Wren's Run Hydra
Creature — Hydra
Reach
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Reinforce X—
(, Discard this card: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8554
Wren's Run Hydra lands as a massive trampler that scales with the number of Forests you control — the kind of threat that ends games if it connects even once. The cost is real: no built-in protection and a mana investment that demands dedicated ramp, but Polukranos Reborn already runs that infrastructure and runs this card in over 70% of its builds for good reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Polukranos Reborn
Polukranos Reborn is a Forest itself once it transforms, which directly inflates Wren's Run Hydra's power and toughness — the synergy is mechanical, not incidental, which explains the 71% inclusion rate.
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Gargos, Vicious Watcher cuts the cost of targeting your own Hydras, so the expensive spells that buff Wren's Run Hydra suddenly cost four less mana and trigger Gargos's fight ability as a bonus.
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Zaxara, the Exemplary generates Hydra tokens off any X-spell, and Wren's Run Hydra's Forest-scaling means casting it for a large X produces a second massive body alongside the first.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Wren's Run Hydra does its best work — dedicated Hydra and Forests-matter builds reliably fuel it, and the multiplayer table gives it time to become a lethal threat. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; those formats move too fast for a do-nothing-until-it-attacks creature with no protection. Modern is the same story: a trampler that requires a stocked board to be impressive doesn't compete with what the format is doing by turn four. Stick to Commander and Oathbreaker, where the deck-building context can actually justify the mana.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Wren's Run Hydra isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or a vendor for the live figure. Given its narrow application outside Commander and its niche-within-niche positioning even there, it's unlikely to carry a premium — expect a bulk-rare price point.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Polukranos Reborn
- Gargos, Vicious Watcher
- Zaxara, the Exemplary
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.