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Hedron
Hedron-landscape
Hedron Landscape
Characteristics
Origin Zendikar
Creator Nahiri
Status Unknown

Hedrons are ancient stone monoliths found throughout the plane of Zendikar. When properly aligned, hedrons become powerful tools of binding.[1]

History[ | ]

Origins[ | ]

It was revealed that Nahiri constructed the hedrons during a period of 40 years, forming a massive network connected by leylines that created a planewide prison for the Eldrazi.[2][3] Ugin guided Nahiri in shaping the surfaces of the hedrons.[4] The carved stone devices were created to both condense mana and strengthen the containment spell which held the Eldrazi in their prison, but ultimately had very undesirable effects on the plane.[5] They hold an incredible amount of power inside, but it takes a powerful mind to open them.[6] The runes featured on the Dragon Scroll, known to be written in draconic language, are carved on a hedron inside of the Eye of Ugin.[7]

Return of the Eldrazi[ | ]

Since the Rise of the Eldrazi, the dead stones began forming bizarre floating superstructures in the sky.[8] Some hedrons had been transformed, taking angles and shapes unique to that of their first construction.

When Ulamog threatened to destroy the plane, the Planeswalkers responded. While Gideon Jura's troops and Kiora's forces held the city against the assault, Nissa Revane used elemental power to raise sunken hedrons from the ground and position them into a ring around the Eldrazi titan. Jace Beleren activated the hedrons, thus trapping Ulamog. Following the events, the network was then undone by Ob Nixilis.[9]

Phyrexian Invasion[ | ]

Zendikar was a target in New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse.[10] The now-compleated planeswalker Nahiri arrived at the Emeria Skyclave and began realigning the plane's hedrons to facilitate Realmbreaker's incursion into the plane.[11] As she worked to transform the Skyclave once more into a weapon of war, the Roil rose to meet her and was defeated, until the landscape below shifted to the gray uniformity of bed-rock for miles. As Phyrexians poured into Zendikar, Seagate was defeated once more.

Secondary uses[ | ]

The alliance of hedron creatures like Hedron Crawler, Hedron Scrabbler and Runed Servitor can be assumed as guardians of the hedron network.

Chips broken from hedrons would be used as Pathway Stones in Tazeem, directional tools that always led to the center of hedron fields. This regionally anomalous property may be attributed to Emeria, the Sky Ruin, a unique collection of hedrons and stone rubble floating over areas of Tazeem.[12] Additionally, the Onduan settlement of Kabira innocently mimicked nearby hedron runes and shapes in architecture, an act which scholars of Kabira Conservatory believe endangers residents.[13]

When the planeswalker Ob Nixilis was cursed with a demonic form by the Chain Veil, he traveled to Zendikar to purge the curse. Considering him a threat to the plane, Nahiri implanted a small hedron in his forehead, removing his ability to planeswalk along with his wings.[14] When Jace Beleren sought a cure for Garruk's curse, also from the Chain Veil, he removed the hedron from Nixilis' head and implanted it in Garruk's chest, preventing him from transforming into a demon as well.[15]

Using the shard of a shattered hedron, Sarkhan was able to protect Ugin after his fateful battle with Nicol Bolas.[16]

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References[ | ]

  1. Isolation Zone
  2. Doug Beyer (April 7, 2010). "The Tale of Tuktuk". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Kelly Digges (October 29, 2014). "The Lithomancer". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. James Wyatt (May 13, 2015). "Stirring from Slumber". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. Robert Wintermute. (April 6, 2010.) "Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum"
  6. Dreamstone Hedron
  7. Doug Beyer, Jenna Helland, Brady Dommermuth et al (March 25, 2010). "Awakenings". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. Makindi Griffin
  9. Kimberly J. Kreines (November 18, 2015). "Hedron Alignment". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. First Look at March of the Machine (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (February 19, 2023).
  11. A. T. Greenblatt (March 27, 2023). "March of the Machine - Zendikar: Battles in the Field and in the Mind". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  12. Magic Creative Team (December 2, 2009). "A Planeswalker’s Guide to Zendikar: Tazeem and Merfolk". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  13. Magic Creative Team (November 11, 2009). "A Planeswalker’s Guide to Zendikar: Ondu". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  14. Nik Davidson (August 6, 2014). "Dreams of the Damned". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  15. Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers
  16. Scion of Ugin
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