Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn
Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard
Whenever you cast a legendary spell, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Hero's Sundering — 
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: Exile target nonland permanent. Transform Venat. Activate only as a sorcery.
"Show me your strength of will!"
3 / 3
- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN #39)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Artist
- Colin Boyer
- EDHREC rank
- #2,795
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Urza's Ruinous Blast
- Flowering of the White Tree
- Elena, Turk Recruit
- Gandalf the White
- Heroes' Podium
- Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Rosa, Resolute White Mage
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Loran of the Third Path
- Relic of Legends
- Thancred Waters
- Day of Destiny
- The Wandering Rescuer
- Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
- The Wind Crystal
- Zack Fair
- Tataru Taru
- The Seriema
- Boromir, Warden of the Tower
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Clive's Hideaway
- Mirror of Galadriel
- Monumental Henge
- Auron, Venerated Guardian
- Ambrosia Whiteheart
- Odric, Lunarch Marshal
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
- Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
- Sword of the Animist
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Gatta and Luzzu
- Minas Tirith
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Skrelv, Defector Mite
- War of the Last Alliance
- God-Eternal Oketra
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- Excalibur, Sword of Eden
- Oketra's Monument
- Restoration Magic
- The Wandering Emperor
- Mikaeus, the Lunarch
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
- The Regalia
- Ultimate Magic: Holy
- Plaza of Heroes
- Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Plains
- Sol Ring
- Swords to Plowshares
- Flowering of the White Tree
- Urza's Ruinous Blast
- Loran of the Third Path
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Path to Exile
- The Wind Crystal
- Elena, Turk Recruit
- Pearl Medallion
- Gandalf the White
- Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
- Heroes' Podium
- Minas Tirith
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Arcane Signet
- Sword of the Animist
- Rosa, Resolute White Mage
- Oketra's Monument
- Boromir, Warden of the Tower
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Monumental Henge
- Relic of Legends
- Tataru Taru
- Zack Fair
- The Wandering Rescuer
- Thancred Waters
- Day of Destiny
- Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
- The Seriema
- Emeria, the Sky Ruin
- Generous Gift
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Stroke of Midnight
- Odric, Lunarch Marshal
- Clive's Hideaway
- Skrelv, Defector Mite
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Mirror of Galadriel
- Auron, Venerated Guardian
- Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
- Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- Ambrosia Whiteheart
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
- Akroma's Will
- Restoration Magic
- Archaeomancer's Map
- Gatta and Luzzu
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
- 2025-06-06
The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.