MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #126

Heroes' Bane

jou·#126·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Raymond Swanland

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '14

12 yr ago

Value

$0.24+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.25 · low $0.23

NM$0.24

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.22–$0.25modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.24low $0.02range 1100.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,687 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.60

Nonfoil$0.24

Gameplay

Creature — Hydra

This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. {2}{G}{G}: Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is its power.

Travelers' tales claim that hydras bite off their own heads to make themselves deadlier.

0/0

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2024-11-08wotc

If Heroes' Bane's power is less than 0 when its second ability resolves, X is considered to be 0.

2024-11-08wotc

The value of X is calculated only once, as Heroes' Bane's last ability resolves.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.24. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.24 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from JOU — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #126 of *Journey into Nyx*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2014 Journey into Nyx release.

Card type: Creature — Hydra, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{G}{G} (5 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,687 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Raymond Swanland. Rarix catalogs 886 other cards credited to this artist.