Hydra Tribal (Hydras, Elves, and Lots of Counters)

Commander / EDH Counters Fight Hydra Mono-Green

Kashakunaki

Counters (29)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Invigorating Surge
• 1x Ironscale Hydra
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Rampant Rejuvenator
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vivien, Arkbow Ranger
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Lands (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 22x Forest
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Protection (8)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Vivien Reid

Card Advantage (4)

• 1x Apex Devastator
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise

Other (3)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Lair of the Hydra

Winning Condition (3)

• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede

Hydras (20)

• 1x Apex Devastator
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Ironscale Hydra
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Khalni Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Rampant Rejuvenator
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Card Draw (16)

• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Vivien Reid

Fight (9)

• 1x Aspect of Hydra
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Invigorating Surge
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Voracious Hydra

Removal (5)

• 1x Monstrous Onslaught
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Vivien, Arkbow Ranger
• 1x Vivien Reid
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Tutors (4)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra

Planeswalkers (2)

• 1x Vivien, Arkbow Ranger
• 1x Vivien Reid

Commander (1)

Ramp (18)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Rampant Rejuvenator
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Verdant Mastery
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Trample (15)

• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Vivien, Arkbow Ranger
• 1x Vivien Reid
• 1x Voracious Hydra

Heralds of Hydras (6)

• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Life Gain (4)

• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x The Great Henge

Hand Size (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

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The elves have prophesized the end of times deep in the wood of nature's last forest. Slumbering beasts of unimaginable power and primal fury rest, waiting for their moment to devour the world. Industrialization has taken over; determined to save their culture and the planet, the elves have decided to take this prophecy into their own hands and assist in awakening these creatures so that they may ravage the land. Hydras, massive, multi-headed beasts with an infinite appetite and unparalleled ferocity have awoken. Guided by their guardian, Gargos, Vicious Watcher, there is no doubt that these beasts will raze the planet in blood.

This is a commander deck led by Gargos, Vicious Watcher that is laser focused in execution. It does three things, and it does them well: ramping mana, drawing cards, and playing huge hydras.

This, like all my decks, is aimed to be a 75% commander deck. It doesn't make use of infinite combos, ridiculously expensive cards, and vomit inducing combos, but it is effective, it is fun, and it is versatile. I've played this deck and variations of it against many different opponents playing many different decks, and it does well. The deck has little interaction, though, and I'm sure in certain groups or settings would perform less than desirable. Despite this it is a ton of fun and remains quite consistent in our relatively competitive commander play group.

If you like everyone being afraid of every card you play, pumping out tons of mana, holding half your deck as your hand, and swinging to kill the whole table in a blow out turn with stupidly powerful hydras you'll have a lot of fun with this deck.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.65
Tokens	Emblem Vivien Reid, Hydra */* G
Folders	Davis' Decks