Hydra, King of the Jungle

Modern* BG (Golgari)

drc006

Creature (23)

• 4x Corpsejack Menace
• 2x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 2x Heroes' Bane
• 3x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 3x Karametra's Acolyte
• 2x Korozda Guildmage
• 2x Mistcutter Hydra
• 2x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Worldwaker

Land (20)

• 11x Forest
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 2x Overgrown Tomb
• 6x Swamp

Enchantment (11)

• 2x Death's Presence
• 2x Dictate of Karametra
• 2x Frontier Siege
• 2x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Upwelling
• 2x Verdant Haven

Artifact (3)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Vorrac Battlehorns

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Shamanic Revelation

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Crowned Ceratok
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 2x Reclamation Sage
• 2x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Whisperer of the Wilds

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Gift of Orzhova

Instant (4)

• 2x Bioshift
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Unmake the Graves

Sorcery (1)

• 1x In Garruk's Wake

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Using a combination of Corpsejack Menace to ramp +1/+1 counters and mana ramping cards like Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Karametra's Acolyte I focused on what truly makes a hydra, strength. Nissa, Worldwaker can truly speed the deck up especially with cards like Dictate of Karametra on the field while Polukranos, the World Eater wipes an opponents creatures with a hefty monstrosity trigger. Genesis Hydra lets me search the deck for the ponce de resistance, Hydra Broodmaster who allows me to swarm the field with enough big friends to make a movie star jealous. In short, this is a speedy hydra deck, something missing in the metagame of late.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 4 Rares 6 - 5 Uncommons 5 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.00
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Hydra */* G, Saproling 1/1 G