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Hooded Hydra

~$0.72 low · ~$5.69 high

Green. Creature — Snake Hydra

X generic manaone green manaone green mana

0171 · MKC · M · ENWhat the codes mean

Hooded Hydra

Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #171 · Illustrated by Chase Stone

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Non-foil · Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #171

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Foil · Khans of Tarkir #136

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Oracle text

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

When this creature dies, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token for each +1/+1 counter on it.

Morph three generic manaone green manaone green mana

As this creature is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.

0/0

All 3 printings of Hooded Hydra

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Commander 2019 #172
Commander 2019
c19 #172· 2019mythic· Cardmarket €0.62
mythic$1.25No foil printing€0.62
Khans of Tarkir #136
Khans of Tarkir
ktk #136· 2014mythic· Cardmarket €0.96 · €3.60 foil
mythic$0.96$5.69€0.96€3.60 foil

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Card details

First printed
2014
Printings
3
Mana value
2
EDHREC rank
#3,428 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Morph
Artist
Chase Stone

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander card (#171).

0171 · MKC · M · EN

  • 0171Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
  • MKCSet code for Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
  • MMythic rare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Rulings (12)

  1. 2014-09-20

    Any time you have priority, you may turn the face-down creature face up by revealing what its morph cost is and paying that cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. Only a face-down permanent can be turned face up this way; a face-down spell cannot.

  2. 2014-09-20

    You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can easily be differentiated from each other. You're not allowed to mix up the cards that represent them on the battlefield in order to confuse other players. The order they entered the battlefield should remain clear. Common methods for doing this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield.

  3. 2014-09-20

    When the spell resolves, it enters the battlefield as a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. It's colorless and has a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the creature can still grant it any of these characteristics.

  4. 2014-09-20

    If a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or if the game ends.

  5. 2014-09-20

    The face-down spell has no mana cost and has a mana value of 0. When you cast a face-down spell, put it on the stack face down so no other player knows what it is, and pay three generic mana. This is an alternative cost.

  6. 2014-09-20

    Hooded Hydra's last ability isn't a triggered ability. It's a replacement ability that modifies how Hooded Hydra is turned face up. Players can't respond to Hooded Hydra being turned face up and having five +1/+1 counters put on it.

  7. 2014-09-20

    Morph lets you cast a card face down by paying three generic mana, and lets you turn the face-down permanent face up any time you have priority by paying its morph cost.

  8. 2014-09-20

    If Hooded Hydra is face down and it's turned face up some other way than by having its morph cost paid, the last ability will still apply.

  9. 2014-09-20

    A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent, as well as Auras and Equipment that were attached to the permanent, aren't affected.

  10. 2014-09-20

    At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can't look at face-down spells or permanents you don't control unless an effect instructs you to do so.

  11. 2014-09-20

    Use the number of +1/+1 counters that were on Hooded Hydra the last time it was on the battlefield to determine how many Snake tokens to create.

  12. 2014-09-20

    Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.

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