---
name: "Bioessence Hydra"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Hydra Mutant"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Trample"]
set: "PWAR"
set_name: "War of the Spark Promos"
collector_number: "186s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "1f79de2a-6cef-4285-b008-5b5527c406ab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bioessence-hydra-pwar"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bioessence Hydra
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Hydra Mutant
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each loyalty counter on planeswalkers you control.
Whenever one or more loyalty counters are put on planeswalkers you control, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kalonian Hydra](/printing/kalonian-hydra-c16.md) — Creature — Hydra
2. [Mossborn Hydra](/printing/mossborn-hydra-fdn.md) — Creature — Elemental Hydra
3. [Managorger Hydra](/printing/managorger-hydra-sld.md) — Creature — Hydra
4. [Wildwood Scourge](/printing/wildwood-scourge-fdn.md) — Creature — Hydra
5. [Benevolent Hydra](/printing/benevolent-hydra-soc.md) — Creature — Hydra
6. [Scourge of Skola Vale](/printing/scourge-of-skola-vale-bng.md) — Creature — Hydra

## Printing Details
- **Set:** War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #186s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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