Genesis Hydra
Creature — Plant Hydra
Genesis Hydra
Creature — Plant Hydra
Card 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.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Green
- Color Identity
- Green
- Power / Toughness
- 0 / 0
- EDHREC Rank
- #2,472
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (49)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) | #193 | rare | en | Donato Giancola | $0.40 | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | en | Donato Giancola | $0.34 | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | en | Donato Giancola | $0.33 | — |
| The List (PLST) | #M15-176 | rare | en | Peter Mohrbacher | $1.08 | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | en | Peter Mohrbacher | $0.38 | — |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) | #163 | rare | en | Peter Mohrbacher | $0.37 | $0.78 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #55870 | rare | en | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 Promos (PM15) | #176★ | rare | en | Peter Mohrbacher | — | $0.34 |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | en | Peter Mohrbacher | $0.39 | $1.92 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) | #193 | rare | de | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | de | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | de | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | de | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | de | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) | #193 | rare | es | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | es | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | es | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | es | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | es | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) | #193 | rare | fr | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | fr | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | fr | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | fr | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | fr | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | it | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | it | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | it | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | it | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) | #193 | rare | ja | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | ja | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | ja | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | ja | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) | #163 | rare | ja | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | ja | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | ko | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | pt | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | pt | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | pt | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | pt | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | ru | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #172 | rare | ru | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | ru | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) | #193 | rare | zhs | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #298 | rare | zhs | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | zhs | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) | #163 | rare | zhs | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | zhs | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) | #118 | rare | zht | Donato Giancola | — | — |
| Magic 2015 (M15) | #176 | rare | zht | Peter Mohrbacher | — | — |
Official Rulings (6)
A nonland permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker card.
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.
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.
If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.
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.
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