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[[File:Weirding Wood.jpg|thumb|right|Typical cryptolith]]
{{Infobox artifact
'''Cryptoliths''' or '''Cluestones'''<ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/chasing-shadows-part-2-2016-03-21|Chasing Shadows, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|March 21, 2016}}</ref> are stone [[artifacts]] created by the [[planeswalker]] [[Nahiri]] on the [[Innistrad (plane)|plane of Innistrad]]. They are scattered all over the landscape.
  |image=Weirding Wood.jpg
  |origin=[[Innistrad]]
  |creator=[[Nahiri]]
}}
'''Cryptoliths''' or '''Cluestones'''<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/chasing-shadows-part-2-2016-03-21|Chasing Shadows, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|March 21, 2016}}</ref> are stone [[artifacts]] created by the [[planeswalker]] [[Nahiri]] on the [[Innistrad (plane)|plane of Innistrad]]. They are scattered all over the landscape.


[[Tamiyo]]'s alchemical analysis on the [[moorland]]s' cryptolith formations showed a high surface hardness, and a directional energy field along a twisting axis.<ref>{{NewRef|magic-story/drownyard-temple-2016-04-06|The Drownyard Temple|[[Mel Li]]|April 6, 2016}}</ref> The strength of the internal lodestone field in each monolith is able to distort local field lines and poles. The scattered formation caused a net migration of Innistrad's pole to a location just offshore of [[Nephalia]], the [[Drownyard]]. The disruptive properties of the stones appear to warp the flow of [[mana]] through the region, with potentially severe effects for beings composed of raw mana — particularly the [[angel]]s of the plane.  
[[Tamiyo]]'s alchemical analysis on the [[moorland]]s' cryptolith formations showed a high surface hardness, and a directional energy field along a twisting axis.<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-story/drownyard-temple-2016-04-06|The Drownyard Temple|[[Mel Li]]|April 6, 2016}}</ref> The strength of the internal lodestone field in each monolith was able to distort local field lines and poles. The scattered formation caused a net migration of Innistrad's pole to a location just offshore of [[Nephalia]], the [[Drownyard]]. The disruptive properties of the stones appeared to warp the flow of [[mana]] through the region, with potentially severe effects for beings composed of raw mana — particularly the [[angel]]s of the plane.<ref>[https://media.wizards.com/2016/dnd/downloads/Plane_Shift_Innistrad.pdf Plane Shift: Innistrad]</ref>


The cryptoliths are actually '''leystones''' shaped to bend Innistrad's [[leyline]]s to Nahiri's will, and to [[summon]] [[Emrakul]].<ref>{{NewRef|magic-story/campaign-vengeance-2016-07-06|Campaign of Vengeance|[[Ari Levitch]]|July 6, 2016}}</ref> After Emrakul had been summoned, the cryptoliths directed the Ley Lines at the strongest concentration of life on Innistrad, the city of [[Thraben]].  
The cryptoliths were actually '''leystones''' shaped to bend Innistrad's [[leyline]]s to Nahiri's will, and to [[summon]] [[Emrakul]].<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-story/campaign-vengeance-2016-07-06|Campaign of Vengeance|[[Ari Levitch]]|July 6, 2016}}</ref> After Emrakul had been summoned, the cryptoliths directed the Ley Lines at the strongest concentration of life on Innistrad, the city of [[Thraben]].  


==In-game references==
==In-game references==
'''Referred to:'''
{{in-game
|associated=
*<c>Cryptolith Fragment</c>
*<c>Cryptolith Rite</c>
|art=
*{{card|Clue|Shadows over Innistrad#Tokens and emblems{{!}}Shadows over Innistrad Token|TSOI|#=12|}}
*{{card|Plains|Shadows over Innistrad|#=283}}
*{{card|Island|Shadows over Innistrad|#=287}}
*{{card|Swamp|Shadows over Innistrad|#=291}}
*{{card|Mountain|Shadows over Innistrad|#=293}}
*{{card|Forest|Shadows over Innistrad|#=297}}
*<c>Coax from the Blind Eternities</c>
*<c>Coax from the Blind Eternities</c>
* <c>Cryptolith Fragment</c>
*<c>Drownyard Temple</c>
* <c>Cryptolith Rite</c>
*<c>Warped Landscape</c>
* <c>Drownyard Temple</c>
*{{card|Catalog|Shadows over Innistrad}}
* <c>Jace's Scrutiny</c>
|flavor=
* <c>Pore over the Pages</c>
*<c>Jace's Scrutiny</c>
* <c>Warped Landscape</c>
*<c>Pore over the Pages</c>
}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:00, 3 August 2022

Cryptolith
[[File:{{#setmainimage:Weirding Wood.jpg}}|250px]]
Characteristics
Origin Innistrad
Creator Nahiri
Status Unknown

Cryptoliths or Cluestones[1] are stone artifacts created by the planeswalker Nahiri on the plane of Innistrad. They are scattered all over the landscape.

Tamiyo's alchemical analysis on the moorlands' cryptolith formations showed a high surface hardness, and a directional energy field along a twisting axis.[2] The strength of the internal lodestone field in each monolith was able to distort local field lines and poles. The scattered formation caused a net migration of Innistrad's pole to a location just offshore of Nephalia, the Drownyard. The disruptive properties of the stones appeared to warp the flow of mana through the region, with potentially severe effects for beings composed of raw mana — particularly the angels of the plane.[3]

The cryptoliths were actually leystones shaped to bend Innistrad's leylines to Nahiri's will, and to summon Emrakul.[4] After Emrakul had been summoned, the cryptoliths directed the Ley Lines at the strongest concentration of life on Innistrad, the city of Thraben.

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References

  1. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 21, 2016). "Chasing Shadows, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Mel Li (April 6, 2016). "The Drownyard Temple". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Plane Shift: Innistrad
  4. ↑ Ari Levitch (July 6, 2016). "Campaign of Vengeance". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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