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Magic · Commander 2020 · #172 · Rare

Genesis Hydra

Magic card price for Genesis Hydra: $0.49 market, from $0.25 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.49
+4.3% this week · +22.5% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+2.1%
7 days+4.3%
30 days+22.5%
90 days+14.0%
1 year+69.0%
All time+40.0%

Sellers right now

$0.25lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$0.49
Mid listing$0.50
Direct$0.58
30-day avg$0.44

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.49
Cardmarket$0.25 €0.22

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.2752-week low$1.2852-week high
In the range22%
All-time low$0.20
All-time high$1.28
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.14$0.55$0.97$1.39
$0.49
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Genesis Hydra since February 2024, when it sold for $0.35. Today the market price is $0.49, up 40.0%. Across the past year it went +69.0%, with a low of $0.27 and a high of $1.28; today it sits in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $1.28, 161% above today. Listings currently start at $0.25; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.44.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.49$0.25$19.95+4.3%

The card in play

Power / Toughness0 / 0
Type line
Creature — Plant Hydra
Rules text

When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with converted mana cost X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.

Genesis Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Other printings of Genesis Hydra

7 more · $0.37 – $1.82
All printings
Genesis Hydra (176), Magic 2015 (M15) — Magic card price −1.6% 7d Genesis Hydra Magic 2015 (M15) · #176 $1.82 Genesis Hydra (176/269), The List Reprints — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Genesis Hydra The List Reprints · #176/269 $1.18 Genesis Hydra (163), Iconic Masters — Magic card price +1.3% 7d Genesis Hydra Iconic Masters · #163 $0.80 Genesis Hydra (193), Commander: Outlaws of Thunder Junction — Magic card price +2.4% 7d Genesis Hydra Commander: Outlaws of Thunder Junction · #193 $0.42 Genesis Hydra (298), Commander: March of the Machine — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Genesis Hydra Commander: March of the Machine · #298 $0.39

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