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Hydra Broodmaster

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Hydra Broodmaster

Comments (26)

Draco1430
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (10 votes)
Hail Hydra!
Purplerooster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It makes me sad they didn't draw X heads on this.
Continue
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (3 votes)
I'm a little bothered by how this has 9 heads instead of 7. (You can only see the neck of one of them.)
ShatterPalm
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (4 votes)
7/7 for 6 with a gelatinous genesis attached? I can dig it.
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
"Hail Hyd-" dammit. Beat me to it.
DaLucaray
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (4 votes)
Well Draco took my origonal comment idea so I guess I'll have to say something interesting.

This thing is a casual mana ramp treasure. Don't forget, after you Gelatinous Genesis, your Hydra gets bigger too.

It just needs trample badly. Fortunately we're in green!
anotherfan321
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Gelatinous Genesis was my favorite card in my Rosheen Meanderer deck. This'll now be my second favorite card in that deck.
Pendulous
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That's a lot of X's.
SeriouslyFacetious
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)
Seven "X"s on the 7/7...

However, it needs more...

sweetgab
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)
This is what you do with all the mana generated with Voyaging Satyrs, mana creatures, Nykthos, Xenagos, Kiora's Followers, and/or Karametra's Acolytes. How making 12 12/12s turn five sound?
PEVE_O
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In the art we can see the hydra standing over a bunch of hydra eggs. Mechanically when you monstrous Hydra Broodmaster you get X X/X hydras (the eggs hatch). I think the message is clear having children makes you a monster.
HuntingDrake
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)
As of M15, Gelatinous Genesis AND Genesis Wave will be represented on Hydras. Only one can be named Genesis Hydra...
StefanWB
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)
Journey into Nyx doesn't have a mono-Green Mythic, so how about some really scary Rares? This guy seems totally badass, and will work in a lot of decks with mana ramp.
Aelvr
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you pay 13 mana on its monstrosity ability, you get a 13/13 and 6 6/6 hydra tokens...
RedJaron
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Will this be much in competitive play? Probably not. Will this make EDH and kitchen tables quake in fear? Oh hell yes.
Grakling
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
@Continue It only has 7 heads. The part in the back you can see just barely is its tail, and it has two arms/legs visible.
K34
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Only green card I want in this set. so cool.
thePROJECTION
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Good friends with Omnath

Finally, something I can pump all that mana into!!
Fenix.
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Huuuuurg more boring green hydras!
CaptainNV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I had this at prerelease. One of my opponents looked at the four 4/4 spawns and said "I can't deal with that." before conceding the next turn.
Kelptic183
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Playing it only on curve without ramping to crazy numbers, this is a 7/7 for 6 that represents a total of 19 power if you monstrous it next turn(3 3/3s and a 10/10). This card is a gamewinner, folks.
tcollins
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Yo dawg... we heard you like hydras...
Jhyrryl
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (3 votes)
Kruphix, God of Horizons sure has some great places to dump all that mana....
Dr.Pingas
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
One of my favorite hydras so far. Still kinda getting sick of the idea that each "head" is a 1/1 or a +1/+1 counter. Each one is essentially a wurm on its own, it makes no sense for each to be as strong as a squirrel separately.
SnesController
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
I love this card, and not just for its functionality. I'm a huge fan of hydras. Now that hydras are making a name for themselves as the iconic big green monsters, they have a lot of ground to cover to catch up with the likes of dragons, demons, and angels in terms of establishing an identity as a major tribe. This is the first card that references the hydra lifecycle by including "baby" hydra tokens.
Tiggurix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Since this is called a "broodmaster", I'm assuming that, on Theros, it is the male hydras that take care of the young.