Hydra Fight Club

Commander / EDH Casual Control Fight Hydra Midrange Mono-Green Multiplayer

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Creature (22)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Artifact (10)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Rhonas's Monument
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 24x Snow-Covered Forest

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Into the North
• 1x Monstrous Onslaught
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 1x Vivien Reid

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Druid's Call
• 1x Gaea's Touch
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Whip Silk
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Instant (6)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Evolution Charm
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Setessan Tactics
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

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Instant (6)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bounty of Might
• 1x Emerald Charm
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Seedling Charm
• 1x Sylvan Might

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Moldervine Cloak

Land (3)

• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Tectonic Edge

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Monstrify
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

Artifact (3)

• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Scythe of the Wretched

Creature (2)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Quirion Druid

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"Rule #1 Don't talk about Hydra Fight Club

Hydra tribal duh

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I'm not gonna talk about every card just the ones I think are worth talking about. Also Doubling Season makes everything better. The mention of Doubling Season will be kept in check.

The heavy hitters

Kalonian Hydra: maybe one of the strongest hydra in the deck.

Lifeblood Hydra: card draw and lifegain on a hydra, seems good.

Mistcutter Hydra: the haste on this makes it brutal. The cant be countered and pro blue make it a nightmare for blue players.

Polukranos, World Eater: a 5/5 for 4 mana or just with the cmdr out. But it's the Monstrous that good here. A board wipe creature.

Primordial Hydra: I think this will end the game if not delt with quickly.

Ulvenwald Hydra: it's like a toolbox hydra for this deck as it can grab any of the specific non basic lands that I need giving the situation.

Vigor: definitely the best card in the deck for the fight ability on the cmdr.

Hit the speed bag

Trying to keep and ramp at a low 2 cmc for speed

• Sakura-Tribe Elder
• Into the North
• Rampant Growth
• Rhonas's Monument, this card is double good as it Grant's trample to my creature's as well as making them 2 points bigger.
• Harrow
• Emerald Medallion
• Thought Vessel
• Moss Diamond
• Sol Ring
• Ancient Tomb

Need some big ramp too

• Nissa, Who Shakes the World a 5 cmc mana doubler with a 2 mana rebate. Getting this to ult its beautiful. No dead draws after that ult.
• Traverse the Outlands, if this targets the Cmdr and gets 8 lands that's really good but you know what's better? 20 lands. Not a problem.
• Extraplanar Lens a fast mana doubler that's great with Snow-Covered Forest's.
• Zendikar Resurgent everybody knows why this card is good, just read it.
• Karametra's Acolyte
• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, can be fetched with Ulvenwald Hydra.

Need food for all those heads

• Beast Whisperer, can be searched into play with Finale of Devastation.
• Rishkar's Expertise, the best one shot mono green card draw card.
• Greater Good, this card is so good.. imagine sacrificing Lifeblood Hydra to this and drawing 14 to 30 cards.
• Lifecrafter's Bestiary, getting to scry every turn also helps smooth out those dead draws.

Other sources of filling up your hand

• Eternal Witness
• Vivien Reid, all 3 ability's here are perfect.
• Lifeblood Hydra
• Praetor's Counsel
• Seasons Past
• Zendikar Resurgent
• Evolution Charm
• Geier Reach Sanitarium, more people should be playing this card. Also can be fetched out with Ulvenwald Hydra.
• Cream of the Crop, this isn't card draw but it will certainly get you to your card draw sources faster.

let's talk about hydra fight club

Throwing heavy punches

The following cards trigger the cmdr to fight. Some once, some more than once

• Increasing Savagery, 5 counters for 4 cmc is good economy. It having flashback is sweet, getting to target again but the added bonus of 10 counters! Holy shit!
• Monstrous Onslaught, it's kinda like making Polukranos, World Eater Monstrous but better. Not only do you get to deal damage all over the place but you can target your own creatures with this spell for 1 damage each causing it to trigger your cmdr to fight multiple times. Fucking sweet!
• Whip Silk, quite possibly the best fight removal in the whole deck. Getting to do this over and over again, turn after turn making sure nothing lives it brutal.
• Setessan Tactics this is basically a instant speed board wipe. Also note that it can be used politically because you and a friend can team up against someone getting out of control.
• Solidarity of Heroes, multiple fight triggers and double the counters. Nice!

The rest of the cards that trigger the cmdr to fight

• Evolution Charm can make a creature fly too
• Druid's Call, super sweet aura that synergistically works with gargos
• Alpha Authority, Protection
• Bear Umbra, Protection
• Canopy Cover, Protection

Gotta be ready, keep your hands up

• Hydra Broodmaster, use its Monstrous ability to makes tons of baby hydras. This is insane with Doubling Season.
• Wilderness Reclamation, you want to cast hydras but you also want to keep mana open for your opponents, you will have to fight those pesky creatures that get in your way to victory.
• Vedalken Orrery, like the Wilderness Reclamation you want to do reaction spells too but having this out adds so much more instant speed removal. Too good.
• Darksteel Plate, put this on your Cmdr and take your opponents down town to Hydra fight club. Pair very well with Whip Silk.
• Ulvenwald Hydra, creatures getting in the way? Fetch Rogue's Passage, they took your hydra? Fetch Homeward Path, they all have hexproof? Fetch Detection Tower or Arcane Lighthouse, cmdr died to many times? Fetch Command Beacon, need big mana? Fetch Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, hand size is too big? Fetch Reliquary Tower.
• Heroic Intervention, a board wipe can set you back. Keep this ready for that. Greater Good is also really good at responding to a board wipe.

Your opponents are getting to confident, time to take them out!

The finishing moves

• Triumph of the Hordes
• Overwhelming Stampede
• Finale of Devastation
• God-Eternal Rhonas

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Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Emblem Vivien Reid, Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G, Squirrel 1/1 G
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