hydra card mtg Hooded Trample Kalonian Hydra enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it Subtype: Hydra, Colors: Black, 5

Five years ago, most counterfeit cards were laughably bad, failing just about every test imaginable and often looking wrong at a quick glance

Heres what you can still look out for: Cards often feel glossy due to a higher plastic content

Of these 82, a fair portion are "win more" cards like Arbiter of the Ideal, Atemsis, All-Seeing, and Sphinx of Clear Skies

In 1v1 formats, theres too much of a risk that its just useless if you win the die-roll, and its usually not impactful enough to warrant a sideboard slot

You can lean into sea creatures and care less about the scrying, or you could lean into the scrying, but youre not using your commander to its full potential when you start ignoring the text