Vastwood Hydra

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

Mana cost
{X}{G}{G}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Hydra
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
0/0
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
194
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
Commander rank
5,305 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Vastwood Hydra

Vastwood Hydra is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 194 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {X}{G}{G} (X and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/0 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 2 sets, from Magic 2014 (2013) to Commander 2020 (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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

When this creature dies, you may distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature among any number of creatures you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.24 (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 Vastwood Hydra by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Vastwood Hydra

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

PrintingRarityYear
Magic 2014 (M14) #198Rare2013

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Vastwood Hydra, newest first.

  • You choose how the counters will be distributed when the ability resolves.
  • In some unusual cases, Vastwood Hydra will have enough -1/-1 counters put on it to make its toughness 0 or less. If this happens, the ability will still distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on Vastwood Hydra before the -1/-1 counters were put on it. For example, if Vastwood Hydra has two +1/+1 counters on it and three -1/-1 counters are put on it, two +1/+1 counters will be distributed.
  • The ability that triggers when Vastwood Hydra dies doesn’t target any of the creatures. You can choose to put counters on a creature with protection from green, for example.

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Vastwood Hydra is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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