Hail Hydra - WIP by Koffin

Format: Commander

Commander: Madame Hydra

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos typal aggro-aristocrats list built around Madame Hydra. The primary game plan revolves around casting low-cost Villain creature spells to trigger Madame Hydra, generating a wide army of 2/1 black Villain creature tokens with built-in menace. The deck converts these tokens into card advantage through efficient sacrifice spells like Deadly Dispute and Skullclamp while amplifying damage output with anthems such as Titania, Proud Pummeler and The Masters of Evil. Direct damage triggers from Impact Tremors, Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary, and Doom Reigns Supreme ensure consistent life loss even when combat is contested. While the deck boasts strong engine redundancy and rapid recovery through reanimation spells like Bloodline Bidding, its reliance on creature-based combat and lack of stack-based protection leaves it vulnerable to well-timed board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A.I.M. Synthoids
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnim Zola, Bio-Fanatic
  • 1 Baron Helmut Zemo
  • 1 Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Bob, Reluctant HYDRA Agent
  • 1 Boomerang, Blade Flinger
  • 1 Carnage, Crimson Chaos
  • 1 Citizen V, Helmut Zemo
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Criminal Enterprise
  • 1 Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Doctor Doom
  • 1 Doom Reigns Supreme
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elektra, Daughter of the Hand
  • 1 Endless Ranks of HYDRA
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Green Goblin, Back for More
  • 1 Green Goblin, Revenant
  • 1 HYDRA Assault Robot
  • 1 HYDRA Troopers
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K.
  • 1 Madame Hydra
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Moonstone, Harsh Mistress
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puppet Master, String Puller
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Room Recruit
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shriek, Treblemaker
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Super-Adaptoid
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca
  • 1 Thunderbolts Conspiracy
  • 1 Titania, Proud Pummeler
  • 1 Tombstone, Career Criminal
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Typhoid Mary, Fractured
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Villainous Hideout
  • 1 Villainous Syndication
  • 1 Viper, Cruel Conspirator
  • 1 Vision of Love
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yellowjacket, Heartless Marauder