Protean Hydra

Magic 2011 · #194 · rare · EN

€1.84 · Foil €5.00

cheapest of 48 store offers · see all

market $4.19 · Foil $15.84

Mana cost: {X}{G}

Type: Creature — Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it.
Whenever a +1/+1 counter is removed from this creature, put two +1/+1 counters on it at the beginning of the next end step.

Artist: Jim Murray

Released: 2010-07-16

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $4.19
  • TCGplayer foil: $15.84
  • Cardmarket: €2.75
  • Cardmarket foil: €5.00
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$15.84$3.01
234 days of daily prices for Protean Hydra: $3.24 to $4.19
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $3.24 → $4.19 (+29%) · low $3.01 · high $15.84
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Magic 2011 #194) in 9 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
CardTraderMP · todayMPregular€1.84today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$2.20today
CardTraderHP · todayHPregular€2.09today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$2.52today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€2.43today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$2.74today
Le Coin Du JeuHP · 6 days agoHPregularCA$4.006 days ago
The Mystic StoreMP · 7 days agoMPregularCA$4.197 days ago
The Comic HunterNM · 4 days agoNMregularCA$4.264 days ago
Atlas CollectablesSP · todaySPregularCA$4.74today
The Mystic StoreSP · 7 days agoSPregularCA$4.997 days ago
Axion NowNM · todayNMregular£2.70today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€5.00today
CardTraderSP · foil · todaySPfoil€5.09today
CardTraderMP · foil · todayMPfoil€6.62today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$7.49today
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$11.99today
GameKeeperSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoilCA$13.54yesterday
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$10.48today
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$15.99today

Truncated: 28 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 48 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 14 lists
  • Played in 3 decks
  • 16 copies tracked

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All printings of Protean Hydra

USD · low $4.19 · high $4.71

Set#RarityUSD
Magic 2011#194 · rare194rare$4.19
Magic 2010#200 · mythic200mythic$4.71