Zaxby's: Real Hydras

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai)

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Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 5x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 4x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Unbound Flourishing

Creature (20)

• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Polukranos, Unchained
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Villainous Wealth

Instant (10)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Gang Up
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Thassa's Intervention
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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The Hydra

This is my tribal hydra deck I put together with Zaxara at the helm. I've seen a lot of lists that focus on X cost spells and while I think that is where Zaxara shines I really wanted to give a go at a hydra creature heavy deck. Hydra is my favorite tribe and this deck is a blast to play!

The Hydra's hunger

With such a creature heavy deck and the main focus being combat damage we need a lot of mana. Below is all our ramp that is going to allow us to pump out big hydras and spells as well as the cards that paired with Zaxara will give us infinite mana

Ramp

• Farseek
• Animist's Awakening
• Arcane Signet
• Mana Crypt
• Sol Ring
• The Great Henge
• Elvish Mystic
• Ilysian Caryatid
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• Sylvan Caryatid

Infinite Mana

• Pemmin's Aura
• Freed from the Real

The Heart of the Hydra

Besides getting big beaters and beating face we have some other win conditions that are going to help in the event we can't maintain a big board or are prevented from attacking

Win Con: Mana Sink

These are a few of the spells we can sink infinite mana into to eliminate players and win

• Damnable Pact
• Exsanguinate
• Profane Command
• Villainous Wealth

Win Con: Didn't see that coming

• Simic Ascendancy

Simic ascendency can help us win very quickly with all our +1/+1 support for our creatures with Doubling Season, Primal Vigor, The Ozolith, Corpsejack Menace, and Hydra's Growth

Win Con: When all else fails

If the before mentioned win cons can't shut out the game or you really just want your friends to hate you then the last win con is for you.

• Triumph of the Hordes

All you need is a few big hydras and you can swing out at the enitre table and win with infect.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.72
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Hydra 0/0 G, Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G