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◇ Concept · 12 printings

Rock Hydra

Creature — Hydra·RESERVED LIST

printings

#26882

EDHREC rank

—

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

—

wishlisted

Value

$1200.0090d high · 12 printings

90-dayhigh $1200low $0.02range 5999900.0%n 349

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

PreDHlegal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernnot legal

paupernot legal

alchemynot legal

pioneernot legal

vintagelegal

historicnot legal

standardnot legal

Timelessnot legal

commanderlegal

Gladiatornot legal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

◆ Reserved List

Context

Across the 12 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.02 to $1200.00 across 349 observations.

Rarix catalogs 12 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Creature — Hydra. Color identity: red. Mana cost: {X}{R}{R} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card concept #26,882 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Jeff A. Menges.