Benevolent Hydra

Secret Lair Drop • #1889 • rare

Creature — Hydra |

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Live Value $6.33

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

Reprint Profile:

Printed 3 times HIGH RISK

Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like Secrets of Strixhaven Commander, Jumpstart 2022.

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Dealer Buylist (Foil):

$4.30

Buy/Sell Spread:

vs $8.49 retail 49% NORMAL

A typical dealer margin for a card in this price range.

Buylist data via MTGJSON (Card Kingdom), October 13, 2026.

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🗂️ Alternative Printings

Compare all 3 printings & prices →

SOC #124(R) $0.76

J22 #38(R) $4.21

Benevolent Hydra

Secret Lair Drop • #1889 • rare

Current Valuation

$6.33

30-Day Market Trend

Rarity

rare

Set Origin

SLD

Daily Shift

-7.59%

EDHREC Rank

#2,940

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Creature — Hydra

Color Identity Green

Power / Toughness 1 / 1

🖋️ Curator's Notes

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.

, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.

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Official Judge Precedents

2 Precedents

2022-12-02

"Put on another creature you control" includes creatures other than Benevolent Hydra that enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on them. If another creature would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it while you control Benevolent Hydra, it enters with that many counters plus one.

2022-12-02

Each additional Benevolent Hydra you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on anther creature by one.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2025-02-03

Set Name: Secret Lair Drop

Artist Reference: Jack Teagle

Border Profile: borderless

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Traditional Foil

Promo Status NO

Edition Status Reprint