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Legendary Creature — Hellion Hydra
Ulasht enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other red creature you control and a +1/+1 counter on it for each other green creature you control. {1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Ulasht: Choose one — • Ulasht deals 1 damage to target creature. • Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
“Gruul hydra that grows wide and pings or tokens when you need it.”
Ulasht, the Hate Seed is a versatile Gruul creature that rewards you for building wide with red and green creatures. It enters the battlefield already packed with +1/+1 counters based on your other creatures, then gives you flexibility: you can ping down small threats or generate Saproling tokens by spending those counters. The core gameplan revolves around flooding the board with cheap creatures—tokens, mana dorks, or aggressive beaters—so Ulasht comes in huge and gives you multiple damage outlets or a token engine. You're looking to go wide, attack for lethal, and use Ulasht's tap ability to finish off stragglers or pivot into a token-based army if you need to shift gears.
Ulasht shines in creature-heavy strategies that naturally produce tokens or creatures. Decks that lean into sacrifice synergies, Saproling generation, or aggressive red-green shells will maximize its potential. The instant-speed flexibility of its activated ability (remove counters for damage or tokens) makes it a responsive card that scales with your board state, so you're never locked into a single game plan. Whether you're racing with hasty creatures or grinding value with sacrifice effects, Ulasht adapts to your situation.
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Lean on free or cheap token generators like Young Wolf, Llanowar Mentor, and Tendershoot Dryad instead of pricey lords or combo pieces.
Inclusion = % of Ulasht, the Hate Seed decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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