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Madame Hydra
Legendary Creature — Human Villain · {2}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander
What Madame Hydra actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a Villain spell, create a 2/1 black Villain creature token with menace.
What a Madame Hydra deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 28× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 8× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 5× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Madame Hydra
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Electro, Assaulting Battery3 mana
- Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer1 mana
- Common Crook2 mana
- Hobgoblin, Mantled Marauder2 mana
- Morlun, Devourer of Spiders2 mana
- A.I.M. Synthoids2 mana
- Agents of HYDRA2 mana
- Alex Wilder, Runaway2 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Electro, Assaulting Battery3 mana
- Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer1 mana
- Common Crook2 mana
- Hobgoblin, Mantled Marauder2 mana
- Morlun, Devourer of Spiders2 mana
- A.I.M. Synthoids2 mana
- Agents of HYDRA2 mana
- Alex Wilder, Runaway2 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Nesting Grounds0 mana
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Fire Nation Palace0 mana
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Crash Through1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Terminate2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Breaking Point3 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Kederekt Parasite1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
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