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◇ Catalog #133

Rock Hydra

DIGITAL ONLY

me4·#133·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jeff A. Menges

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '11

15 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,628 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Creature — Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. For each 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature, if it has a +1/+1 counter on it, remove a +1/+1 counter from it and prevent that 1 damage. {R}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn. {R}{R}{R}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

0/0

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2008-08-01wotc

If damage that would be dealt to Rock Hydra can't be prevented, you still remove a +1/+1 counter from it for each 1 damage dealt.

2008-08-01wotc

You can activate the activated ability that prevents damage any time, even if no source seems likely to deal damage to you in the near future. It will prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt this turn, even if that turns out to be much later in the turn.

2004-10-04wotc

If put onto the battlefield without casting it from your hand, X will be zero.

2004-10-04

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME4 — 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 #133 of *Masters Edition IV*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Masters Edition IV release.

Card type: Creature — Hydra, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{R}{R} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,628 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jeff A. Menges. Rarix catalogs 338 other cards credited to this artist.