---
name: "Benevolent Hydra"
mana_cost: "{X}{G}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Hydra"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "1889"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jack Teagle"
oracle_id: "01dbf1bc-ca62-4fb6-959c-ef7c0dc03bb0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/benevolent-hydra-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Benevolent Hydra
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{G}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Hydra
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wildwood Scourge](/printing/wildwood-scourge-fdn.md) — Creature — Hydra
2. [Heroes' Bane](/printing/heroes-bane-c20.md) — Creature — Hydra
3. [Vastwood Hydra](/printing/vastwood-hydra-m14.md) — Creature — Hydra
4. [Feral Hydra](/printing/feral-hydra-bbd.md) — Creature — Hydra Beast
5. [Kalonian Hydra](/printing/kalonian-hydra-c16.md) — Creature — Hydra
6. [Wren's Run Hydra](/printing/wrens-run-hydra-j21.md) — Creature — Hydra

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1889
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jack Teagle
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`