Zaxara, the Exemplary

As of Aug 5, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Zaxara, the Exemplary is $2.15 (C20 #20), and the most expensive is $22.11 (SLD #1333, Borderless, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $2.15, flat over 7 days, down 3.6% over 30 days, flat over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $2.23 (2026).

Zaxara, the Exemplary has 3 tracked printings across 3 sets, in foil and nonfoil finishes, including borderless treatments.

C20 #20

$2.15

CK $3.99 / $0.75 65%

MP $2.69 2 avail

DMC #176

$2.47 +15%

CK $3.49 / $1.30 47%

MP $1.35 24 avail

C20 #20 Foil

$4.07 +89%

CK $1.99 / $0.50 88%

MP $2.52 70 avail

SLD #1333 Borderless Foil

$22.11 +928%

CK $24.99 / $14.50 34%

MP $20.78 23 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $14.50 cash for SLD #1333 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 42% (wide).

• Apr 17, 2020 If X is 0, the 0/0 Hydra token will die immediately after the ability's done resolving unless something else is raising its toughness.
• Apr 17, 2020 If an effect, such as that of Parallel Lives, causes Zaxara's ability to create multiple Hydra tokens, they each receive X +1/+1 counters.
• Apr 17, 2020 If the spell you cast has {X}{X} in its mana cost, the token gets only X counters, not twice X.
• Apr 17, 2020 The Hydra token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature. Any abilities that modify or trigger on this event apply. After the token is on the battlefield but before any player can take actions, +1/+1 counters are put onto the token.
• Apr 17, 2020 The value of X in Zaxara's last ability is the value of X of the spell you cast.

Zaxara, the Exemplary has been reprinted 4 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
DMC #176	2022-09-09	Mythic	Standard
SLD #1333	2021-06-21	Mythic	Borderless
C20 #20	2020-04-17	Mythic	Standard
C20 #20	2020-04-17	Mythic	Standard

Zaxara, the Exemplary is the #5,661 most-played card on EDHREC, down 58 places over the last 30 days.