Genesis Hydra
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #298 · Rare · Creature — Plant Hydra
Mana cost: {X}{G}{G}
When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Power/toughness 0/0 · Illustrated by Donato Giancola · Released April 21, 2023
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.39 USD · €0.18 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.01 USD (2.5%) to $0.39 USD; low $0.38 USD, high $0.41 USD.
Printings
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #193 (OTC) · Rare · 2024 · $0.41 USD
- March of the Machine Commander #298 (this printing) · Rare · 2023 · $0.39 USD
- Neon Dynasty Commander #118 (NEC) · Rare · 2022 · $0.38 USD
- The List #M15-176 (PLST) · Rare · 2020 · $1.18 USD
- Commander 2020 #172 (C20) · Rare · 2020 · $0.47 USD
- Iconic Masters #163 (IMA) · Rare · 2017 · $0.54 USD
- Magic Online Promos #55870 (PRM) · Rare · 2017
- Magic 2015 Promos #176★ (PM15) · Rare · 2015 · $0.36 USD foil
- Magic 2015 #176 (M15) · Rare · 2014 · $0.36 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — A nonland permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker card.
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — If you put an Aura onto the battlefield this way, you choose what it enchants as it enters the battlefield. This doesn't target any permanent or player, but it must be able to enchant that permanent or player. For example, you could put a green Aura onto the battlefield enchanting a creature with hexproof controlled by an opponent, but not one with protection from green.
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — Genesis Hydra's first ability will resolve before Genesis Hydra does. Notably, if you put an Aura card onto the battlefield this way, it can't enchant Genesis Hydra.
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — If "the rest" is zero cards, either because X was 0 or because X was 1 and that card was put onto the battlefield, the library is still shuffled.
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
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