---
name: "Polukranos, Unchained"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Zombie Hydra"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Fight", "Escape"]
set: "THB"
set_name: "Theros Beyond Death"
collector_number: "224"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chris Rahn"
oracle_id: "649e7237-b38b-43e9-83f4-763751fb1bea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/polukranos-unchained-thb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Polukranos, Unchained
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Zombie Hydra
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0
- **Keywords:** Fight, Escape

## Oracle Text
Polukranos enters with six +1/+1 counters on it. It escapes with twelve +1/+1 counters on it instead.
If damage would be dealt to Polukranos while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it.
{1}{B}{G}: Polukranos fights another target creature.
Escape—{4}{B}{G}, Exile six other cards from your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Polukranos, World Eater](/printing/polukranos-world-eater-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Hydra
2. [Protean Hydra](/printing/protean-hydra-m10.md) — Creature — Hydra
3. [Voracious Hydra](/printing/voracious-hydra-pm20.md) — Creature — Hydra
4. [Apocalypse Hydra](/printing/apocalypse-hydra-bbd.md) — Creature — Hydra
5. [Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin](/printing/polukranos-reborn-polukranos-engine-of-ruin-mom.md) — Legendary Creature — Hydra // Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Hydra
6. [Scourge of Skola Vale](/printing/scourge-of-skola-vale-bng.md) — Creature — Hydra

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros Beyond Death (THB) #224
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chris Rahn
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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