Printings
Ironscale Hydra
Card Information
Type: Creature — Hydra
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Theros Beyond Death (THB)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 296
Oracle Text
If a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 24, 2020
If damage that can’t be prevented is dealt to Ironscale Hydra, the damage is dealt and you’ll simultaneously put a +1/+1 counter on it, before the game checks for lethal damage.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
You put only one +1/+1 counter on Ironscale Hydra per creature whose combat damage is prevented, no matter how much damage would have been dealt.
Source: wotc
Price History
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