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Orochi Hatchery

Artifact

This artifact enters with X charge counters on it.
{5}, {T}: Create a 1/1 green Snake creature token for each charge counter on this artifact.

CMC
0
Mana cost
{X}{X}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2015
Price
$0.94
EDHREC rank
#10262
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Orochi Hatchery card art
Orochi Hatchery enters with X charge counters and taps to make a 1/1 Snake token for each one — the payoff scales directly with how much mana you sank in on cast. The double cost (X to enter, X mana every activation) means you need either a mana engine or a way to untap it repeatedly, which is exactly why Synod Artificer and Fblthp, Lost on the Range shells want it so badly.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Fblthp, Lost on the Range

Fblthp, Lost on the Range

22.3% of decks · synergy 0.22

Fblthp, Lost on the Range survives by hiding on top of a library, and Orochi Hatchery gives that deck a repeatable token outlet that doesn't need the commander on board to function — X charge counters means the factory keeps running even when Fblthp goes missing.

02
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer

14.7% of decks · synergy 0.14

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer cares specifically about Snakes, so Orochi Hatchery is one of the most efficient ways to flood the board with them on demand — pay X once, then tap repeatedly to supply the creature type Aphelia rewards.

03
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut

Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut

12.5% of decks · synergy 0.11

Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut turns every creature into a massive trampling threat, so the steady stream of tokens from Orochi Hatchery becomes a repeatable source of oversized attackers without requiring additional card investment each turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Orochi Hatchery actually gets to breathe — games go long enough to recoup the entry cost, and ramp plus untap effects make the activation genuinely threatening. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; a six-mana artifact that produces 1/1s at sorcery speed has no competitive standing in those formats. Modern is similarly hostile: the card is too slow and too easy to answer at the precise moment you'd want to tap it. Oathbreaker offers a middle ground, and in the right shell with a planeswalker commander that protects the board it can generate real value, though it remains a niche include.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1 decks
Synod ArtificerOrochi HatcheryIntruder AlarmAshnod's Altar

Synod ArtificerOrochi HatcheryIntruder AlarmAshnod's Altar

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of artifacts you control; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.94 bulk tier

At $0.94, Orochi Hatchery sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up without any budget consideration. That price is likely stable given the card's narrow appeal outside Snake tribal and specific untap-engine lists.

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