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◇ Catalog #296

Ironscale Hydra

thb·#296·rare·foil

Illus. Brian Valeza

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Jan '20

6 yr ago

Value

$4.17+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.32 · low $3.93

NM$4.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.85–$4.40modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.17low $0.02range 20750.0%n 58

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,610 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$4.17

Nonfoil$1.11

Gameplay

Creature — Hydra

If a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"Put down your bows, you fools! Arrows only make it angry!" —Callia, Hyrax Tower scout

5/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2020-01-24wotc

If damage that can’t be prevented is dealt to Ironscale Hydra, the damage is dealt and you’ll simultaneously put a +1/+1 counter on it, before the game checks for lethal damage.

2020-01-24wotc

You put only one +1/+1 counter on Ironscale Hydra per creature whose combat damage is prevented, no matter how much damage would have been dealt.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $4.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $4.17 across 58 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from THB — 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 #296 of *Theros Beyond Death*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2020 Theros Beyond Death 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 #8,610 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Brian Valeza. Rarix catalogs 367 other cards credited to this artist.