Ironscale Hydra
thbTheros Beyond Death#296rare
Legal in 13 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$1.35
Foil$4.38
Foil premium
3.24×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$1.35
Foil
$4.38
Track in your collection
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Creature — Hydra
If a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
P/T5/5
Ability breakdown
Abilities
StaticIf a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Rulings
- WotCJan 24, 2020
If damage that can’t be prevented is dealt to Ironscale Hydra, the damage is dealt and you’ll simultaneously put a +1/+1 counter on it, before the game checks for lethal damage.
- WotCJan 24, 2020
You put only one +1/+1 counter on Ironscale Hydra per creature whose combat damage is prevented, no matter how much damage would have been dealt.
Market & price history
Market
THB #296
2026-07-06Ironscale Hydra
$1.35TCGplayer market▼ -4.9% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.46Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.08· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.38 (+82.6%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$3.69Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$1.58· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$2.11 (+57.2%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 1h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$1.35▲ +16.4%
Foil$4.38▲ +5.0%
Price signals
This printing
7d
stable
14d
stable
30d
rising
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Liquid
Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.
Across all copies
This card, all printings.
Cheaper copy available: $0.56
Cross-printing valuation
2 printings across 2 sets
Printings
2 total
The List#THB-296
2024 · Brian Valeza
$0.56
Theros Beyond Death#296
2020 · Brian Valeza
$1.35$4.38
Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
“"Put down your bows, you fools! Arrows only make it angry!" —Callia, Hyrax Tower scout”
Illustrated by
Brian Valeza
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- Brian Valeza
- Frame
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
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