Ironscale Hydra
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Theros Beyond DeathTHB · #296
- Card type
- Creature — Hydra
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.71 € · ★ 2.10 € · 1.57 $ · ★ 4.46 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 5
- Toughness
- 5
- Colour
- Green
Card text
If a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Brian Valeza
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-01-24
Flavour text
"Put down your bows, you fools! Arrows only make it angry!" —Callia, Hyrax Tower scout
Rulings
If damage that can’t be prevented is dealt to Ironscale Hydra, the damage is dealt and you’ll simultaneously put a +1/+1 counter on it, before the game checks for lethal damage.
You put only one +1/+1 counter on Ironscale Hydra per creature whose combat damage is prevented, no matter how much damage would have been dealt.
