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Nyxborn Hydra

{X}{G}

Enchantment Creature — Hydra

MH3Modern Horizons 3#164common
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 12–192
Illustrator
Vincent Christiaens
Found in
Modern Horizons 3 Play Booster Pack · Modern Horizons 3 Collector Booster Pack
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Bestow {X}{G}{G} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.) Reach, trample This permanent enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Aura and has reach and trample.
0/1
BestowReachTrample

Plays as: Counter Payoff · Mana Sink · X Spell

Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-07-14
Nonfoil+31.8%
$0.29
$0.01 low-$0.02 gap
Foil-8.9%
$0.51
$0.05 low-$0.10 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.29· across 1 printing

Rulings

5 · latest Jun 7, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 7, 2024

    Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.

  • WotCJun 7, 2024

    If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.

  • WotCJun 7, 2024

    On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.

  • WotCJun 7, 2024

    Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.

  • WotCJun 7, 2024

    Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.