Those bad boys are from the last set, and Wizards decided to go with Very Rare as an extra kick in the butt with that set. The Hydra is one of the Very Rares. How rare are they? I hear you asking. I bought 20! Boxes of that set and got 3. 3 in 160 packs. The ratio of that fig to all the others...
I had to log in to make my first post here, as I've managed to collect a few gems over the years.
I've owned 4 woodgrain box sets in my life (2 second prints and 2 thirds) and a shrinkwrapped orange B3, but I have to say my favorites are my Gary Gygax books. By that, I mean there was a special...