Genesis Hydra
~$0.35 low · ~$1.82 high
Green. Creature — Plant Hydra
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #193 · Illustrated by Donato Giancola
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #193 · Illustrated by Donato GiancolaWhat is Genesis Hydra worth?
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Oracle text
When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
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Designed by George Fan
Format legality
All 8 printings of Genesis Hydra
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander otc #193· 2024rare· Cardmarket €0.35 | rare | $0.42 | No foil printing | €0.35 | |
 March of the Machine Commander moc #298· 2023rare· Cardmarket €0.18 | rare | $0.38 | No foil printing | €0.18 | |
 Neon Dynasty Commander nec #118· 2022rare· Cardmarket €0.29 | rare | $0.39 | No foil printing | €0.29 | |
 The List plst #M15-176· 2020rare· Cardmarket €0.92 | rare | $1.18 | No foil printing | €0.92 | |
 Commander 2020 c20 #172· 2020rare· Cardmarket €0.24 | rare | $0.48 | No foil printing | €0.24 | |
 Iconic Masters ima #163· 2017rare· Cardmarket €0.39 · €1.11 foil | rare | $0.54 | $0.80 | €0.39€1.11 foil | |
 Magic 2015 Promos pm15 #176★· 2015Promorare· Cardmarket €1.49 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $0.35 | €1.49 foil | |
 Magic 2015 m15 #176· 2014rare· Cardmarket €0.49 · €1.55 foil | rare | $0.37 | $1.82 | €0.49€1.55 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2014
- Printings
- 8
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #2,699 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artists
- Donato Giancola, Peter Mohrbacher
Rulings (6)
2017-11-17
A nonland permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker card.
2017-11-17
If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.
2017-11-17
If you put an Aura onto the battlefield this way, you choose what it enchants as it enters the battlefield. This doesn't target any permanent or player, but it must be able to enchant that permanent or player. For example, you could put a green Aura onto the battlefield enchanting a creature with hexproof controlled by an opponent, but not one with protection from green.
2017-11-17
Genesis Hydra's first ability will resolve before Genesis Hydra does. Notably, if you put an Aura card onto the battlefield this way, it can't enchant Genesis Hydra.
2017-11-17
If "the rest" is zero cards, either because X was 0 or because X was 1 and that card was put onto the battlefield, the library is still shuffled.
2017-11-17
If a card in a player's library has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
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