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Mistcutter Hydra

Creature — Hydra

This spell can't be countered.
Haste, protection from blue
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{X}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Pioneer Masters
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4682
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Mistcutter Hydra card art
Mistcutter Hydra lands as an uncounterable, haste-equipped threat sized exactly to your available mana — whatever you invest goes directly onto the board and swings the same turn. The cost is that it does nothing without X mana to back it up; commanders like Yedora, Grave Gardener and Polukranos Reborn run it because they can guarantee the mana to make it monstrous, not as a backup plan.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Polukranos Reborn

78.6% of decks · synergy 0.77

Polukranos Reborn is a Hydra tribal commander, and Mistcutter Hydra is one of the most-played cards in those 99s — nearly 79% inclusion says it's close to an auto-include. The haste means Mistcutter can immediately contest the board state Polukranos is building around.

02
Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

65.3% of decks · synergy 0.62

Gargos, Vicious Watcher triggers a fight whenever you cast a Hydra, so Mistcutter Hydra doubles as removal the turn it enters — cast it, Gargos fights something, and you still have a haste attacker. That two-for-one is why over 65% of Gargos builds run it.

03
Zaxara, the Exemplary

Zaxara, the Exemplary

52.1% of decks · synergy 0.49

Zaxara, the Exemplary generates a free Hydra token whenever you cast a spell with X in its cost, so Mistcutter Hydra produces two threats for one card. More than half of Zaxara decks run it specifically for that doubling effect.

04
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet

Rosheen, Roaring Prophet

35.7% of decks · synergy 0.35

Rosheen, Roaring Prophet taps for four mana restricted to X spells, which feeds directly into Mistcutter Hydra's scaling — Rosheen effectively turns a three-land hand into a sizable haste attacker on curve. It's a clean, efficient use of the restricted mana.

05
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

11.7% of decks · synergy 0.09

Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider doubles counters placed on your permanents, so Mistcutter Hydra enters with twice as many +1/+1 counters as X would normally produce. The synergy is straightforward but potent enough that roughly 12% of Vorinclex builds include it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Mistcutter Hydra earns its slot in any deck that can reliably produce large amounts of green mana and wants a threat that dodges interaction on the way in — the combination of uncounterable and haste is genuinely rare at this mana flexibility. Outside Commander, Mistcutter Hydra sees only fringe play in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer; those formats move too fast for a do-nothing early drop, and dedicated sideboard hate for blue-heavy matchups has better options at lower floors. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander dynamic: if your planeswalker generates or rewards X-spell synergy, Mistcutter Hydra is a clean fit, otherwise it stays on the bench.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Mistcutter Hydra isn't currently available in our system — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live market prices. Historically it has been an inexpensive mythic given its narrow application, so it's rarely a budget obstacle for the decks that actually want it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.