Phytohydra
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Ravnica: City of GuildsRAV · #218
- Card type
- Creature — Plant Hydra
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.40 € · ★ 2.09 € · 0.73 $ · ★ 5.10 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- White Green
Card text
If damage would be dealt to this creature, put that many +1/+1 counters on it instead.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Jim Murray
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-10-07
Flavour text
"Look at this creature, so like the Conclave it serves. Cut one head and it grows two. Damage it and it flourishes." —Veszka, Selesnya evangel
Rulings
If Phytohydra blocks or is blocked by a creature with first strike or double strike, Phytohydra will get the counters during the first-strike combat damage step before it deals its own combat damage during the second combat damage step.
If another effect would prevent damage from being dealt to Phytohydra or replace it with something else, Phytohydra's controller chooses which effect to apply first.
Phytohydra's ability doesn't prevent damage. Damage that can't be prevented will still be replaced by +1/+1 counters being put on Phytohydra.
