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Heroes' Bane
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Iconic MastersIMA · #166
- Card type
- Creature — Hydra
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.33 € · 0.35 $ · ★ 0.53 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 0
- Toughness
- 0
- Colour
- Green
Card text
This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. : Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is its power.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Raymond Swanland
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-11-17
Flavour text
Travelers' tales claim that hydras bite off their own heads to make themselves deadlier.
Rulings
If Heroes' Bane's power is less than 0 when its second ability resolves, X is considered to be 0.
The value of X is calculated only once, as Heroes' Bane's last ability resolves.
