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Helga, Hydra Headmaster
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Est deck cost: $710.39
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Commander

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Helga, Skittish Seer

Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 4 or greater, you draw a card, gain 1 life, and put a +1/+1 counter on Helga. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is Helga's power. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with {X} in their mana costs.

Creature
Helga, Skittish Seer (blb) 332

Commander

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+1/+1 Counters

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Benevolent Hydra

Benevolent Hydra enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on another creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Benevolent Hydra: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.

Creature
Benevolent Hydra (j22) 38
Communal Brewing

When this enchantment enters, any number of target opponents each draw a card. Put an ingredient counter on this enchantment, then put an ingredient counter on it for each card drawn this way. Whenever you cast a creature spell, that creature enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of ingredient counters on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Communal Brewing (blc) 29
Felidar Retreat

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • Create a 2/2 white Cat Beast creature token. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment
Felidar Retreat (cmm) 821
Forgotten Ancient

Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures.

Creature
Forgotten Ancient (blc) 217
Goldvein Hydra

Vigilance, trample, haste This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to its power.

Creature
Goldvein Hydra (otj) 341
Hungering Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive the damage to get the counters.)

Creature
Hungering Hydra (c20) 177
Kalonian Hydra

Trample This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Creature
Kalonian Hydra (blc) 226
Lifeblood Hydra

Trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, you gain life and draw cards equal to its power.

Creature
Lifeblood Hydra (cmm) 303
Neverwinter Hydra

As this creature enters, roll X d6. It enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the total of those results. Trample Ward {4} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}.)

Creature
Neverwinter Hydra (afc) 41
Primordial Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. This creature has trample as long as it has ten or more +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Primordial Hydra (m12) 189
Protean Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it. Whenever a +1/+1 counter is removed from this creature, put two +1/+1 counters on it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Protean Hydra (m11) 194
Railway Brawler

Reach, trample Whenever another creature you control enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is its power. Plot {3}{G} (You may pay {3}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Railway Brawler (otj) 175
Runadi, Behemoth Caller

Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, that creature enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it, where X is its mana value minus 4. Creatures you control with three or more +1/+1 counters on them have haste. {T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Runadi, Behemoth Caller (j22) 44
Steelbane Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Steelbane Hydra (ncc) 313
Strength of the Harvest

Enchantment
Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest (mh3) 258Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest (mh3) 258
Vastwood Fortification

Instant
Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket (znr) 216Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket (znr) 216

+1/+1 Counters

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Card Advantage

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Chulane, Teller of Tales

Vigilance Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Chulane, Teller of Tales (mkc) 202
Disciple of Freyalise

Creature
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250
Garruk's Uprising

When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (blc) 219
Gretchen Titchwillow

{2}{G}{U}: Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Gretchen Titchwillow (afr) 340
Inga and Esika

Creatures you control have vigilance and "{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell." Whenever you cast a creature spell, if three or more mana from creatures was spent to cast it, draw a card.

Creature
Inga and Esika (pmom) 229p
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner

Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card. −1: Untap target permanent.

Planeswalker
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner (sld) 1700
Up the Beanstalk

When this enchantment enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, draw a card.

Enchantment
Up the Beanstalk (woe) 195
Well Rested

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature becomes untapped, put two +1/+1 counters on it, then you gain 2 life and draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn."

Enchantment
Well Rested (pip) 88

Card Advantage

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Counter Enhancers

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Byrke, Long Ear of the Law

Vigilance When Byrke enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Byrke, Long Ear of the Law (blb) 380
Hardened Scales

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

Enchantment
Hardened Scales (wot) 55
Resourceful Defense

Whenever a permanent you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on target permanent you control. {4}{W}: Move any number of counters from target permanent you control to another target permanent you control.

Enchantment
Resourceful Defense (ncc) 120
The Ozolith

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.

Artifact
The Ozolith (ltc) 351
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor

At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures you control. {G}{U}, {T}: Double the number of each kind of counter on up to two target creatures and/or artifacts you control.

Creature
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor (fdn) 483

Counter Enhancers

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Haste

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Concordant Crossroads

All creatures have haste.

Enchantment
Concordant Crossroads (chr) 60

Haste

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Land

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Castle Garenbrig

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest. {T}: Add {G}. {2}{G}{G}, {T}: Add six {G}. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.

Land
Castle Garenbrig (eld) 240
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (blc) 130
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (blc) 131
Flooded Grove

{T}: Add {C}. {G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Flooded Grove (dsc) 276
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (blb) 378
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (blc) 307
Hinterland Harbor

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (dsc) 284
Hushwood Verge

{T}: Add {G}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control a Forest or a Plains.

Land
Hushwood Verge (dsk) 261
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (blb) 371
Karn's Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Land
Karn's Bastion (lcc) 339
Lair of the Hydra

If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {X}{G}: Until end of turn, this land becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.

Land
Lair of the Hydra (afr) 259
Littjara Mirrorlake

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{G}{G}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Littjara Mirrorlake (khm) 264
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered this turn.

Land
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood (blc) 320
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (blb) 370
Rejuvenating Springs

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 663
Seaside Citadel

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Seaside Citadel (blc) 329
Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (blc) 335
Tangled Florahedron

Creature
Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (j25) 156
Tranquil Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{W}{U} ({G}{W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Tranquil Landscape (mh3) 231
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (m3c) 409

Land

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Lifegain

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Hydroid Krasis

When you cast this spell, you gain half X life and draw half X cards. Round down each time. Flying, trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Hydroid Krasis (clu) 195

Lifegain

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Mana Enhancer

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Mana Reflection

If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces twice as much of that mana instead.

Enchantment
Mana Reflection (m3c) 237
Nyxbloom Ancient

Trample If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces three times as much of that mana instead.

Creature Enchantment
Nyxbloom Ancient (thb) 330

Mana Enhancer

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Mass Disruption

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Damning Verdict

Destroy all creatures with no counters on them.

Sorcery
Damning Verdict (ncc) 116
Ripples of Potential

Proliferate, then choose any number of permanents you control that had a counter put on them this way. Those permanents phase out. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Instant
Ripples of Potential (lcc) 77
Wave Goodbye

Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner's hand.

Sorcery
Wave Goodbye (lcc) 79

Mass Disruption

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Proliferate

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Mutational Advantage

Permanents you control with counters on them gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to those permanents this turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Instant
Mutational Advantage (pip) 111

Proliferate

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Protection

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Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (blc) 286

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (mkc) 223
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (blc) 81
Fanatic of Rhonas

{T}: Add {G}. Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Fanatic of Rhonas (mh3) 152
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Growing Rites of Itlimoc

Enchantment
Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun (lci) 188Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun (lci) 188
Incubation Druid

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce. If this creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, add three mana of that type instead. {3}{G}{G}: Adapt 3. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put three +1/+1 counters on it.)

Creature
Incubation Druid (moc) 302
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (7ed) 262
Rampant Rejuvenator

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is this creature's power, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Rampant Rejuvenator (nec) 70
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Whenever another creature enters, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power. {G}, {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Creature
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (cmm) 320
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (sld) 1696
The Great Henge

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. {T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Artifact
The Great Henge (cmm) 294

Ramp

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Targeted Disruption

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Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (a25) 41
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (lcc) 233
Bridgeworks Battle

Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (scd) 45
Fuel for the Cause

Counter target spell, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Instant
Fuel for the Cause (mbs) 25
Khalni Ambush

Instant
Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192
Krosan Grip

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Krosan Grip (sta) 53
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (cmm) 626
Slip Out the Back

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Instant
Slip Out the Back (snc) 62
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (blc) 109
Voracious Hydra

Trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature enters, choose one — • Double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. • This creature fights target creature you don't control.

Creature
Voracious Hydra (sld) 1491

Targeted Disruption

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Untap

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Kiora's Follower

{T}: Untap another target permanent.

Creature
Kiora's Follower (lcc) 273
Saryth, the Viper's Fang

Other tapped creatures you control have deathtouch. Other untapped creatures you control have hexproof. {1}, {T}: Untap another target creature or land you control.

Creature
Saryth, the Viper's Fang (mkc) 185
Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. {1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271
Virtue of Loyalty

Enchantment
Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty (woe) 277

Untap

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Win Cons

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Herald of Secret Streams

Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.

Creature
Herald of Secret Streams (lcc) 158
Simic Ascendancy

{1}{G}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on this enchantment. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.

Enchantment
Simic Ascendancy (blc) 260

Win Cons

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Sideboard

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Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (ltc) 369
Patriar's Seal

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Untap target legendary creature you control.

Artifact
Patriar's Seal (clb) 332

Sideboard

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Deck Info

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13 pips - 10 cards
18 mana - 15 cards
20 pips - 17 cards
21 mana - 16 cards
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0 mana - 8 cards
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0 mana - 8 cards
68 pips - 51 cards
49 mana - 36 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 5 cards
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