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{{Character|
{{Infobox character
|image=hidetsugu.jpg
|image=Hidetsugu 2.jpg
|name=Hidetsugu
|name=Hidetsugu
|birthplace=[[Sokenzan]], [[Kamigawa]]
|birthplace=[[Sokenzan]], [[Kamigawa (plane)|Kamigawa]]
|lifetime=unknown
|lifetime=unknown
|race=[[Spirit]], formerly [[Ogre]]
|race=[[Ogre]] [[Demon]]
|sources=''[[Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa]]'', ''[[Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa]]'', ''[[Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa]]''
|colors={{mana|R}} (Ogre)<br>{{mana|B}} (Demon)
|sources=[[Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa]], [[Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa]], [[Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa]]
}}
}}
<c title="Hidetsugu">Heartless Hidetsugu</c> was an [[ogre]] o-bakemono, a [[shaman]] from [[Kamigawa]]. He lived in the [[Sokenzan]] mountain range in a cave dwelling named [[Shinka]]. He was a master of blood and fire magic, and a devout worshipper of the [[All-Consuming Oni of Chaos]] - therefore highly skilled in working with oni demons. He has quite a simple philosophy... everything is doomed to end in chaos, consumed by his master.
'''Hidetsugu''' (hee-DET-soo-goo;<ref name="Glossary 2">{{DailyRef|kamigawa-glossary-part-2-2005-01-24|A Kamigawa Glossary, Part 2|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 24, 2005}}</ref> {{ja-name|{{ruby|碑|ひ}}{{ruby|出|で}}{{ruby|告|つぐ}}}}), also called the '''Scourge of Minamo'''<ref name="BetrayersGuide">(2005). ''[https://archive.org/details/betrayers-of-kamigawa-players-guide-magic-the-gathering-2005 Betrayers of Kamigawa Player's Guide].'' [[Wizards of the Coast]].</ref> was an [[ogre]] o-bakemono, a [[shaman]] from [[Kamigawa]]. He lived in the [[Sokenzan]] mountain range in a cave dwelling named [[Shinka]]. He was a master of blood and fire magic, and a devout worshipper of the [[All-Consuming Oni of Chaos]], therefore highly skilled in working with oni [[demon]]s. He had quite a simple philosophy: everything is doomed to end in chaos, consumed by his master. In the end, he merged himself with the oni, becoming a formidable power.


Hidetsugu was trying to get a worthy apprentice of his own, in order to have somebody who will continue in his work. However, he was a very stern master and his apprentices had high training mortality rate. After a long time, he found a worthy apprentice in the ex-budoka [[Kobo]].
==History==
Hidetsugu was a ruler of his part of Sokenzan, and as such he gained the attention of similar rulers of other places. One of them was Boss [[Uramon]] from [[Numai]]. After causing her losses by eating her people, she sent a task force to eliminate him. Among these people was a kanji mage, [[Toshiro Umezawa]]. The assault was unsuccessful, and Hidetsugu killed all the men except Umezawa. The kanji mage had protected himself with a spell that would reflect damage back to Hidetsugu, so he got him to talk and later persuaded him to form a new reckoner gang, the [[Hyozan Reckoners]], by taking a blood and kanji magic oath.


Hidetsugu was a ruler of his part of Sokenzan, and as such he has an attention of similar rulers of other places. One of them was Boss [[Uramon]] from [[Numai]]. After causing her losses by eating her people, she sent a task force to eliminate him. Among these people was a kanji mage [[Toshi Umezawa]]. The assault was unsuccessful, and Hidetsugu killed all the men except Umezawa. The little kanji mage interested him, and later persuaded him to form a new reckoner gang, the [[hyozan reckoners]], by taking a blood oath. Since that day, Toshi Umezawa and Hidetsugu were blood brothers, bound by oath that in the case of death of one oath-brother compelled the others to exact a total revenge on anybody even remotely responsible.
In order to have a successor for his work, Hidetsugu tried to train a worthy apprentice. However, he was a very stern master and his apprentices had high training mortality rate. After a long time, he found a worthy apprentice in the ex-budoka [[Kobo]].


When Toshi Umezawa came to him asking for help with interpreting the [[kami]] portents concerning the hyozan and soratami, the ogre performed a ritual when he made Kobo part of the hyozan and sent his apprentice with Toshi to [[Jukai]], saying that he hopes that the spiritual budokas will help them. However, Toshi and [[Kobo]] were later caught (together with [[Michiko]]'s people) in a battle with [[orochi], and Kobo was killed by the [[Minamo]] wizard [[Choryu]]. Thanks to Toshi, the wizard was later brought to Hidetsugu and the ogre could have his revenge.
When Toshi came to Hidetsugu asking for help with interpreting the [[kami]] portents concerning the hyozan and [[soratami]], together they performed the ritual which made Kobo part of the hyozan and sent his apprentice with Toshi to [[Jukai]]. After Toshi and [[Kobo]] were later caught in a battle with [[orochi]], Kobo was killed by the [[Minamo]] wizard [[Choryu]]. Thanks to Toshi, the wizard was later brought to Hidetsugu, who exacted punishment on the wizard by one of the worst means imaginable: burning him, poisoning him, and making him eat himself simultaneously for months.  


Hidetsugu was enraged. [[Kobo]] was his most promising student ever. He punished Choryu by one of the worst means imaginable, burning, poisoning and making him eat himself, all at once. But this was only a beginning. He vowed to exact total revenge on anybody responsible - Choryu's masters in Minamo, their soratami masters from Otawara and even their patron kami. He wanted to enlist a group of yamabushi kami-killers from the local masters. They refused, and Hidetsugu killed them and enslaved eight of their pupils. He made them into eight new hyozan reckoners, silent and deadly. Toshi Umezawa returned with two new recruits as well, to consult further steps with Hidetsugu. The ogre told him about his plans with Minamo. Toshi tried to make him postpone his decision, and even gave him a tile with a powerful captured kami inside - the [[yuki-onna]]. Hidetsugu agreed to wait for the agreed time and gave Toshi a similar tile in exchange, one with an oni-dog bound inside.  
Hidetsugu vowed to exact total revenge on anybody responsible for Kobo's death, including Choryu's masters in Minamo, their soratami masters from [[Otawara]], and even their [[Mochi|patron kami]]. He wanted to enlist a group of [[yamabushi]] kami-killers from the local masters. They refused, and Hidetsugu killed them and enslaved eight of their pupils. After rejoining Toshi, the ogre told him about his plans for Minamo. Toshi was able to convince Hidetsugu to forestall his vengeance, but only for a short time.  


His oath-brother Toshi Umezawa, however, changed since Kobo's death. He became a worshipper of [[Myojin of Night's Reach]], a kami of darkness and secret. The objectives of Toshi and Hidetsugu started to diverge a bit.
However, the ogre's temper was not easy to hold in the end. Instead of taking vengeance upon the [[Jukai]] orochi, he assaulted Minamo directly. There he and his hunters defeated [[Keiga]], destroyed the Academy, and killed almost everyone inside, including [[Hisoka]]. He also summoned his patron kami, the All-Consuming Oni of Chaos, to feast on the chaos, death, and destruction in the Academy.
[[File:Hidetsugu.jpg|thumb|Hidetsugu during the events of the [[Kami War]].]]
Toshi returned to Minamo to "participate" in the revenge process. Hidetsugu, dissatisfied with Toshi's part in the revenge, took hold of him and showed him another stage of his vengeance, unleashing his oni army on Otawara, where the demons killed many moonfolk. After a short argument, Toshi openly declared a war between the two founding members of the hyozan.


The ogre's temper was not easy to hold in the end. Instead of revenge also on [[Jukai]] orochi, he went directly into the academy. There he and his hunters defeated [[Keiga, the Tide Star]], destroyed the Academy and killed almost all people inside, including [[Hisoka]], whose head was bitten off by Hidetsugu himself. He also summoned his patron kami, the [[All-Consuming Oni of Chaos]], to feast on the chaos, death and destruction in the Academy. Toshi arrived  with [[the Taken One]], freshly stolen from Konda's castle, just in time to save Michiko and her friends, who came to Minamo to seek a counsel from Hisoka. Then, Toshi Umezawa secretly left the hyozan.
After Toshi returned to Minamo with two other hyozan, [[Marrow-Gnawer]] and [[Kiku]], Hidetsugu came for him with his remaining hunters and almost killed him. He would have killed Kiku and Toshi both, if not for the intervention of Marrow-Gnawer, who stabbed Hidetsugu in the eye, invoking the hyozan curse upon himself. During this fight, Hidetsugu unknowingly triggered Kiku's curse bestowed upon her by her ''mahotsukai'' masters. The ogre then fought Kiku, and after a brutal fight, defeated her. Toshi used Hidetsugu's momentary distraction and stabbed his remaining eye.


Toshi returned to Minamo to "participate" in the revenge process. Hidetsugu, dissatisfied with Toshi's part in the revenge, took hold of him and showed him another stage of his revenge, when he unleashed his oni army to Otawara, where the demons killed many moonfolk. After a short argument, Toshi froze the ogre's fist and escaped from his grasp, openly declaring a war between the two founding members of the hyozan.
Just before destroying Toshi, [[O-Kagachi]], drawn to Minamo by the presence of [[the Taken One]], clashed with All-Consuming Oni of Chaos. Much to Hidetsugu's chagrin, the oni overlord was almost effortlessly torn in two by O-Kagachi and fled the stage. Despondent, Hidetsugu asked Toshi to transport him into the honden of the All-Consuming in order to exact vengeance on his former master.


Toshi returned to Minamo with two other hyozan, [[Marrow-Gnawer]] and [[Kiku]], to reclaim [[That Which Was Taken]] from the academy ruins. Hidetsugu came for him with his remaining hunters and almost killed him. But he decided to show Toshi how he worked his way out of the possible hyozan curse by killing Kiku without spewing a bit of blood - by choking her in his fist. He would kill Kiku and Toshi both, if not for the intervention of Marrow-Gnawer, who misinterpreted his hyozan mark call and stabbed Hidetsugu in the eye, invoking the curse upon himself. During this fight, Hidetsugu unknowingly triggered Kiku's curse bestowed upon her by her ''mahotsukai'' masters. The ogre then fought Kiku, Shadow of Black Death, and after a brutal, but not one-sided fight, defeated her. However, Toshi used his momentary distraction and stabbed his remaining eye.
After the destruction of O-Kagachi and Konda and the ascension of the [[Sisters of Flesh and Spirit]], Hidetsugu again emerged, with his eyes restored. Under unknown circumstances, he apparently merged with the All-Consuming into a similar being like the Sisters, and now has the oni's insatiable jaws as his chest and stomach (covered with cloth). He released a wave of the jaws from his chest, tearing [[Mochi]] into pieces before consuming him, and claiming his alliance with the sisters, who understand that he is part of their world.


Even blind, Hidetsugu found Toshi when the kanji mage tried to use his blood to make a kanji. After a bitter conversation, he prepared to kill the trickster. But, in the same time, [[O-Kagachi]], drawn to Minamo by the presence of [[The Taken One]], clashed with [[All-Consuming Oni of Chaos]]. Toshi pointed this out to Hidetsugu, and the ogre paused in his killing stroke. Much to Hidetsugu's chadring, dismay and anger, the oni overlord was almost effortlessly torn in two by O-Kagachi and fled the stage. This made Hidetsugu completely forget Toshi. He was seething by rage. His patron left his finest apprentice. This cannot be. He asked Toshi for a favor. He wanted Toshi to transport him into the honden of the All-Consuming, saying "if my god don't live up to my expectances, I'll make him suffer." In exchange for helping with The Taken One to Minamo's roof, Toshi grants this last favor to his blood brother. Hidetsugu vanishes into a vortex of sulfur and fire.
===After the War===
When his demonic master failed, he traveled to the [[spirit]] realm to exact revenge by devouring the oni, merging with the remains, and taking his place as the most formidable demonic entity in [[Kamigawa]]. His cruelties and the destruction he wreaked throughout the land caused [[Kyodai]] to personally intervene and imprison him in the spirit realm, for now, at least. But Hidetsugu bides his time, and one day, he'll break free to once more unleash chaos upon the land.<ref name="Legends Kamigawa">{{DailyRef|feature/legends-kamigawa-neon-dynasty-2022-02-11|The Legends of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty|[[Ari Zirulnik]], [[Grace Fong]], [[Emily Teng]], and [[Gerritt Turner]]|February 11, 2022}}</ref>


After the destruction of O-Kagachi and Konda and the ascension of the [[Sisters of Flesh and Spirit]], the last person to punish is [[Mochi]], the intriguing patron of the soratami. His punishment is [[Kyodai]]'s gift to Toshi for his help. She opens a gate to the reign of the oni, and Hidetsugu emerges, his eyes restored. Under unknown circumstances, he apparently merged with the All-Consuming into a similar being like the Sisters. Now he releases a wave of the oni's insatiable jaws from his chest, that tear Mochi into pieces and consume him. The last hyozan reckoning is complete, and Hidetsugu returns into his new reign.
===Neon Dynasty===
More than 1200 years later, Hidetsugu is still around in demon form; an entity of destruction and hunger incarnate. He is both revered among other demon cultists for having achieved the impossible and simultaneously the one they all want to devour to take his role.<ref name="NEO Guide">{{DailyRef|feature/planeswalkers-guide-kamigawa-neon-dynasty-2022-02-03|Planeswalkers Guide to Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty|[[Grace Fong]], [[Emily Mei]], and [[Ari Zirulnik]]|February 3, 2022}}</ref>


[[Category: Storylines]]
===Phyrexian Invasion===
[[Category: Kamigawa]]
The most cool-headed and practical of all the spirit dragons, [[Kairi]] knew that if Kamigawa were to survive, it would need all the help it could get, even if that help came from less-than-desirable sources {{-}} like a certain demon, currently locked away in the spirit realm. Hidetsugu was surprised to find that his jailbreaker was none other than the reincarnation of the dragon he had slain. Amused by Kairi's request for assistance and happy for the chance to wreak havoc, Hidetsugu agreed to fight alongside the dragon. Kairi still vividly retains the memories of his previous reincarnation's death, and while they're on the same side for the time being, as soon as Hidetsugu is not needed, Kairi will seize the opportunity to lock him up once again.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/the-legendary-team-ups-of-march-of-the-machine|The Legendary Team-Ups of March of the Machine|[[Emily Teng]]|April 13, 2023}}</ref>
[[Category: Characters]]
 
==In-game references==
{{in-game
|cards=
*<c>Heartless Hidetsugu</c>
*<c>Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos</c>
*<c>Hidetsugu and Kairi</c>
*<c>Vessel of the All-Consuming</c>
|associated=
*<c>Hidetsugu Consumes All</c>
*[[Unknown_Event/Philadelphia_event_cards|Hidetsugu's Poison Rite]]<ref name="Unknown">{{YouTubeRef|NuWq8-rnJ38|My 62 Secret Magic Playtest Cards!|channel=[[Good Morning Magic]]|date=February 20, 2023}}</ref>
*<c>Hidetsugu's Second Rite</c>
}}
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
{{Kamigawa|oni}}
[[Category:Ogres]]
[[Category:Shamans]]

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Hidetsugu
[[File:{{#setmainimage:Hidetsugu 2.jpg}}|250px]]
Details
Race Ogre Demon
Birthplace Sokenzan, Kamigawa
Lifetime unknown
Colors
{R} (Ogre)
{B} (Demon)
Sources
Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa, Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa, Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa

Hidetsugu (hee-DET-soo-goo;[1] Japanese: 碑 (ひ) 出 (で) 告 (つぐ) ), also called the Scourge of Minamo[2] was an ogre o-bakemono, a shaman from Kamigawa. He lived in the Sokenzan mountain range in a cave dwelling named Shinka. He was a master of blood and fire magic, and a devout worshipper of the All-Consuming Oni of Chaos, therefore highly skilled in working with oni demons. He had quite a simple philosophy: everything is doomed to end in chaos, consumed by his master. In the end, he merged himself with the oni, becoming a formidable power.

History

Hidetsugu was a ruler of his part of Sokenzan, and as such he gained the attention of similar rulers of other places. One of them was Boss Uramon from Numai. After causing her losses by eating her people, she sent a task force to eliminate him. Among these people was a kanji mage, Toshiro Umezawa. The assault was unsuccessful, and Hidetsugu killed all the men except Umezawa. The kanji mage had protected himself with a spell that would reflect damage back to Hidetsugu, so he got him to talk and later persuaded him to form a new reckoner gang, the Hyozan Reckoners, by taking a blood and kanji magic oath.

In order to have a successor for his work, Hidetsugu tried to train a worthy apprentice. However, he was a very stern master and his apprentices had high training mortality rate. After a long time, he found a worthy apprentice in the ex-budoka Kobo.

When Toshi came to Hidetsugu asking for help with interpreting the kami portents concerning the hyozan and soratami, together they performed the ritual which made Kobo part of the hyozan and sent his apprentice with Toshi to Jukai. After Toshi and Kobo were later caught in a battle with orochi, Kobo was killed by the Minamo wizard Choryu. Thanks to Toshi, the wizard was later brought to Hidetsugu, who exacted punishment on the wizard by one of the worst means imaginable: burning him, poisoning him, and making him eat himself simultaneously for months.

Hidetsugu vowed to exact total revenge on anybody responsible for Kobo's death, including Choryu's masters in Minamo, their soratami masters from Otawara, and even their patron kami. He wanted to enlist a group of yamabushi kami-killers from the local masters. They refused, and Hidetsugu killed them and enslaved eight of their pupils. After rejoining Toshi, the ogre told him about his plans for Minamo. Toshi was able to convince Hidetsugu to forestall his vengeance, but only for a short time.

However, the ogre's temper was not easy to hold in the end. Instead of taking vengeance upon the Jukai orochi, he assaulted Minamo directly. There he and his hunters defeated Keiga, destroyed the Academy, and killed almost everyone inside, including Hisoka. He also summoned his patron kami, the All-Consuming Oni of Chaos, to feast on the chaos, death, and destruction in the Academy.

Hidetsugu during the events of the Kami War.

Toshi returned to Minamo to "participate" in the revenge process. Hidetsugu, dissatisfied with Toshi's part in the revenge, took hold of him and showed him another stage of his vengeance, unleashing his oni army on Otawara, where the demons killed many moonfolk. After a short argument, Toshi openly declared a war between the two founding members of the hyozan.

After Toshi returned to Minamo with two other hyozan, Marrow-Gnawer and Kiku, Hidetsugu came for him with his remaining hunters and almost killed him. He would have killed Kiku and Toshi both, if not for the intervention of Marrow-Gnawer, who stabbed Hidetsugu in the eye, invoking the hyozan curse upon himself. During this fight, Hidetsugu unknowingly triggered Kiku's curse bestowed upon her by her mahotsukai masters. The ogre then fought Kiku, and after a brutal fight, defeated her. Toshi used Hidetsugu's momentary distraction and stabbed his remaining eye.

Just before destroying Toshi, O-Kagachi, drawn to Minamo by the presence of the Taken One, clashed with All-Consuming Oni of Chaos. Much to Hidetsugu's chagrin, the oni overlord was almost effortlessly torn in two by O-Kagachi and fled the stage. Despondent, Hidetsugu asked Toshi to transport him into the honden of the All-Consuming in order to exact vengeance on his former master.

After the destruction of O-Kagachi and Konda and the ascension of the Sisters of Flesh and Spirit, Hidetsugu again emerged, with his eyes restored. Under unknown circumstances, he apparently merged with the All-Consuming into a similar being like the Sisters, and now has the oni's insatiable jaws as his chest and stomach (covered with cloth). He released a wave of the jaws from his chest, tearing Mochi into pieces before consuming him, and claiming his alliance with the sisters, who understand that he is part of their world.

After the War

When his demonic master failed, he traveled to the spirit realm to exact revenge by devouring the oni, merging with the remains, and taking his place as the most formidable demonic entity in Kamigawa. His cruelties and the destruction he wreaked throughout the land caused Kyodai to personally intervene and imprison him in the spirit realm, for now, at least. But Hidetsugu bides his time, and one day, he'll break free to once more unleash chaos upon the land.[3]

Neon Dynasty

More than 1200 years later, Hidetsugu is still around in demon form; an entity of destruction and hunger incarnate. He is both revered among other demon cultists for having achieved the impossible and simultaneously the one they all want to devour to take his role.[4]

Phyrexian Invasion

The most cool-headed and practical of all the spirit dragons, Kairi knew that if Kamigawa were to survive, it would need all the help it could get, even if that help came from less-than-desirable sources — like a certain demon, currently locked away in the spirit realm. Hidetsugu was surprised to find that his jailbreaker was none other than the reincarnation of the dragon he had slain. Amused by Kairi's request for assistance and happy for the chance to wreak havoc, Hidetsugu agreed to fight alongside the dragon. Kairi still vividly retains the memories of his previous reincarnation's death, and while they're on the same side for the time being, as soon as Hidetsugu is not needed, Kairi will seize the opportunity to lock him up once again.[5]

In-game references

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References

  1. ↑ Magic Arcana (January 24, 2005). "A Kamigawa Glossary, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ (2005). Betrayers of Kamigawa Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Ari Zirulnik, Grace Fong, Emily Teng, and Gerritt Turner (February 11, 2022). "The Legends of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Grace Fong, Emily Mei, and Ari Zirulnik (February 3, 2022). "Planeswalkers Guide to Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Emily Teng (April 13, 2023). "The Legendary Team-Ups of March of the Machine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ My 62 Secret Magic Playtest Cards! (Video). Good Morning Magic. YouTube (February 20, 2023).
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