Glistean Hydra

by Xanooo on 25 May 2011

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Deck Description

- Ramp thru elves and alloy myr

- Get out a hydra, enchant it with a umbra to make it unkillable against any creature

- enchant it with glistening oil to make it pump up itself every turn or play oran to give it an extra counter

- ascetitism to make it untargetable

- Either use predation or Gigantiform to give it trample

- black sun zenith to pump your own hydra and clear the board

* Things i'd like to get some info on:

Mana base - feels a bit shaky
Search engine for the hydra
What happens if i give my hydra -5/-5 with dismember? Will it substract 5 +1/+1 counters from it? I know it works with infect and thats why i love em so much :)

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  • Mana Ramp

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Glistean Hydra

it isn't working like that placeing a -1/-1 isn't removing a +1/+1

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Posted 25 May 2011 at 12:15

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Putting a -1/-1 counter on a creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it means they both disappear. Due to a +1/+1 counter being removed from hydra, it gets 2 more at the end step. It HAS to be either damage or -1/-1 counters as dismember simply gives it -5/-5, doesn't deal with counters at all.

It's a rather great concept actually, because at the cost of reducing its power and toughness by one during your turn, it gets 2 bigger at the end step AND it can hit for infect which is ridiculous due to the whole hydra /prevent damage stuff.

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Posted 25 May 2011 at 17:37

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Best thing about it that it just cannot die from normal damage when it gets enchanted / equipped with something that gives it +1\+1. It's quite devious because a lot of people still dont know that :-)

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Posted 26 May 2011 at 07:43

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