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I dont see explore mattering too much in other formats

Drums in the deep

Using standard MTG sizing is important because it keeps cards compatible with sleeves, deck boxes, binders, playmats, and existing collections

It is near impossible to stop with blockers and it is fairly hard to race, especially after eating five split and targetted damage to your stuff

It also has a much more affordable mana cost and the morph helps with tricking opponents into killing something else first

While you could always go with a Hydra Commander that is a Hydra itself like Zaxara or Gargos they dont have access to Red Hydras because they dont have a Red/Green color identity