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"Find me cards equivalent to: Ironscale Hydra"

Equivalent cards to Ironscale Hydra (green, Hydra, combat damage prevention/growth):

  • Vigor — Prevents damage and puts +1/+1 counters.
  • Heroic Intervention (instant, not Hydra) — Grants indestructible/hexproof, but not a creature.
  • Hydra's Growth (enchantment, not a Hydra) — Doubles +1/+1 counters.
  • Polukranos, Unchained (Hydra, G) — Deals with counters, but not exactly the same ability.

Closest exact equivalents are Vigor and Polukranos, Unchained, but none are a perfect Hydra match with the same ability as Ironscale Hydra.

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Heroic Intervention

Hydra's Growth

Ironscale Hydra

Polukranos, Unchained

Vigor

Heroic Intervention #79 Instant

Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4
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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • A planeswalker with indestructible still loses loyalty counters as it's dealt damage and will still be put into its owner's graveyard if its loyalty reaches 0.
  • The set of permanents affected by Heroic Intervention is determined as the spell resolves. Permanents you begin to control later in the turn won't gain hexproof and indestructible.
  • A battle with indestructible still loses defense counters as it's dealt damage. If it's a Siege, it will still be exiled when the last defense counter is removed from it, and its controller may still cast it transformed without paying its mana cost.

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    Manapool 8.85 USD / 12.49 USD
    Cardkingdom / 12.99 USD 12.99 USD
    Cardmarket 6.24 EUR / 7.61 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 7.9 USD 7.34 USD

    Legalities

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    Text

    Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

    Hydra's Growth #172 Enchantment — Aura

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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  • Aura
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Double Enchant

    Rules

  • If Hydra's Growth leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield triggered ability resolves, the creature it last enchanted before it left gets the +1/+1 counter.
  • To double the number of +1/+1 counters on a creature, put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number it already has. Other cards that interact with putting counters on it will interact with this effect accordingly.

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    Tcgplayer 1.63 USD / 2.23 USD
    Manapool 0.82 USD / 1.95 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD / 3.49 USD
    Cardmarket 1.01 EUR / 1.97 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Enchant creature When this Aura enters, put a +1/+1counteron enchanted creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on enchanted creature.

    Ironscale Hydra #296 Creature — Hydra

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 5/5
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  • Creature
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  • Hydra
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    Rules

  • 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.
  • 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.

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    Tcgplayer / 4.4 USD 1.26 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.35 EUR 0.81 EUR
    Manapool / 4.87 USD 0.78 USD
    Cardkingdom / 4.49 USD 0.99 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    If a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1counteron this creature.

    Polukranos, Unchained #224 Legendary Creature — Zombie Hydra

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Hydra
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Escape Fight

    Rules

  • After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters the battlefield and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. Perhaps it will escape again—good underworld security is so hard to come by these days.
  • Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.
  • If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.
  • If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.
  • If an amount of damage would be dealt to Polukranos greater than the number of +1/+1 counters on it, all of that damage is prevented, and all of those counters are removed. In most cases, this will result in Polukranos having 0 toughness, so it will be put into its owner's graveyard.
  • If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Polukranos, the damage is dealt and you'll simultaneously remove that many +1/+1 counters from it, all before the game checks for lethal damage.
  • If the target creature is an illegal target when Polukranos's activated ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If Polukranos is no longer on the battlefield, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.
  • If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.
  • Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.

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    Cardkingdom / 1.49 USD 1.29 USD
    Tcgplayer / 1.46 USD 0.78 USD
    Cardmarket 0.87 EUR / 0.92 EUR
    Manapool 0.53 USD / 0.77 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Polukranos enters with six +1/+1 counters on it. It escapes with twelve +1/+1 counters on it instead. If damage would be dealt to Polukranos while it has a +1/+1counteron it, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it. : Polukranos fights another target creature. Escape—, Exile six other cards from your graveyard.

    Vigor #53 Creature — Elemental Incarnation

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elemental
  • Incarnation
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Trample

    Rules

  • Although this ability triggers when the Incarnation is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, it doesn't *specifically* trigger on leaving the battlefield, so it doesn't behave like other leaves-the-battlefield abilities. The ability will trigger from the graveyard.
  • If the Incarnation had lost this ability while on the battlefield (due to Lignify, for example) and then was destroyed, the ability would still trigger and it would get shuffled into its owner's library. However, if the Incarnation lost this ability when it was put into the graveyard (due to Yixlid Jailer, for example), the ability wouldn't trigger and the Incarnation would remain in the graveyard.
  • If the Incarnation is removed from the graveyard after the ability triggers but before it resolves, it will remain in its new zone when its owner shuffles their library. Similarly, if a replacement effect has the Incarnation move to a different zone instead of being put into the graveyard, the ability won't trigger at all.
  • The last ability triggers when the Incarnation is put into its owner's graveyard from any zone, not just from on the battlefield.

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    Manapool / 20.81 USD 1.44 USD
    Cardkingdom / 8.99 USD 1.79 USD
    Cardmarket 1.27 EUR / 4.04 EUR
    Tcgplayer 2.1 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Trample If damage would be dealt to another creature you control, prevent that damage. Put a +1/+1counteron that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. When Vigor is put into a graveyard from anywhere,shuffleit into its owner's library.