Nyxborn Hydra

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Nyxborn Hydra: Enchantment Creature - Hydra, Modern Horizons 3. Bestow XGG. Reach, trample. This permanent enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{X}{G}
Mana value
1
Type
Enchantment Creature - Hydra
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
0/1
Rarity
Common
Set
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
Released
2024-06-14
Collector number
164
Artist
Vincent Christiaens
Commander rank
3,490 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Bestow, Reach, Trample

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About Nyxborn Hydra

Nyxborn Hydra is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green enchantment creature from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), a draft-focused set released in June 2024. It is collector number 164 in that set, with art by Vincent Christiaens. It costs {X}{G} (X and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 0/1 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to Modern Horizons 3 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Bestow {X}{G}{G} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)

Reach, trample

This permanent enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Aura and has reach and trample.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Nyxborn Hydra by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Nyxborn Hydra

Nyxborn Hydra has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #MH3-164Common2026

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Nyxborn Hydra, newest first.

  • Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
  • If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
  • On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
  • Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
  • Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.

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