Protean Hydra
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Creature — Hydra
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Reference price
- Nonfoil
- $4.71
- Foil
- $18.71
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Price history
- Nonfoil
- Down 3% in 17 days
- Foil
- Up 22% in 17 days
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Printing details
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Released
- July 17, 2009
- Language
- en
- Collector no.
- #200
- Rarity
- mythic
Card text
Oracle text — the current official rules text for this card.
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it.
Whenever a +1/+1 counter is removed from this creature, put two +1/+1 counters on it at the beginning of the next end step.
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Beginner guide
Card text above uses Oracle text, the current official rules text for this card.
Choose a value for X. This costs that amount, plus one green mana.
- Mana
- Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells and activate abilities.
- X
- Choose a number for X as you cast the spell. That number becomes part of its cost.
