Hydra Broodmaster
Hydra Broodmaster: Creature - Hydra, Commander 2021. XXG: Monstrosity X. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Creature - Hydra
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 7/7
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander 2021 (C21)
- Released
- 2021-04-23
- Collector number
- 194
- Artist
- Vincent Proce
- Commander rank
- 4,231 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Monstrosity
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About Hydra Broodmaster
Hydra Broodmaster is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Commander 2021 (C21), a Commander product released in April 2021. It is collector number 194 in that set, with art by Vincent Proce. It costs {4}{G}{G} (four generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 7/7 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Journey into Nyx (2014) to Modern Horizons 3 Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.39 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{X}{X}{G}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When this creature becomes monstrous, create X X/X green Hydra creature tokens.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.39 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hydra Broodmaster by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hydra Broodmaster
Hydra Broodmaster has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #233 | Rare | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #53850 | Rare | 2014 |
| Magic 2015 Clash Pack (CP1) #4 | Rare | 2014 |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) #128 | Rare | 2014 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Hydra Broodmaster, newest first.
- The value of each X in Hydra Broodmaster's last ability is equal to the value chosen for X when its monstrosity ability was activated.
- An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.
- Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.
- Once a creature becomes monstrous, it can't become monstrous again. If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hydra Broodmaster is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.