Benevolent Hydra
Click the card to switch sides
Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of Strixhaven CommanderSOC · #124
- Card type
- Creature — Hydra
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.19 € · 0.74 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on another creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. , Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
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
- Vincent Christiaens
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Rulings
"Put on another creature you control" includes creatures other than Benevolent Hydra that enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on them. If another creature would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it while you control Benevolent Hydra, it enters with that many counters plus one.
Each additional Benevolent Hydra you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on anther creature by one.
