Zaxara, the Exemplary

one generic mana one black mana one green mana one blue mana Legendary Creature — Nightmare HydraPower and toughness2/3

Deathtouch

tap this permanent : Add two mana of any one color.

Whenever you cast a spell with X generic mana in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.

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Zaxara, the Exemplary rulings

2020-04-17
The value of X in Zaxara's last ability is the value of X of the spell you cast.
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If the spell you cast has in its mana cost, the token gets only X counters, not twice X.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Zaxara, the Exemplary keyword rules

Deathtouch Rule 702.2

Deathtouch is a static ability.

A creature with toughness greater than 0 that’s been dealt damage by a source with deathtouch since the last time state-based actions were checked is destroyed as a state-based action. See rule 704.

Any nonzero amount of combat damage assigned to a creature by a source with deathtouch is considered to be lethal damage for the purposes of determining if a proposed combat damage assignment is valid, regardless of that creature’s toughness. See rules –d.

The deathtouch rules function no matter what zone an object with deathtouch deals damage from.

If an object changes zones before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had deathtouch.

Multiple instances of deathtouch on the same object are redundant.