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Dreamstone Hedron

Artifact

{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw three cards.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{6}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander 2011
Price
$0.20
EDHREC rank
#1847
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Dreamstone Hedron card art
Dreamstone Hedron lands as a six-mana rock that taps for three colorless and converts itself into three cards when you no longer need the mana — that double function is the entire case for it. The cost is real: six mana is a lot to ask before you see a return, and faster decks will have already closed the game before Dreamstone Hedron pays off, so you run it in shells that either cheat it into play, untap it repeatedly, or need the late-game draw badly enough to justify the price tag — Voltaic Key and Belbe, Corrupted Observer decks both qualify.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Belbe, Corrupted Observer

Belbe, Corrupted Observer

45.5% of decks · synergy 0.45

Belbe, Corrupted Observer generates massive bursts of colorless mana off opponents taking damage, and Dreamstone Hedron gives that mana somewhere to go — tap it, cash it in for three cards, and reload for the next combat step.

02
Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Ovika, Enigma Goliath

26.1% of decks · synergy 0.25

Ovika, Enigma Goliath wants the biggest noncreature spells possible to flood the board with Phyrexian tokens, and Dreamstone Hedron's six-mana entry point triggers that ability while also bankrolling future spells.

03
Mishra, Eminent One

Mishra, Eminent One

20.6% of decks · synergy 0.20

Mishra, Eminent One copies artifacts at the start of combat, meaning Dreamstone Hedron becomes two rocks per swing — double the mana production or double the draw when you sacrifice the tokens at end of turn.

04
Daretti, Scrap Savant

Daretti, Scrap Savant

20.5% of decks · synergy 0.20

Daretti, Scrap Savant can reanimate Dreamstone Hedron from the graveyard after you've sacrificed it for cards, turning a single copy into a repeatable draw-three engine across multiple turns.

05
Saheeli, the Gifted

Saheeli, the Gifted

20.8% of decks · synergy 0.19

Saheeli, the Gifted's second ability reduces the cost of each subsequent artifact you cast, meaning Dreamstone Hedron can hit the table well ahead of curve and start generating the mana needed to chain even larger artifacts.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Dreamstone Hedron earns a serious slot — the hundred-card singleton structure and longer game length give it enough time to recoup its cost, and the card draw mode is a real answer to the resource drain that late-game Commander creates. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana is simply not competitive; both formats move too fast and have access to mana acceleration so efficient that Dreamstone Hedron never makes the cut outside of casual Cube. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in pace and can support it in the right shell, though the format's lower starting life totals and faster planeswalker pressure make the six-mana ask harder to justify. For any format gated on Pioneer or below, Dreamstone Hedron is not legal and the conversation ends there.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,036 decks
Staff of DominationClock of OmensSculpting SteelDreamstone Hedron

Staff of DominationClock of OmensSculpting SteelDreamstone Hedron

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce; Infinite untap of artifacts you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.20 bulk tier

At $0.20, Dreamstone Hedron is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar bin or bulk lot without effort. Widespread reprints have permanently anchored the price at this floor, so there's no meaningful upside to hoarding copies, but there's also no reason to hesitate picking one up for any deck that wants it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.