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Benevolent Hydra

Card Name

Benevolent Hydra

Mana Cost

X

Type

Creature – Hydra

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Benevolent Hydra enters the battlefield 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 Benevolent Hydra: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(12/2/2022)
"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.
(12/2/2022)
Each additional Benevolent Hydra you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on anther creature by one.