Mama Zax's Hydra Babies

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Casual Counters Multiplayer Tribal

Skyfolk

Creature (33)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Leyline Prowler
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Polukranos, Unchained
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 5x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Unbound Flourishing

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements

Commander (1)

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Strength of the Tajuru
• 1x Sultai Charm
• 1x Syncopate

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Orochi Hatchery
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Villainous Wealth

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Maybeboard

Land (11)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Creature (6)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Nimbus Swimmer
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• 1x Renegade Krasis

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x Wurmcalling

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Mana Bloom
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Instant (3)

• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Squall Line

Artifact (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x The Ozolith

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Once upon a time, I had a dream to make a Hydra tribal Commander deck. My initial commander for the deck was Animar, Soul of Elements, which made sense. There wasn't a single legendary Hydra with any synergy for the tribe, and Animar specifically benefited X-costed creatures more than anything else. Even when Gargos, Vicious Watcher was released, I didn't want to be locked into monogreen, or a 6-drop commander. I never ended up fully committing to the hydra tribal theme by the end, however.

When Zaxara was spoiled, I knew immediately what I was going to. Days after C21 released, I got my Otrimi precon and immediately gutted my old Animar deck for any cards that would still work well, combined it with any relevant cards from the precon and ordered most of the good hydra cards I was missing to really round it out.

Fast forward a relatively short amount of time and the deck is already in a spot I'm pretty happy with. I am missing some essential cards and better lands, but those are all in the maybeboard, giving me a goal to work towards for a while (as some of those cards are way too expensive for me at the moment.)

If you think there's anything really significant that I missed, don't hesitate to tell me about it.

Top Ranked	Achieved #38 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #18 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Casual 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WR
Splash colors	UB
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Hydra 0/0 G, Hydra */* G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
Folders	Other People's, edh