Genesis Hydra

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-	A$ 0.46	0.02 tix

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Name	Genesis Hydra
Type	Creature — plant hydra
Description	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. Genesis Hydra enters with X +1/+1 countersSee more
Artist	Donato Giancola
Set	Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #193
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Genesis Hydra

Genesis Hydra, Creature — plant hydra, designed by Peter Mohrbacher first released in Jun, 2002 in the set Magic Online Promos and was printed exactly in 10 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of A$ 0.46.

This card would benefit a ramp deck that aims to generate a lot of mana quickly, allowing you to potentially put a powerful nonland permanent onto the battlefield for a discounted cost. While Genesis Hydra can be a strong inclusion in such a deck, some may argue that cards like Primeval Titan or Tooth and Nail offer more immediate and impactful effects. However, Genesis Hydra can still be a versatile and fun addition to decks looking for a mix of ramp and creature value.

Rules

11/17/17

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.

11/17/17

If a card in a player’s library has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

11/17/17

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.