Capricopian
Creature — Goat Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then you may reselect which player this creature is attacking. Only the player this creature is attacking may activate this ability and only during the declare attackers step. (It can't attack its controller.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $2.03
- EDHREC rank
- #8106
Capricopian enters as an X/X hydra and grows a +1/+1 counter at end of turn for each opponent who targeted it — the threat scales itself as long as your opponents interact with it. The cost is real: you're handing your opponents a political lever, and a table that ignores it leaves you with an expensive vanilla creature. Still, in any shell that generates big mana and wants a hydra that punishes removal, Capricopian earns its slot over flat-stat alternatives like Polukranos Reborn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Polukranos Reborn
Polukranos Reborn is a hydra-tribal commander, and Capricopian slots in as one of the deck's best political threats — every removal spell an opponent fires at it feeds its own counter engine, letting Polukranos trigger off an ever-larger creature.
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Zaxara, the Exemplary rewards casting spells with X in their mana cost by producing Hydra tokens, so Capricopian does double duty: it's an X spell that triggers Zaxara on cast and then grows independently through combat and interaction.
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Gargos, Vicious Watcher reduces the cost of Hydra spells, which makes Capricopian's X payments go further, and any opponent who targets Capricopian to slow it down simultaneously triggers Gargos's fight ability.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Capricopian lives — a four-player table means three independent chances to accumulate counters each turn cycle, and the political dimension of 'attack me and I get bigger' actually functions as a deterrent in longer games. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but competes against a card pool that doesn't care about incremental counter accumulation; no competitive shell wants it there. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning, where the two-player-plus structure can still generate the targeted triggers that make Capricopian grow, though the smaller table cuts its ceiling noticeably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.03 cheap tier
At $2.03, Capricopian sits in the cheap tier — easy to pick up as a one-of without budget stress. It's a niche card with a narrow best-fit (hydra tribal, X-spell commanders), so don't expect the price to move much; demand is steady but capped.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Polukranos Reborn
- Zaxara, the Exemplary
- Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.