Art by Simon Dominic
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Legendary Creature — Nightmare Hydra
Deathtouch {T}: Add two mana of any one color. Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
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Average Mana Curve
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Most Played With Zaxara, the Exemplary (208)
Sol Ring
89% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
76% of decks · $0.49
Curse of the Swine
61% of decks · $0.30
Elementalist's Palette
61% of decks · $0.31
Animist's Awakening
61% of decks · $0.38
The Goose Mother
60% of decks · $0.32
Lifeblood Hydra
58% of decks · $0.34
Stonecoil Serpent
58% of decks · $0.40
Genesis Hydra
57% of decks · $0.41
Cultivate
55% of decks · $0.45
Branching Evolution
55% of decks · $8.35
Corpsejack Menace
54% of decks · $0.94
Doubling Season
53% of decks · $35.33
Kalonian Hydra
51% of decks · $7.26
Finale of Revelation
50% of decks · $0.35
Mistcutter Hydra
50% of decks · $2.25
Vastwood Hydra
50% of decks · $1.31
Farseek
49% of decks · $0.46
Pull from Tomorrow
48% of decks · $0.33
Herald of Secret Streams
48% of decks · $6.17
Torment of Hailfire
47% of decks · $36.34
Rampant Growth
43% of decks · $1.25
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
42% of decks · $5.49
Repulsive Mutation
42% of decks · $0.59
Hooded Hydra
42% of decks · $1.21
Profane Command
41% of decks · $0.38
Kodama's Reach
41% of decks · $1.83
Inspiring Call
40% of decks · $0.39
Nyxborn Hydra
39% of decks · $0.37
The Ozolith
39% of decks · $61.76
Simic Ascendancy
38% of decks · $0.47
Freed from the Real
37% of decks · $7.98
Nature's Lore
37% of decks · $2.22
Thassa's Intervention
36% of decks · $0.37
Terrasymbiosis
35% of decks · $9.70
Heroic Intervention
35% of decks · $17.55
Counterspell
34% of decks · $4.28
Lightning Greaves
33% of decks · $4.00
Condescend
32% of decks · $0.56
Beast Within
32% of decks · $0.68
Blue Sun's Zenith
32% of decks · $3.37
Managorger Hydra
32% of decks · $1.55
Benevolent Hydra
31% of decks · $0.75
Erebos's Intervention
30% of decks · $0.51
Swiftfoot Boots
30% of decks
Syncopate
30% of decks · $0.17
Birds of Paradise
29% of decks · $9.03
Geometer's Arthropod
29% of decks · $0.35
Three Visits
29% of decks · $5.54
Brass Infiniscope
29% of decks · $0.31
Mind Spring
29% of decks · $0.30
Pemmin's Aura
27% of decks · $10.28
Kodama of the West Tree
27% of decks · $20.45
Capricopian
27% of decks · $1.48
Hardened Scales
26% of decks · $3.19
Assassin's Trophy
26% of decks · $1.18
The Earth Crystal
25% of decks · $12.09
Nyxbloom Ancient
25% of decks · $26.95
Fanatic of Rhonas
25% of decks · $15.31
Tyvar's Stand
24% of decks · $1.28
Ingenious Prodigy
24% of decks · $0.32
Mind into Matter
23% of decks · $0.35
Altered Ego
22% of decks · $0.28
Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
22% of decks · $0.24
The Great Henge
22% of decks · $65.74
Astral Cornucopia
21% of decks · $0.27
Cyclonic Rift
21% of decks · $39.16
Awaken the Woods
21% of decks · $13.01
Kinetic Ooze
21% of decks · $0.32
Mossborn Hydra
21% of decks · $13.54
Wren's Run Hydra
18% of decks · $0.28
Blue Sun's Twilight
18% of decks · $0.52
Mana Reflection
18% of decks · $2.95
Llanowar Elves
18% of decks · $0.33
Mana Drain
18% of decks · $56.89
Rhystic Study
18% of decks · $69.59
Growth Spiral
17% of decks · $0.32
Slice from the Shadows
17% of decks · $0.26
Thought Vessel
17% of decks
Seedborn Muse
17% of decks · $18.57
Open the Way
17% of decks · $0.70
Gyre Sage
17% of decks · $2.95
Biomass Mutation
17% of decks · $0.22
Vorel of the Hull Clade
17% of decks · $0.35
Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
17% of decks · $0.34
Demonic Tutor
17% of decks · $69.17
Walking Ballista
17% of decks · $10.42
Icy Blast
16% of decks · $1.51
Sporocyst
16% of decks · $9.33
Finale of Devastation
16% of decks · $32.45
Rampaging Yao Guai
16% of decks · $9.79
Open into Wonder
15% of decks · $0.36
Bloom Tender
15% of decks · $14.10
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
15% of decks · $51.39
Power Sink
15% of decks
Simic Signet
15% of decks · $0.39
Deadly Rollick
15% of decks · $28.68
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
15% of decks · $33.52
Pest Infestation
14% of decks · $0.56
Putrefy
14% of decks · $0.31
Silkguard
14% of decks · $0.40
Doppelgang
14% of decks · $1.63
Hydra Broodmaster
14% of decks · $0.35
Hydra's Growth
14% of decks · $1.64
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
14% of decks · $0.81
Kami of Whispered Hopes
14% of decks · $4.30
Fierce Guardianship
14% of decks · $63.65
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
13% of decks · $7.12
Mana Bloom
13% of decks · $0.22
Primal Vigor
13% of decks · $14.32
Sakura-Tribe Elder
13% of decks · $0.42
Stroke of Genius
13% of decks · $0.29
March of Swirling Mist
13% of decks · $4.20
Innkeeper's Talent
13% of decks · $10.04
Wildwood Scourge
13% of decks · $0.23
Springleaf Parade
12% of decks · $7.49
Warden of the Grove
12% of decks · $2.05
Spectral Denial
12% of decks · $0.38
Mathemagics
12% of decks · $3.51
Ochre Jelly
12% of decks · $0.41
Black Sun's Twilight
12% of decks · $0.43
The Eternity Elevator
12% of decks · $3.04
Golgari Signet
12% of decks · $0.34
Drown in Dreams
12% of decks · $1.30
Green Sun's Zenith
12% of decks · $31.42
Parallel Lives
11% of decks · $39.73
Vampiric Tutor
11% of decks · $54.45
Fractal Harness
11% of decks · $0.26
Negate
10% of decks · $0.24
Elvish Mystic
10% of decks · $5.25
Expansion Algorithm
10% of decks · $2.48
Chromatic Lantern
10% of decks
Sphere Grid
10% of decks · $5.12
Retribution of the Ancients
10% of decks · $0.55
Up the Beanstalk
10% of decks · $2.79
Talisman of Curiosity
10% of decks · $0.56
Loading Zone
10% of decks · $2.01
Wave Goodbye
10% of decks · $1.90
Black Sun's Zenith
9% of decks · $0.37
An Offer You Can't Refuse
9% of decks · $3.16
Nimbus Swimmer
9% of decks · $0.19
Nylea's Intervention
9% of decks · $0.51
Nissa, Steward of Elements
9% of decks · $0.40
Toxic Deluge
9% of decks · $5.17
Gaze of Granite
9% of decks · $0.24
Kruphix, God of Horizons
9% of decks · $4.59
Dimir Signet
9% of decks · $0.30
Overwhelming Stampede
9% of decks · $1.09
Wilderness Reclamation
9% of decks · $3.33
Greater Good
9% of decks · $1.61
Talisman of Resilience
9% of decks · $0.47
Fellwar Stone
9% of decks
Swan Song
9% of decks · $10.60
Worldly Tutor
9% of decks · $31.16
Court of Garenbrig
8% of decks
Tyrant Guard
8% of decks · $4.78
Death Denied
8% of decks · $0.26
The Meathook Massacre
8% of decks · $24.67
Elemental Bond
8% of decks · $4.67
Primal Might
8% of decks · $0.10
Mass Manipulation
8% of decks · $2.41
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
8% of decks · $3.23
Aggressive Biomancy
8% of decks · $0.77
Wildest Dreams
8% of decks · $0.37
Delighted Halfling
8% of decks · $25.14
Mutational Advantage
8% of decks · $7.74
Roaming Throne
8% of decks · $51.97
Skyshroud Claim
8% of decks · $1.08
Commander's Sphere
8% of decks · $0.34
Damnable Pact
8% of decks · $1.00
Green Sun's Twilight
8% of decks · $0.36
Thran Dynamo
7% of decks · $4.43
Revitalizing Repast
7% of decks
Mystical Tutor
7% of decks · $19.16
Explore
7% of decks · $0.19
Combine Chrysalis
7% of decks · $0.35
Everflowing Chalice
7% of decks · $0.30
Clash of Wills
7% of decks · $0.16
Talisman of Dominance
7% of decks · $0.44
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
7% of decks
Krosan Grip
7% of decks · $1.73
Return of the Wildspeaker
7% of decks · $2.63
Doubling Cube
7% of decks · $33.84
Mystic Remora
7% of decks · $15.08
Spell Burst
7% of decks · $0.35
Arcane Denial
6% of decks · $2.03
Logic Knot
6% of decks · $0.30
Nature's Rhythm
6% of decks · $5.35
Fangs of Kalonia
6% of decks · $0.34
Diabolic Tutor
6% of decks · $2.21
Lost in the Maze
6% of decks · $0.20
Death Wind
6% of decks · $0.10
Zendikar Resurgent
6% of decks · $2.79
Colossal Majesty
6% of decks · $1.15
Virtue of Strength
6% of decks
Silver Scrutiny
6% of decks · $0.34
Even the Score
6% of decks · $0.52
Wild Growth
6% of decks · $0.59
Chord of Calling
5% of decks · $8.00
Dark Ritual
5% of decks · $7.19
Bala Ged Recovery
5% of decks
Tribute to the World Tree
5% of decks · $15.24
Invigorating Surge
5% of decks · $0.33
Exponential Growth
5% of decks · $0.56
Horizon Stone
5% of decks · $1.15
Migration Path
5% of decks · $0.38
Unnatural Growth
5% of decks · $3.98
Sylvan Library
5% of decks · $28.62
New Cards
Inside Information
7% of decks · $1.97
Glamdring, Foe-hammer
3% of decks
Radagast of Rhosgobel
2% of decks · $1.97
Glava, Five-Advents Mage
2% of decks
Turbulent Wetlands
2% of decks · $3.47
Creatures (50)
The Goose Mother
60% of decks · $0.32
Lifeblood Hydra
58% of decks · $0.34
Stonecoil Serpent
58% of decks · $0.40
Genesis Hydra
57% of decks · $0.41
Corpsejack Menace
54% of decks · $0.94
Kalonian Hydra
51% of decks · $7.26
Mistcutter Hydra
50% of decks · $2.25
Vastwood Hydra
50% of decks · $1.31
Herald of Secret Streams
48% of decks · $6.17
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
42% of decks · $5.49
Hooded Hydra
42% of decks · $1.21
Nyxborn Hydra
39% of decks · $0.37
Managorger Hydra
32% of decks · $1.55
Benevolent Hydra
31% of decks · $0.75
Birds of Paradise
29% of decks · $9.03
Geometer's Arthropod
29% of decks · $0.35
Kodama of the West Tree
27% of decks · $20.45
Capricopian
27% of decks · $1.48
Nyxbloom Ancient
25% of decks · $26.95
Fanatic of Rhonas
25% of decks · $15.31
Ingenious Prodigy
24% of decks · $0.32
Altered Ego
22% of decks · $0.28
Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
22% of decks · $0.24
Kinetic Ooze
21% of decks · $0.32
Mossborn Hydra
21% of decks · $13.54
Wren's Run Hydra
18% of decks · $0.28
Llanowar Elves
18% of decks · $0.33
Seedborn Muse
17% of decks · $18.57
Gyre Sage
17% of decks · $2.95
Vorel of the Hull Clade
17% of decks · $0.35
Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
17% of decks · $0.34
Walking Ballista
17% of decks · $10.42
Sporocyst
16% of decks · $9.33
Rampaging Yao Guai
16% of decks · $9.79
Bloom Tender
15% of decks · $14.10
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
15% of decks · $51.39
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
15% of decks · $33.52
Hydra Broodmaster
14% of decks · $0.35
Kami of Whispered Hopes
14% of decks · $4.30
Sakura-Tribe Elder
13% of decks · $0.42
Wildwood Scourge
13% of decks · $0.23
Warden of the Grove
12% of decks · $2.05
Ochre Jelly
12% of decks · $0.41
Elvish Mystic
10% of decks · $5.25
Nimbus Swimmer
9% of decks · $0.19
Kruphix, God of Horizons
9% of decks · $4.59
Tyrant Guard
8% of decks · $4.78
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
8% of decks · $3.23
Delighted Halfling
8% of decks · $25.14
Roaming Throne
8% of decks · $51.97
Instants (49)
Pull from Tomorrow
48% of decks · $0.33
Repulsive Mutation
42% of decks · $0.59
Inspiring Call
40% of decks · $0.39
Thassa's Intervention
36% of decks · $0.37
Heroic Intervention
35% of decks · $17.55
Counterspell
34% of decks · $4.28
Condescend
32% of decks · $0.56
Beast Within
32% of decks · $0.68
Blue Sun's Zenith
32% of decks · $3.37
Erebos's Intervention
30% of decks · $0.51
Syncopate
30% of decks · $0.17
Assassin's Trophy
26% of decks · $1.18
Tyvar's Stand
24% of decks · $1.28
Cyclonic Rift
21% of decks · $39.16
Mana Drain
18% of decks · $56.89
Growth Spiral
17% of decks · $0.32
Slice from the Shadows
17% of decks · $0.26
Biomass Mutation
17% of decks · $0.22
Icy Blast
16% of decks · $1.51
Power Sink
15% of decks
Deadly Rollick
15% of decks · $28.68
Putrefy
14% of decks · $0.31
Silkguard
14% of decks · $0.40
Fierce Guardianship
14% of decks · $63.65
Stroke of Genius
13% of decks · $0.29
March of Swirling Mist
13% of decks · $4.20
Spectral Denial
12% of decks · $0.38
Black Sun's Twilight
12% of decks · $0.43
Drown in Dreams
12% of decks · $1.30
Vampiric Tutor
11% of decks · $54.45
Negate
10% of decks · $0.24
An Offer You Can't Refuse
9% of decks · $3.16
Swan Song
9% of decks · $10.60
Worldly Tutor
9% of decks · $31.16
Death Denied
8% of decks · $0.26
Mutational Advantage
8% of decks · $7.74
Revitalizing Repast
7% of decks
Mystical Tutor
7% of decks · $19.16
Clash of Wills
7% of decks · $0.16
Krosan Grip
7% of decks · $1.73
Return of the Wildspeaker
7% of decks · $2.63
Spell Burst
7% of decks · $0.35
Arcane Denial
6% of decks · $2.03
Logic Knot
6% of decks · $0.30
Death Wind
6% of decks · $0.10
Even the Score
6% of decks · $0.52
Chord of Calling
5% of decks · $8.00
Dark Ritual
5% of decks · $7.19
Invigorating Surge
5% of decks · $0.33
Sorceries (45)
Curse of the Swine
61% of decks · $0.30
Animist's Awakening
61% of decks · $0.38
Cultivate
55% of decks · $0.45
Finale of Revelation
50% of decks · $0.35
Farseek
49% of decks · $0.46
Torment of Hailfire
47% of decks · $36.34
Rampant Growth
43% of decks · $1.25
Profane Command
41% of decks · $0.38
Kodama's Reach
41% of decks · $1.83
Nature's Lore
37% of decks · $2.22
Three Visits
29% of decks · $5.54
Mind Spring
29% of decks · $0.30
Mind into Matter
23% of decks · $0.35
Awaken the Woods
21% of decks · $13.01
Blue Sun's Twilight
18% of decks · $0.52
Open the Way
17% of decks · $0.70
Demonic Tutor
17% of decks · $69.17
Finale of Devastation
16% of decks · $32.45
Open into Wonder
15% of decks · $0.36
Pest Infestation
14% of decks · $0.56
Doppelgang
14% of decks · $1.63
Mathemagics
12% of decks · $3.51
Green Sun's Zenith
12% of decks · $31.42
Expansion Algorithm
10% of decks · $2.48
Wave Goodbye
10% of decks · $1.90
Black Sun's Zenith
9% of decks · $0.37
Nylea's Intervention
9% of decks · $0.51
Toxic Deluge
9% of decks · $5.17
Gaze of Granite
9% of decks · $0.24
Overwhelming Stampede
9% of decks · $1.09
Primal Might
8% of decks · $0.10
Mass Manipulation
8% of decks · $2.41
Aggressive Biomancy
8% of decks · $0.77
Wildest Dreams
8% of decks · $0.37
Skyshroud Claim
8% of decks · $1.08
Damnable Pact
8% of decks · $1.00
Green Sun's Twilight
8% of decks · $0.36
Explore
7% of decks · $0.19
Nature's Rhythm
6% of decks · $5.35
Fangs of Kalonia
6% of decks · $0.34
Diabolic Tutor
6% of decks · $2.21
Silver Scrutiny
6% of decks · $0.34
Bala Ged Recovery
5% of decks
Exponential Growth
5% of decks · $0.56
Migration Path
5% of decks · $0.38
Utility Artifacts (10)
The Ozolith
39% of decks · $61.76
Lightning Greaves
33% of decks · $4.00
Swiftfoot Boots
30% of decks
The Earth Crystal
25% of decks · $12.09
The Great Henge
22% of decks · $65.74
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
13% of decks · $7.12
Fractal Harness
11% of decks · $0.26
Combine Chrysalis
7% of decks · $0.35
Doubling Cube
7% of decks · $33.84
Horizon Stone
5% of decks · $1.15
Mana Artifacts (18)
Sol Ring
89% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
76% of decks · $0.49
Elementalist's Palette
61% of decks · $0.31
Brass Infiniscope
29% of decks · $0.31
Astral Cornucopia
21% of decks · $0.27
Thought Vessel
17% of decks
Simic Signet
15% of decks · $0.39
The Eternity Elevator
12% of decks · $3.04
Golgari Signet
12% of decks · $0.34
Chromatic Lantern
10% of decks
Talisman of Curiosity
10% of decks · $0.56
Dimir Signet
9% of decks · $0.30
Talisman of Resilience
9% of decks · $0.47
Fellwar Stone
9% of decks
Commander's Sphere
8% of decks · $0.34
Thran Dynamo
7% of decks · $4.43
Everflowing Chalice
7% of decks · $0.30
Talisman of Dominance
7% of decks · $0.44
Enchantments (34)
Branching Evolution
55% of decks · $8.35
Doubling Season
53% of decks · $35.33
Simic Ascendancy
38% of decks · $0.47
Freed from the Real
37% of decks · $7.98
Terrasymbiosis
35% of decks · $9.70
Pemmin's Aura
27% of decks · $10.28
Hardened Scales
26% of decks · $3.19
Mana Reflection
18% of decks · $2.95
Rhystic Study
18% of decks · $69.59
Hydra's Growth
14% of decks · $1.64
Mana Bloom
13% of decks · $0.22
Primal Vigor
13% of decks · $14.32
Innkeeper's Talent
13% of decks · $10.04
Springleaf Parade
12% of decks · $7.49
Parallel Lives
11% of decks · $39.73
Sphere Grid
10% of decks · $5.12
Retribution of the Ancients
10% of decks · $0.55
Up the Beanstalk
10% of decks · $2.79
Loading Zone
10% of decks · $2.01
Wilderness Reclamation
9% of decks · $3.33
Greater Good
9% of decks · $1.61
Court of Garenbrig
8% of decks
The Meathook Massacre
8% of decks · $24.67
Elemental Bond
8% of decks · $4.67
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
7% of decks
Mystic Remora
7% of decks · $15.08
Lost in the Maze
6% of decks · $0.20
Zendikar Resurgent
6% of decks · $2.79
Colossal Majesty
6% of decks · $1.15
Virtue of Strength
6% of decks
Wild Growth
6% of decks · $0.59
Tribute to the World Tree
5% of decks · $15.24
Unnatural Growth
5% of decks · $3.98
Sylvan Library
5% of decks · $28.62
Planeswalkers (2)
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
14% of decks · $0.81
Nissa, Steward of Elements
9% of decks · $0.40
Utility Lands (20)
Reliquary Tower
52% of decks
Rogue's Passage
34% of decks
Temple of the False God
28% of decks
Lair of the Hydra
23% of decks
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
22% of decks
Bojuka Bog
19% of decks
Boseiju, Who Endures
15% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
15% of decks
Karn's Bastion
14% of decks
Three Tree City
11% of decks
Castle Garenbrig
11% of decks
Evendo, Waking Haven
8% of decks
Ancient Tomb
8% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
8% of decks
Alchemist's Refuge
8% of decks
Mistrise Village
7% of decks
Mosswort Bridge
6% of decks
Mortuary Mire
6% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5% of decks
Cabal Coffers
5% of decks
Lands (50)
Forest
98% of decks
Island
97% of decks
Swamp
95% of decks
Command Tower
91% of decks
Opulent Palace
58% of decks
Exotic Orchard
53% of decks
Hinterland Harbor
48% of decks
Breeding Pool
47% of decks
Overgrown Tomb
46% of decks
Zagoth Triome
44% of decks
Watery Grave
42% of decks
Woodland Cemetery
41% of decks
Path of Ancestry
40% of decks
Sunken Hollow
39% of decks
Rejuvenating Springs
37% of decks
Dreamroot Cascade
34% of decks
Undergrowth Stadium
33% of decks
Llanowar Wastes
30% of decks
Yavimaya Coast
29% of decks
Misty Rainforest
27% of decks
Verdant Catacombs
27% of decks
Polluted Delta
26% of decks
Drowned Catacomb
24% of decks
Simic Growth Chamber
24% of decks
Evolving Wilds
23% of decks
Morphic Pool
23% of decks
Golgari Rot Farm
20% of decks
Deathcap Glade
19% of decks
Flooded Grove
18% of decks
Myriad Landscape
17% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
17% of decks
Temple of Mystery
16% of decks
Foreboding Landscape
16% of decks
Dimir Aqueduct
16% of decks
Fabled Passage
14% of decks
Underground River
14% of decks
Shipwreck Marsh
14% of decks
Temple of Malady
13% of decks
Tropical Island
12% of decks
Sodden Verdure
12% of decks
Bayou
12% of decks
Twilight Mire
11% of decks
Darkwater Catacombs
11% of decks
Underground Sea
11% of decks
Turbulent Wilderness
10% of decks
Cavern of Souls
10% of decks
Barkchannel Pathway
9% of decks
Thornwood Falls
9% of decks
Jungle Hollow
9% of decks
Temple of Deceit
9% of decks
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