Benevolent Hydra
Benevolent Hydra: Creature - Hydra, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Hydra
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 124
- Artist
- Vincent Christiaens
- Commander rank
- 2,975 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Benevolent Hydra
Benevolent Hydra is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 124 in that set, with art by Vincent Christiaens. It costs {X}{G}{G} (X and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Jumpstart 2022 (2022) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-04).
Card text
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on another creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
{T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.68 (as of 2026-11-04).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Benevolent Hydra by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Benevolent Hydra
Benevolent Hydra has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1889 | Rare | 2025 |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #38 | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Benevolent Hydra, newest first.
- "Put on another creature you control" includes creatures other than Benevolent Hydra that enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on them. If another creature would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it while you control Benevolent Hydra, it enters with that many counters plus one.
- Each additional Benevolent Hydra you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on anther creature by one.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Benevolent Hydra is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.