prices
- Nonfoil: $2.36 USD · €0.48 EUR
- Foil: $3.35 USD · €1.72 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.10 USD (4.4%) to $2.36 USD; low $2.26 USD, high $2.44 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #1333 (SLD) · Mythic · 2023 · $22.93 USD foil
- Dominaria United Commander #176 (DMC) · Mythic · 2022 · $2.04 USD
- Commander 2020 #20 (this printing) · Mythic · 2020 · $2.36 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2020-04-17 · wotc — The Hydra token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature. Any abilities that modify or trigger on this event apply. After the token is on the battlefield but before any player can take actions, +1/+1 counters are put onto the token.
- 2020-04-17 · wotc — If the spell you cast has {X}{X} in its mana cost, the token gets only X counters, not twice X.
- 2020-04-17 · wotc — If X is 0, the 0/0 Hydra token will die immediately after the ability's done resolving unless something else is raising its toughness.
- 2020-04-17 · wotc — The value of X in Zaxara's last ability is the value of X of the spell you cast.
- 2020-04-17 · wotc — If an effect, such as that of Parallel Lives, causes Zaxara's ability to create multiple Hydra tokens, they each receive X +1/+1 counters.