Polukranos, Unchained

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Name	Polukranos, Unchained
Type	Legendary creature — zombie hydra
Description	Polukranos enters the battlefield with six +1/+1 counters on it. It escapes with twelve +1/+1 counters on it instead. If damage would be dealt to Polukranos while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters fSee more
Artist	Chris Rahn
Set	Magic Online Promos #79931
Wallpaper	download
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About Polukranos, Unchained

Polukranos, Unchained, Legendary creature — zombie hydra, designed by Chris Rahn first released in Jan, 2020 in the set Theros Beyond Death and was printed exactly in 5 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 8.74.

Polukranos, Unchained would be a strong addition to a Golgari midrange or graveyard-focused deck in Magic: The Gathering, as it provides a versatile threat that can grow in power and remove opposing creatures. While it may not be the absolute best card in every situation, its ability to repeatedly fight creatures and its resilience to damage make it a solid choice for decks looking to control the board and apply pressure. Other cards like Questing Beast or Voracious Hydra may offer similar utility, but Polukranos can still find a place in certain metagames and strategies.

Rules

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If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.

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If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you’ll be able to cast it right away if it’s legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.

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If an amount of damage would be dealt to Polukranos greater than the number of +1/+1 counters on it, all of that damage is prevented, and all of those counters are removed. In most cases, this will result in Polukranos having 0 toughness, so it will be put into its owner’s graveyard.

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If the target creature is an illegal target when Polukranos’s activated ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn’t resolve. If Polukranos is no longer on the battlefield, the target creature won’t deal or be dealt damage.

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To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you’re paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The converted mana cost of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.

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