---
name: "Whiptongue Hydra"
mana_cost: "{5}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Lizard Hydra"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "C18"
set_name: "Commander 2018"
collector_number: "36"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tomasz Jedruszek"
oracle_id: "53d5d961-d6a3-49b1-b335-2c2b49972008"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/whiptongue-hydra-c18"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Whiptongue Hydra
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Lizard Hydra
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Reach

## Oracle Text
Reach
When this creature enters, destroy all creatures with flying. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each creature destroyed this way.

> *"Where'd all the birds go?"
—Kaldrin, jungle sightseer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spitting Spider](/printing/spitting-spider-8ed.md) — Creature — Spider
2. [Stingerfling Spider](/printing/stingerfling-spider-cmr.md) — Creature — Spider
3. [Feiyi Snake](/printing/feiyi-snake-gs1.md) — Creature — Snake
4. [Wren's Run Hydra](/printing/wrens-run-hydra-j21.md) — Creature — Hydra
5. [Whirlwind](/printing/whirlwind-s99.md) — Sorcery
6. [Shivan Devastator](/printing/shivan-devastator-dmu.md) — Creature — Dragon Hydra

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2018 (C18) #36
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tomasz Jedruszek
- **Total Printings:** 18 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`