Ramunap Hydra
Creature — Snake Hydra
Vigilance, reach, trample
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Desert.
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as there is a Desert card in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #15483
Ramunap Hydra scales to a massive, trampling, vigilant threat for free once you're running deserts — reach, trample, and vigilance on a single body that can top six or seven power without spending extra mana. The catch is desert dependency: outside a dedicated lands or desert-synergy shell, Ramunap Hydra is an understatted vanilla, and Indominus Rex, Alpha is the commander that makes it worth sleeving up.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Indominus Rex, Alpha
Indominus Rex, Alpha pitches cards to give itself keywords, and Ramunap Hydra delivers trample, reach, and vigilance in a single card — one pitch loads three abilities onto Rex simultaneously, making Ramunap Hydra one of the most efficient keyword donors in the deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ramunap Hydra is a Commander card through and through — it needs enough deserts in one deck to reliably hit three or four counters, and the 99-card singleton environment with dedicated land-matters commanders is exactly where that condition is met. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, it simply doesn't compete: four mana for a creature that requires a specific land subtype to be good is too conditional when those slots demand unconditional power. Legacy and Vintage have no desert infrastructure worth supporting, so Ramunap Hydra doesn't appear there in any serious capacity. Stick to Commander, specifically under a lands or desert-tribal commander, and it earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Ramunap Hydra is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or thrown into a budget order without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow synergy requirements rarely climb unless a new commander or mechanic puts the desert subtype in demand, so treat this as a cheap role-player, not a sleeper.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Indominus Rex, Alpha
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.