Zaxara, the Exemplary is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Deathtouch: Add two mana of any one color. Whenever you cast a spell with
in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
How it works : Zaxara, the Exemplary
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The value of X in Zaxara's last ability is the value of X of the spell you cast.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If the spell you cast has
in its mana cost, the token gets only X counters, not twice X.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The Hydra token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature. Any abilities that modify or trigger on this event apply. After the token is on the battlefield but before any player can take actions, +1/+1 counters are put onto the token.
Card named in this ruling
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If X is 0, the 0/0 Hydra token will die immediately after the ability's done resolving unless something else is raising its toughness.
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- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect, such as that of Parallel Lives, causes Zaxara's ability to create multiple Hydra tokens, they each receive X +1/+1 counters.
Card named in this ruling
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Freed from the Real
- 1Activate Zaxara by tapping it, adding
. - 2Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Zaxara.
- 3Repeat.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Pemmin's Aura
- 1Activate Zaxara by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying , untapping Zaxara.
- 3Repeat.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Umbral Mantle + Nyxbloom Ancient
- 1Activate Zaxara by tapping it, adding six mana of any color.
- 2Activate Zaxara by paying
and untapping it, giving itself +2/+2 until end of turn. - 3Repeat.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Umbral Mantle + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate Zaxara by tapping it, adding four mana of any color.
- 2Activate Zaxara by paying and untapping it, giving itself +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 3Repeat.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Umbral Mantle + Training Grounds
- 1Activate Zaxara by tapping it, adding two mana of any color.
- 2Activate Zaxara by paying
and untapping it, giving itself +2/+2 until end of turn. - 3Repeat.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Umbral Mantle + Biomancer's Familiar
- 1Activate Zaxara by tapping it, adding two mana of any color.
- 2Activate Zaxara by paying and untapping it, giving itself +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 3Repeat.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Necrotic Ooze + Horseshoe Crab
- 1Activate Necrotic Ooze using Zaxara's ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Necrotic Ooze using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying , untapping Necrotic Ooze.
- 3Repeat.
Zaxara, the Exemplary + Necrotic Ooze + Morphling
- 1Activate Necrotic Ooze using Zaxara's ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Necrotic Ooze using Morphling's first ability by paying , untapping Necrotic Ooze.
- 3Repeat.
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