Domesticated Hydra
Creature — Hydra
: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
As long as this creature is monstrous, it has trample.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #17778
Domesticated Hydra enters as a massive trampling threat that scales with the mana you put into it, but the ward cost — paying life equal to its power to protect it — is what separates it from generic hydra filler. Six mana for a 4/4 with trample is unimpressive on rate; the payoff is how punishing it becomes to remove once it's grown.
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 the right home for Domesticated Hydra — multiplayer tables give you time to grow it, and the life-payment ward becomes genuinely taxing when opponents are already managing 40-life clocks and multiple threats. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable competitively; those formats move too fast for a six-mana creature that doesn't immediately win the game. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's slower, multiplayer texture that Domesticated Hydra can function there too, particularly in green shells that generate surplus mana.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Domesticated Hydra is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb without a format breakout, and nothing about this card's design points toward one.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.