<p>It would enter with 0 +1/+1 counters, then get put back into the graveyard for having 0 toughness as a state-based action.</p>

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  <p>107.3f If a card in any zone other than the stack has an {X} in its mana cost, the value of {X} is treated as 0, even if the value of X is defined somewhere within its text.</p>
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<p>Say I reanimate an <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bApocalypse%20Hydra%5d">Apocalypse Hydra</a> using <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bRise%20from%20the%20Grave%5d">Rise from the Grave</a>. How strong is the hydra?</p>

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Reanimating a creature with X in its cost
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# Reanimating a creature with X in its cost

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-16)

Say I reanimate an [Apocalypse Hydra](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bApocalypse%20Hydra%5d) using [Rise from the Grave](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bRise%20from%20the%20Grave%5d). How strong is the hydra?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-16. Score: 14 | Accepted answer

It would enter with 0 +1/+1 counters, then get put back into the graveyard for having 0 toughness as a state-based action.

> 107.3f If a card in any zone other than the stack has an {X} in its mana cost, the value of {X} is treated as 0, even if the value of X is defined somewhere within its text.


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