Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
Legendary Creature β Elder Wizard // Legendary Creature β God
Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
Legendary Creature β Elder Wizard // Legendary Creature β God
Card Text
Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn
Legendary Creature β Elder Wizard
Whenever you cast a legendary spell, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Hero's Sundering β , : Exile target nonland permanent. Transform Venat. Activate only as a sorcery.
"Show me your strength of will!"
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Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
Legendary Creature β God
Indestructible
Blessing of Light β At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control. Until your next turn, it gains indestructible. If that creature is legendary, draw a card.
"For the sake of all, I beseech thee: deliver us from this fate!"
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Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Colorless
- Color Identity
- White
- EDHREC Rank
- #3,570
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (17)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Promos (PFIN) | #39s | rare | en | Colin Boyer | β | $7.61 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #39 | rare | en | Colin Boyer | $1.55 | $1.61 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #329 | rare | en | Minoru & Kei Satsuki | $5.74 | $7.65 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #434 | rare | en | Colin Boyer | $3.22 | $7.80 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #434 | rare | de | Colin Boyer | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #39 | rare | de | Colin Boyer | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #329 | rare | de | Minoru & Kei Satsuki | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #329 | rare | es | Minoru & Kei Satsuki | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #39 | rare | es | Colin Boyer | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #434 | rare | fr | Colin Boyer | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #39 | rare | fr | Colin Boyer | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #329 | rare | fr | Minoru & Kei Satsuki | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #39 | rare | it | Colin Boyer | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #329 | rare | it | Minoru & Kei Satsuki | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #329 | rare | ja | Minoru & Kei Satsuki | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #39 | rare | ja | Colin Boyer | β | β |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) | #434 | rare | ja | Colin Boyer | β | β |
Official Rulings (9)
The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.
In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Cecil, Dark Knight's color identity is black and white, since its front face is black and its back face has a white color indicator.
Each nonmodal double-faced card in this release is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.
If the target creature is an illegal target as Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal's last ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't draw a card even if that creature is legendary.
A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
A token that is created as a copy of a double-faced permanent or a double-faced card in another zone is a double-faced token. It will have both the front face and back face of whatever object it's copying. If it's copying a double-faced permanent whose back face is up, the token will enter with its back face up. It can transform if instructed to do so.
Each face of a nonmodal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a nonmodal double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.
If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Crystal Fragments, it will be exiled during the resolution of its second ability and remain in exile.
The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
Card Faces
Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn
Legendary Creature β Elder Wizard
Whenever you cast a legendary spell, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Hero's Sundering β , : Exile target nonland permanent. Transform Venat. Activate only as a sorcery.
"Show me your strength of will!"
3 / 3
Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
Legendary Creature β God
Indestructible
Blessing of Light β At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control. Until your next turn, it gains indestructible. If that creature is legendary, draw a card.
"For the sake of all, I beseech thee: deliver us from this fate!"
4 / 4
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