30th Anniversary Edition30A · #167
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Rock Hydra
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- Card type
- Creature — Hydra
- Rarity
- Rare
Non-foil
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Foil
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Non-foil
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Foil
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- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 0
- Toughness
- 0
- Colour
- Red
Card text
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. For each 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature, if it has a +1/+1 counter on it, remove a +1/+1 counter from it and prevent that 1 damage. : Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn. : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot provided
- StandardNot provided
- PioneerNot provided
- ModernNot provided
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot provided
- AlchemyNot provided
- BrawlNot provided
- Competitive BrawlNot provided
- Historic BrawlNot provided
- Standard BrawlNot provided
- ExplorerNot provided
- HistoricNot provided
- TimelessNot provided
- GladiatorNot provided
- OathbreakerLegal
- Old SchoolLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernNot provided
- Tiny Leaders RebornNot provided
- Future StandardNot provided
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- Illustrator
- Jeff A. Menges
- Card language
- fr
- Release date
- 1994-04-11
Rulings
If put onto the battlefield without casting it from your hand, X will be zero.
Once on the battlefield, the X is considered to be zero when calculating its mana cost.
If damage that would be dealt to Rock Hydra can't be prevented, you still remove a +1/+1 counter from it for each 1 damage dealt.
You can activate the activated ability that prevents damage any time, even if no source seems likely to deal damage to you in the near future. It will prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt this turn, even if that turns out to be much later in the turn.
Other printings of this card
Newest first · includes artwork variants.
- 30th Anniversary Edition30A · #464—Views —Times played
- Masters Edition IVME4 · #133—Views —Times played
- Summer Magic / EdgarSUM · #173—Views —Times played
- Revised Edition3ED · #173—Views —Times played
- Foreign Black BorderFBB · #173—Views —Times played
- Collectors' EditionCED · #172—Views —Times played
- Intl. Collectors' EditionCEI · #172—Views —Times played
- Unlimited Edition2ED · #172—Views —Times played
- Limited Edition BetaLEB · #172—Views —Times played
- Limited Edition AlphaLEA · #171—Views —Times played
Indicative price history
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Combos involving this card
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