Printings
Vastwood Hydra
Card Information
Type: Creature — Hydra
Mana Cost: X
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Magic 2014 (M14)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 198
Oracle 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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 1, 2013
You choose how the counters will be distributed when the ability resolves.
Source: wotc - July 1, 2013
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.
Source: wotc - July 1, 2013
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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