Zaxara, the Exemplary
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secret Lair DropSLD · #1333
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Nightmare Hydra
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 10.69 € · ★ 23.04 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Blue Black Green
Card text
Deathtouch : Add two mana of any one color. Whenever you cast a spell with in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- CatDirty
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-12-02
Rulings
If X is 0, the 0/0 Hydra token will die immediately after the ability's done resolving unless something else is raising its toughness.
If an effect, such as that of Parallel Lives, causes Zaxara's ability to create multiple Hydra tokens, they each receive X +1/+1 counters.
If the spell you cast has in its mana cost, the token gets only X counters, not twice X.
The Hydra token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature. Any abilities that modify or trigger on this event apply. After the token is on the battlefield but before any player can take actions, +1/+1 counters are put onto the token.
The value of X in Zaxara's last ability is the value of X of the spell you cast.
