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Zaxara, the Exemplary

Zaxara, the Exemplary - Built around Unbound Flourishing, Primordial Hydra and Villainous Wealth

Zaxara, the Exemplary · BGU · 100 cards · 34 lands

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Zaxara, the Exemplary
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Legendary Creature — Nightmare Hydra
Deathtouch {T}: Add two mana of any one color. Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
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Creatures (50)

Hydroid Krasis
Hydroid Krasis
Creature — Jellyfish Hydra Beast
$0.32
When you cast this spell, you gain half X life and draw half X cards. Round down each time. Flying, trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Primordial Hydra
Primordial Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$1.41
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. This creature has trample as long as it has ten or more +1/+1 counters on it.
Hungering Hydra
Hungering Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$2.93
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive the damage to get the counters.)
Voracious Hydra
Voracious Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$0.31
Trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature enters, choose one — • Double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. • This creature fights target creature you don't control.
Steelbane Hydra
Steelbane Hydra
Creature — Turtle Hydra
$0.3
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Goldvein Hydra
Goldvein Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$3.3
Vigilance, trample, haste This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to its power.
Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$0.68
The first spell you cast with {X} in its mana cost each turn costs {1} less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Zimone. Whenever you cast your first spell with {X} in its mana cost each turn, put two +1/+1 counters on Zimone.
Owlin Spiralmancer
Owlin Spiralmancer
Creature — Bird Wizard
$0.33
Flying, vigilance Whenever you cast your first spell with {X} in its mana cost each turn, you may copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Nev, the Practical Dean
Nev, the Practical Dean
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$0.3
Creatures you control with counters on them have trample. Whenever you cast your first spell with {X} in its mana cost each turn, put X +1/+1 counters on Nev.
Nexos
Nexos
Creature — Human Tyranid Advisor
$8.51
Strategic Coordinator — Basic lands you control have "{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only on costs that contain {X}."
Primo, the Unbounded
Primo, the Unbounded
Legendary Creature — Fractal Wolf
$1.05
Trample Primo enters with twice X +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever one or more creatures you control with base power 0 deal combat damage to a player, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the damage dealt.
Protean Hydra
Protean Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$4.38
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it. Whenever a +1/+1 counter is removed from this creature, put two +1/+1 counters on it at the beginning of the next end step.
Neverwinter Hydra
Neverwinter Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$7.36
As this creature enters, roll X d6. It enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the total of those results. Trample Ward {4} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}.)
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Legendary Creature — Hydra
$1.19
Vigilance Hydra spells you cast cost {4} less to cast. Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Feral Hydra
Feral Hydra
Creature — Hydra Beast
$0.16
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {3}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Any player may activate this ability.
The Goose Mother
The Goose Mother
Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra
$0.32
Flying The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up. Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
Lifeblood Hydra
Lifeblood Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$0.34
Trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, you gain life and draw cards equal to its power.
Stonecoil Serpent
Stonecoil Serpent
Artifact Creature — Snake
$0.4
Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Genesis Hydra
Genesis Hydra
Creature — Plant Hydra
$0.37
When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library. This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Corpsejack Menace
Corpsejack Menace
Creature — Fungus
$0.35
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Kalonian Hydra
Kalonian Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$6.07
Trample This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Mistcutter Hydra
Mistcutter Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$2.25
This spell can't be countered. Haste, protection from blue This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Vastwood Hydra
Vastwood Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$1.17
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, you may distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature among any number of creatures you control.
Herald of Secret Streams
Herald of Secret Streams
Creature — Merfolk Warrior
$6.17
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Legendary Creature — Elf Scout
$5.38
Whenever another creature enters, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power. {G}, {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Hooded Hydra
Hooded Hydra
Creature — Snake Hydra
$0.96
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token for each +1/+1 counter on it. Morph {3}{G}{G} As this creature is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.
Nyxborn Hydra
Nyxborn Hydra
Enchantment Creature — Hydra
$0.37
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.
Managorger Hydra
Managorger Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$0.37
Trample Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Benevolent Hydra
Benevolent Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$0.75
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on another creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
Birds of Paradise
Birds of Paradise
Creature — Bird
$4.98
Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.
Geometer's Arthropod
Geometer's Arthropod
Creature — Fractal Crab
$0.35
Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Kodama of the West Tree
Kodama of the West Tree
Legendary Creature — Spirit
$19.37
Reach Modified creatures you control have trample. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) Whenever a modified creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Capricopian
Capricopian
Creature — Goat Hydra
$1.48
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {2}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then you may reselect which player this creature is attacking. Only the player this creature is attacking may activate this ability and only during the declare attackers step. (It can't attack its controller.)
Nyxbloom Ancient
Nyxbloom Ancient
Enchantment Creature — Elemental
$26.95
Trample If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces three times as much of that mana instead.
Fanatic of Rhonas
Fanatic of Rhonas
Creature — Snake Druid
$12.43
{T}: Add {G}. Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Ingenious Prodigy
Ingenious Prodigy
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.32
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, draw a card.
Altered Ego
Altered Ego
Creature — Shapeshifter
$0.22
This spell can't be countered. You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it.
Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
Legendary Creature — Vedalken Scout
$0.15
{T}: Add {G}{U}. Spend this mana only to cast spells with mana value 5 or greater or spells with {X} in their mana costs. {U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Kinetic Ooze
Kinetic Ooze
Creature — Ooze
$0.32
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or more, you draw a card. If X is 10 or more, double the number of +1/+1 counters on any number of other target creatures.
Mossborn Hydra
Mossborn Hydra
Creature — Elemental Hydra
$13.54
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.
Wren's Run Hydra
Wren's Run Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$0.28
Reach This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. Reinforce X—{X}{G}{G} ({X}{G}{G}, Discard this card: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature.)
Llanowar Elves
Llanowar Elves
Creature — Elf Druid
$0.25
{T}: Add {G}.
Gyre Sage
Gyre Sage
Creature — Elf Druid
$0.67
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) {T}: Add {G} for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Walking Ballista
Walking Ballista
Artifact Creature — Construct
$5.27
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Sporocyst
Sporocyst
Creature — Tyranid
$9.33
Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Defender Spore Chimney — When this creature enters, search your library for up to X basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Rampaging Yao Guai
Rampaging Yao Guai
Creature — Bear Mutant
$9.79
Vigilance, trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature enters, destroy any number of target artifacts and/or enchantments with total mana value X or less.
Bloom Tender
Bloom Tender
Creature — Elf Druid
$13.15
Vivid — {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit
$33.52
Flash Flying, vigilance When Wan Shi Tong enters, put X +1/+1 counters on him. Then draw half X cards, rounded down. Whenever an opponent searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on Wan Shi Tong and draw a card.
Kami of Whispered Hopes
Kami of Whispered Hopes
Creature — Spirit
$4.29
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Creature — Snake Shaman
$0.29
Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instants (8)

Pull from Tomorrow
Pull from Tomorrow
Instant
$0.18
Draw X cards, then discard a card.
Repulsive Mutation
Repulsive Mutation
Instant
$0.59
Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Then counter up to one target spell unless its controller pays mana equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
Inspiring Call
Inspiring Call
Instant
$0.28
Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Thassa's Intervention
Thassa's Intervention
Instant
$0.37
Choose one — • Look at the top X cards of your library. Put up to two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. • Counter target spell unless its controller pays twice {X}.
Counterspell
Counterspell
Instant
$1.33
Counter target spell.
Condescend
Condescend
Instant
$0.34
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Blue Sun's Zenith
Blue Sun's Zenith
Instant
$1.86
Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.
Cyclonic Rift
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.1
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorceries (4)

Villainous Wealth
Villainous Wealth
Sorcery
$0.26
Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library. You may cast any number of spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs.
Exsanguinate
Exsanguinate
Sorcery
$0.34
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Wave Goodbye
Wave Goodbye
Sorcery
$1.9
Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner's hand.
Black Sun's Zenith
Black Sun's Zenith
Sorcery
$0.37
Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Enchantments (3)

Unbound Flourishing
Unbound Flourishing
Enchantment
$2.13
Whenever you cast a permanent spell with a mana cost that contains {X}, double the value of X. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell or activate an ability, if that spell's mana cost or that ability's activation cost contains {X}, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Garruk's Uprising
Garruk's Uprising
Enchantment
$0.4
When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Lattice Library
Lattice Library
Enchantment
$0.25
This enchantment enters with X study counters on it. When this enchantment enters and whenever you cast your first spell with {X} in its mana cost each turn, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of study counters on this enchantment.

Lands (34)

Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Land
$4.19
You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.
Rogue's Passage
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Temple of the False God
Temple of the False God
Land
$0.19
{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Lair of the Hydra
Lair of the Hydra
Land
$0.34
If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {X}{G}: Until end of turn, this land becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog
Land
$0.99
This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.
Karn's Bastion
Karn's Bastion
Land
$2.7
{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Castle Garenbrig
Castle Garenbrig
Land
$8.89
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest. {T}: Add {G}. {2}{G}{G}, {T}: Add six {G}. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
Alchemist's Refuge
Alchemist's Refuge
Land
$0.41
{T}: Add {C}. {G}{U}, {T}: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
Mistrise Village
Mistrise Village
Land
$7.41
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn can't be countered.
Mosswort Bridge
Mosswort Bridge
Land
$0.23
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.
Mortuary Mire
Mortuary Mire
Land
$0.3
This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.
Command Tower
Command Tower
Land
$0.24
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Opulent Palace
Opulent Palace
Land
$0.26
This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Land
$0.17
{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Hinterland Harbor
Hinterland Harbor
Land
$0.29
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.
Breeding Pool
Breeding Pool
Land — Forest Island
$9.52
({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Overgrown Tomb
Overgrown Tomb
Land — Swamp Forest
$8.75
({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Watery Grave
Watery Grave
Land — Island Swamp
$9.85
({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Basic lands: 1 Swamp 11 Forest 4 Island
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