First printed in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (2021)

All 6 prints

Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #353, 2024
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #259, 2021
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #356, 2021
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #259a, 2021
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #259p, 2021
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #259s, 2021

Lair of the Hydra

Land

If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped.
tap : Add Green .
Green : Until end of turn, this land becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.

In the last 30 days 10.3% of Pioneer decks played it (42 of 408). Most played in Leyline Festival. In the last 30 days 0.0% of Modern decks played it (1 of 2268). Most played in Craterhoof.

Staple

Pioneer staples: main deck, 6% of decks (#81)
Lands

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

1 combo from Commander Spellbook.

Infinite green mana, Infinitely large creature: Devoted Druid + Exchange of Words + Lair of the Hydra

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pioneer Other periods →

In 42 of 408 decks (10.3%).

Share of decks

10.3%

▲ 6.7 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

42 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.1

in the main deck

Win rate

52%

7 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Leyline Festival	7.4%	100%
RG (unclassified)	2.5%	50%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	1.0%	50%
UG (unclassified)	1.0%	75%
URG (unclassified)	1.0%	25%
WUG (unclassified)	0.2%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	100%	8.9
Elvish Mystic	100%	6.7
Llanowar Elves	100%	6.7
Boseiju, Who Endures	100%	3.6
Cavalier of Thorns	83%	9.7
Outcaster Trailblazer	83%	9.7
Storm the Festival	83%	9.7
Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth	83%	9.7
Old-Growth Troll	81%	9.7
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner	81%	9.7

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Leyline Festival DelverFofoqueiro in Pioneer Challenge 16	5-2 71%
Leyline Festival MandrillMan in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Leyline Festival MarcoIa in Pioneer Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Leyline Festival MisterTwin in Pioneer Challenge 16	4-2 67%
RG Thales in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Leyline Festival Thief_Of_Crowns in Pioneer Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Leyline Festival Bothes in Pioneer Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Leyline Festival John1111 in Pioneer Challenge 16	3-2 60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Leyline Festival JademOlavarrieta, 27 Oct	2 main	5-0
Leyline Festival KeepAny7vsYou, 27 Oct	3 main	#7 4-3
RG Thales, 27 Oct	2 main	#8 4-3
Leyline Festival MandrillMan, 27 Oct	2 main	#11 4-2
Leyline Festival MisterTwin, 27 Oct	3 main	#20 3-3
Leyline Festival AttackDDoS, 27 Oct	3 main	#29 3-3
Leyline Festival kledsxO, 26 Oct	2 main	5-0
Leyline Festival HouseOfManaMTG, 25 Oct	2 main	#7 3-3

Modern Other periods →

In 1 of 2268 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)