Printings
Lair of the Hydra
Card Information
Type: Land
CMC: 0
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 259
Oracle Text
If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {X}{G}: Until end of turn, this land becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 23, 2021
If Lair of the Hydra enters the battlefield at the same time as one or more other lands, it doesn't take those lands into consideration when determining how many other lands you control.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
If you turn Lair of the Hydra into a creature but haven't controlled it continuously since your most recent turn began, you won't be able to activate its mana ability or attack with it.
Source: wotc
Price History
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