Dream Eater

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Dream Eater: Creature - Nightmare Sphinx, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Flash. Flying. When this creature enters, surveil 4. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Nightmare Sphinx
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
4/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
116
Artist
Daarken
Commander rank
8,690 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash, Flying, Surveil

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About Dream Eater

Dream Eater is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 116 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flash

Flying

When this creature enters, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. (To surveil 4, look at the top four cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.47 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dream Eater by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dream Eater

Dream Eater has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #101Mythic2024
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #38Mythic2018

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Dream Eater, newest first.

  • When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
  • You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
  • Dream Eater's reflexive triggered ability triggers even if you have fewer than four cards in your library to surveil.
  • Dream Eater's triggered ability goes on the stack without a target. While that ability is resolving, after you've surveilled, the reflexive triggered ability triggers and you pick a target nonland permanent to be returned to its owner's hand. This is different from effects that say "If you do . . ." in that you choose the target after having surveilled.

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