Polukranos, World Eater
Legendary Creature — Hydra
: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When Polukranos becomes monstrous, it deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures your opponents control. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to Polukranos.
5 / 5
- Set
- Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters (DDL #43)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2013-09-06
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
- EDHREC rank
- #10,808
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Hydra Broodmaster
- Mistcutter Hydra
- Ulvenwald Hydra
- Genesis Hydra
- Mana Reflection
- Karametra's Acolyte
- Gargos, Vicious Watcher
- Heroes' Bane
- Lifeblood Hydra
- Kalonian Hydra
- Hooded Hydra
- Primordial Hydra
- Protean Hydra
- Acidic Slime
- Vernal Bloom
- Caged Sun
- Managorger Hydra
- Zendikar Resurgent
- Basilisk Collar
- Voracious Hydra
- Whiptongue Hydra
- Hydra Omnivore
- Hungering Hydra
- Vastwood Hydra
- Lair of the Hydra
- Steelbane Hydra
- Oran-Rief Hydra
- Wood Elves
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Voyaging Satyr
- Unbound Flourishing
- Domesticated Hydra
- Nissa's Pilgrimage
- Bow of Nylea
- Kodama's Reach
- Harmonize
- Nylea, God of the Hunt
- Explosive Vegetation
- Llanowar Tribe
- Khalni Hydra
- Panther Habit
- Aspect of Hydra
- Ironscale Hydra
- Arbor Colossus
- Bramblecrush
- Terastodon
- Arbor Elf
- Eternal Witness
- Apex Devastator
- Momentous Fall
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Sol Ring
- Cultivate
- Beast Within
- Llanowar Elves
- Kodama's Reach
- Rampant Growth
- Hydra Broodmaster
- Elvish Mystic
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Nature's Lore
- Rogue's Passage
- Mistcutter Hydra
- Harmonize
- Ulvenwald Hydra
- Karametra's Acolyte
- Rishkar's Expertise
- Garruk's Uprising
- Eternal Witness
- Return of the Wildspeaker
- Arbor Elf
- Mana Reflection
- Genesis Hydra
- Sakura-Tribe Elder
- Emerald Medallion
- Three Visits
- Kalonian Hydra
- Heroic Intervention
- Skyshroud Claim
- Reliquary Tower
- Fyndhorn Elves
- Acidic Slime
- Managorger Hydra
- Krosan Grip
- Lifeblood Hydra
- Gargos, Vicious Watcher
- Reclamation Sage
- Caged Sun
- Heroes' Bane
- Primordial Hydra
- Lightning Greaves
- Zendikar Resurgent
- Hooded Hydra
- Basilisk Collar
- Wild Growth
- Castle Garenbrig
- Llanowar Tribe
- Wood Elves
- Vernal Bloom
- Protean Hydra
Format legality
Rulings
- 2013-09-15
An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.
- 2013-09-15
As Polukranos's triggered ability resolves, Polukranos deals damage first, then the target creatures do. Although no creature will die until after the ability finishes resolving, the order could matter if Polukranos has wither or infect.
- 2013-09-15
If some, but not all, of the ability's targets become illegal, you can't change the division of damage. Damage that would've been dealt to illegal targets simply isn't dealt.
- 2013-09-15
Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.
- 2013-09-15
Once a creature becomes monstrous, it can't become monstrous again. If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens.
- 2013-09-15
The value of X in Polukranos's last ability is equal to the value chosen for X when its activated ability was activated.
- 2013-09-15
You choose the division of damage as you put the ability on the stack, not as it resolves. Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage. In multiplayer games, you may choose creatures controlled by different opponents.