Genesis Hydra 
Creature — Plant Hydra0/0
Oracle text (EN)
Creature — Plant Hydra
When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library. This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Printing details
- Set
- C20 · 172
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Peter Mohrbacher
- Released
- 2020-04-17
- Prices
- €0.27 · $0.54
Price history
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- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2026 | €0.27 | €0.24 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.10 trend €0.27 30-day avg €0.23 | low – trend €0.20 30-day avg €0.20 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.24 with Zero from €0.24 | NM from – |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.24 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Nov 1, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 1, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Not legal
- competitivebrawl Not legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Not legal
- historic Not legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Not legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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A nonland permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker card.
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If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.
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If you put an Aura onto the battlefield this way, you choose what it enchants as it enters the battlefield. This doesn't target any permanent or player, but it must be able to enchant that permanent or player. For example, you could put a green Aura onto the battlefield enchanting a creature with hexproof controlled by an opponent, but not one with protection from green.
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Genesis Hydra's first ability will resolve before Genesis Hydra does. Notably, if you put an Aura card onto the battlefield this way, it can't enchant Genesis Hydra.
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If "the rest" is zero cards, either because X was 0 or because X was 1 and that card was put onto the battlefield, the library is still shuffled.
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If a card in a player's library has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.