Live Play Data

Ironscale Hydra

· Creature — Hydra · Theros Beyond Death (THB)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

148

Decks Running

Median Cast Turn

—

Drawn → Played

54%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

First-cast turn

n=15

Not enough observed casts yet to show a reliable distribution.

The "good card" funnel

148 brought · 66 players

Brought to game

148

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Final zone distribution

30 instances

6.7%

Library

33.3%

Battlefield

20.0%

Graveyard

10.0%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Gargos, Vicious Watcher 23 decks
2 Zaxara, the Exemplary 8 decks
3 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower 6 decks
4 Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin 3 decks
5 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters 2 decks
6 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 2 decks
7 Phylath, World Sculptor 2 decks
8 Xavier Sal, Infested Captain 2 decks
9 Zilortha, Strength Incarnate 2 decks
10 Animar, Soul of Elements 1 decks

Card text

Ironscale Hydra

Creature — Hydra

If a creature would deal combat damage to this creature, prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

5 / 5

Theros Beyond Death (THB) · Rare · Illustrated by Brian Valeza

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. Until this card clears those bars you're seeing only the basic counts. Stats refresh nightly.

How is Playgroup Live card data collected?

Players using Playgroup Live import their decklists before a game and log card actions as they play. Each cast, zone change, and resolution is recorded as a real game event. Stats on this site are computed from those events, not from decklist scrapes or theorycrafting. Playgroup has recorded 750,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.