Heroes' Bane

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Heroes' Bane: Creature - Hydra, Commander 2020. This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{G}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Hydra
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
0/0
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
175
Artist
Raymond Swanland
Commander rank
7,839 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Heroes' Bane

Heroes' Bane is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 175 in that set, with art by Raymond Swanland. It costs {3}{G}{G} (three generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 0/0 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Journey into Nyx (2014) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.

{2}{G}{G}: Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is its power.

Travelers' tales claim that hydras bite off their own heads to make themselves deadlier.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Heroes' Bane by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Heroes' Bane

Heroes' Bane has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Foundations (FDN) #639Rare2024
The List (PLST) #IMA-166Uncommon2024
Iconic Masters (IMA) #166Uncommon2017
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #52328Rare2015
Journey into Nyx (JOU) #126Rare2014
Journey into Nyx Promos (PJOU) #126★Rare2014

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Heroes' Bane, newest first.

  • If Heroes' Bane's power is less than 0 when its second ability resolves, X is considered to be 0.
  • The value of X is calculated only once, as Heroes' Bane's last ability resolves.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Heroes' Bane is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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