Stumpsquall Hydra
Creature — Hydra
When this creature enters, distribute X +1/+1 counters among it and any number of commanders.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.56
- EDHREC rank
- #12564
Stumpsquall Hydra enters as an X/X where X is the number of creatures your opponents control, then fights one of them — immediate board presence and immediate removal stapled together. The cost is real: without a cost-reduction engine like Gargos, Vicious Watcher, you're paying full price for a creature whose size and fight target depend entirely on what your opponents have built.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Gargos, Vicious Watcher reduces every Hydra spell by four mana, which means Stumpsquall Hydra often resolves for two or three mana while still entering as a massive creature that fights on arrival — an absurd rate that makes it one of the most natural includes in the 99.
Polukranos Reborn
Polukranos Reborn cares about large Hydras and +1/+1 counter synergies, and Stumpsquall Hydra scales directly off the board state to arrive large and remove a threat without spending an additional card — exactly the kind of self-sufficient payoff that shell wants.
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 only format where Stumpsquall Hydra is genuinely good — three or four opponents means the creature enters as an enormous threat, and the fight trigger almost always has a meaningful target. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, no competitive archetype wants a seven-mana sorcery-speed creature that depends on a crowded board to justify the investment. Stumpsquall Hydra is a Commander card through and through, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.56 bulk tier
At $0.56, Stumpsquall Hydra sits squarely in bulk territory, which is appropriate for a card with a narrow but real niche. It won't climb without a spike in Hydra-tribal popularity, but at that price there's essentially no financial risk to picking one up for the right deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gargos, Vicious Watcher
- Polukranos Reborn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.