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Hydra X
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Commander

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Zaxara, the Exemplary

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.

Creature
Zaxara, the Exemplary (dmc) 176

Commander

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Evasion

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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
Rancor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Rancor (2x2) 156

Evasion

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Ramp

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Animist's Awakening

Reveal the top X cards of your library. Put all land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, untap those lands.

Sorcery
Animist's Awakening (c20) 166
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 51
Astral Cornucopia

This artifact enters with X charge counters on it. {T}: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color for each charge counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Astral Cornucopia (cm2) 172
Birds of Paradise

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

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Bloom Tender

{T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

Creature
Bloom Tender (2x2) 138
Burgeoning

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Burgeoning (plst) STH-102
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Elementalist's Palette

Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, put two charge counters on this artifact. {T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add {C} for each charge counter on this artifact. Spend this mana only on costs that contain {X}.

Artifact
Elementalist's Palette (c21) 76
Everflowing Chalice

Multikicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} any number of times as you cast this spell.) This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked. {T}: Add {C} for each charge counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Everflowing Chalice (pip) 230
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
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) 167
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Whenever you tap a nonland permanent for mana, add one mana of any type that permanent produced. {5}{G}{U}: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a non-Human creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy (plst) IKO-192
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (otc) 196
Nature's Lore

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

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Nexos

Strategic Coordinator — Basic lands you control have "{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only on costs that contain {X}."

Creature
Nexos (40k) 95
Nissa, Steward of Elements

+2: Scry 2. 0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield. −6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.

Planeswalker
Nissa, Steward of Elements (c20) 224
Rampant Growth

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

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (j25) 704
Simic Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Unbound Flourishing

Whenever you cast a permanent spell with a mana cost that contains {X}, double the value of X. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell or activate an ability, if that spell's mana cost or that ability's activation cost contains {X}, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Enchantment
Unbound Flourishing (plst) MH1-189

Ramp

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Copy

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Aggressive Biomancy

Create X tokens that are copies of target creature you control, except they have "When this token enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control."

Sorcery
Aggressive Biomancy (m3c) 121

Copy

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Finisher

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Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Sorcery
Torment of Hailfire (plst) HOU-77

Finisher

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Removal

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Condescend

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Instant
Condescend (j22) 282
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Curse of the Swine

Exile X target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.

Sorcery
Curse of the Swine (otc) 92
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (rvr) 40
Erebos's Intervention

Choose one — • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life. • Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.

Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
Icy Blast

Tap X target creatures. Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Instant
Icy Blast (ktk) 42
Putrefy

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Putrefy (dsc) 90
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
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 (m20) 200

Removal

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Counters

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Branching Evolution

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

Enchantment
Branching Evolution (mh3) 285
Corpsejack Menace

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

Creature
Corpsejack Menace (pip) 214
Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager

Grakmaw enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature you control dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, put a +1/+1 counter on Grakmaw. When Grakmaw dies, create an X/X black and green Hydra creature token, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Grakmaw.

Creature
Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager (znr) 223
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 (pip) 200
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
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
Nyxborn Hydra

Bestow {X}{G}{G} (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.

Creature Enchantment
Nyxborn Hydra (mh3) 164
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 (j22) 712
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
Stonecoil Serpent

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature Artifact
Stonecoil Serpent (cmm) 976
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 (iko) 237
Vastwood Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, you may distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature among any number of creatures you control.

Creature
Vastwood Hydra (c20) 194

Counters

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Land

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Breeding Pool

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Breeding Pool (rvr) 275
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Dreamroot Cascade

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Dreamroot Cascade (inr) 277
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (drc) 155
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 289
Golgari Rot Farm

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Land
Golgari Rot Farm (dsc) 279
Hinterland Harbor

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

Land
Hinterland Harbor (drc) 160
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Llanowar Wastes (dsc) 287
Morphic Pool

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

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Opulent Palace

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

Land
Opulent Palace (otc) 307
Overgrown Tomb

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Overgrown Tomb (rvr) 283
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (drc) 166
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 (dsc) 295
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Simic Growth Chamber

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (dsc) 298
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (drc) 174
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Temple of Malady

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Malady (dsc) 309
Temple of Mystery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (dsc) 311
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (dsc) 313
Treasure Vault

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{X}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.

Artifact Land
Treasure Vault (drc) 180
Undergrowth Stadium

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

Land
Undergrowth Stadium (cmm) 435
Woodland Cemetery

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

Land
Woodland Cemetery (dsc) 326
Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Yavimaya Coast (drc) 184
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

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

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261
Zagoth Triome

({T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Zagoth Triome (iko) 259

Land

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Tokens

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Doubling Season

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead. If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.

Enchantment
Doubling Season (fdn) 216

Tokens

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Draw

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Blue Sun's Zenith

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Instant
Blue Sun's Zenith (a25) 44
Finale of Revelation

Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game. Exile Finale of Revelation.

Sorcery
Finale of Revelation (otc) 97
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
Genesis Hydra

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.

Creature
Genesis Hydra (otc) 193
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
Inspiring Call

Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Inspiring Call (fdn) 226
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 (plst) WAR-232
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
Mind Spring

Draw X cards.

Sorcery
Mind Spring (plst) DDT-14
Open into Wonder

X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

Sorcery
Open into Wonder (znc) 34
The Goose Mother

Flying The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up. Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
The Goose Mother (woe) 204
Villainous Wealth

Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library. You may cast any number of spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs.

Sorcery
Villainous Wealth (otc) 249

Draw

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Protection

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Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (pip) 202
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (drc) 55
Mistcutter Hydra

This spell can't be countered. Haste, protection from blue This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Mistcutter Hydra (ths) 162

Protection

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Tokens & Extras

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Boar

Creature Token
Boar (tm3c) 17
Copy

(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)

Token
Copy (ttdm) 1
Food

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.

Artifact Token
Food (tfin) 22
Hydra

Creature Token
Hydra (tznr) 9
Hydra

Creature Token
Hydra (tdmc) 10
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (ttdm) 16

Tokens & Extras

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