---
name: "Pygmy Hippo"
mana_cost: "{G}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Hippo"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "VIS"
set_name: "Visions"
collector_number: "133"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steve White"
oracle_id: "0d39513a-1f05-4d9a-a772-745f4f1a3471"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pygmy-hippo-vis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pygmy Hippo
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Hippo
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have defending player activate a mana ability of each land they control and lose all unspent mana. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn and at the beginning of your next main phase this turn, you add an amount of {C} equal to the amount of mana that player lost this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Defiant Greatmaw](/printing/defiant-greatmaw-akr.md) — Creature — Hippo
2. [Crashing Boars](/printing/crashing-boars-btd.md) — Creature — Boar
3. [Orcish Squatters](/printing/orcish-squatters-5ed.md) — Creature — Orc
4. [Sakiko, Mother of Summer](/printing/sakiko-mother-of-summer-bok.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Shaman
5. [Laccolith Whelp](/printing/laccolith-whelp-nem.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Burning-Tree Shaman](/printing/burning-tree-shaman-gpt.md) — Creature — Centaur Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Visions (VIS) #133
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steve White
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`