Illustrated by Xavier Ribeiro Standard Legal Alchemy Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Bristling Hydra wins games by going tall with +1/+1 counters and protecting itself from removal with its energy pump ability, which makes it really difficult to kill with targeted removal and one of our best threats against removal-heavy midrange and control decks
In the same vein, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Seadra, and Quilfish have this ability with the poison condition known as Poison Point any Pokmon who comes in contact with them has a chance to be poisoned
Once you play two spells in a turn, you convert it to Goldbug, Scrappy Scout
Also, in its current form, the deck will have a hard time dealing with mass tokens, so perhaps you can add a few things to make that easier on yourself