First printed in Jumpstart 2022 (2022)
All 3 prints
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Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #124, 2026
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1889, 2025
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Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #38, 2022
Benevolent Hydra 
Creature — Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on another creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
MTGO price: 10.41 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
Combos
76 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Benevolent Hydra + Vigor + Walking Ballista
- Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities, Infinite creature tokens…: Benevolent Hydra + Cryptic Trilobite + Marath, Will of the Wild
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature: Benevolent Hydra + Gatta and Luzzu + Walking Ballista
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature: Benevolent Hydra + Strength of Will + Walking Ballista
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Benevolent Hydra + Rite of Passage + Walking Ballista
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Benevolent Hydra + Triskelion + Vigor
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Benevolent Hydra + Branching Evolution + Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Benevolent Hydra + Crystalline Crawler + Innkeeper's Talent + Simic Ascendancy
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Benevolent Hydra + Rite of Passage + Triskelion
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Benevolent Hydra + Crystalline Crawler + Doubling Season + Simic Ascendancy
