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Bristling Hydra

~$0.16 low · ~$0.68 high

Green. Creature — Hydra

two generic manaone green manaone green mana

147 · KLD · R · ENWhat the codes mean

Bristling Hydra

Kaladesh #147 · Illustrated by Chris Rahn

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~$0.16

Non-foil · Kaladesh #147

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Promo foil · Kaladesh Promos #147s

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Oracle text

When this creature enters, you get an energy counteran energy counteran energy counter (three energy counters).

Pay an energy counteran energy counteran energy counter: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains hexproof until end of turn.

4/3

All 3 printings of Bristling Hydra

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Kaladesh Promos #147★
Kaladesh Promos
pkld #147★· 2017Promorare· Cardmarket €0.71 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$0.32€0.71 foil
Kaladesh Promos #147s
Kaladesh Promos
pkld #147s· 2016Promorare· Cardmarket €0.71 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$0.68€0.71 foil

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Card details

First printed
2016
Printings
3
Mana value
4
EDHREC rank
#18,356 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Artist
Chris Rahn

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Kaladesh card (#147).

147 · KLD · R · EN

  • 147Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
  • KLDSet code for Kaladesh
  • RRare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Rulings (9)

  1. 2024-06-07

    If an effect says you get one or more an energy counter, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more an energy counter, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.

  2. 2024-06-07

    an energy counter is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.

  3. 2024-06-07

    Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of an energy counter describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.

  4. 2024-06-07

    Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.

  5. 2024-06-07

    Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.

  6. 2024-06-07

    If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of an energy counter, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any an energy counter even if you want to.

  7. 2024-06-07

    Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)

  8. 2024-06-07

    Some spells and abilities that give you an energy counter may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any an energy counter.

  9. 2024-06-07

    Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of an energy counter. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of an energy counter as the ability resolves.

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