Zaxara, the Exemplary
Legendary Creature — Nightmare Hydra
DMCDominaria United Commander#176mythic
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster
- Illustrator
- Simon Dominic
- Found in
- Dominaria United Commander Deck Painbow
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Deathtouch
: Add two mana of any one color.
Whenever you cast a spell with 
in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
2/3: Add two mana of any one color.
Whenever you cast a spell with in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.Deathtouch
Plays as:
Mana FixerCreature Token Maker
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Rulings
5 · latest Apr 17, 2020
- WotCApr 17, 2020
If X is 0, the 0/0 Hydra token will die immediately after the ability's done resolving unless something else is raising its toughness.
- WotCApr 17, 2020
If an effect, such as that of Parallel Lives, causes Zaxara's ability to create multiple Hydra tokens, they each receive X +1/+1 counters.
- WotCApr 17, 2020
If the spell you cast has
in its mana cost, the token gets only X counters, not twice X. - WotCApr 17, 2020
The Hydra token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature. Any abilities that modify or trigger on this event apply. After the token is on the battlefield but before any player can take actions, +1/+1 counters are put onto the token.
- WotCApr 17, 2020
The value of X in Zaxara's last ability is the value of X of the spell you cast.