Lurrus of the Dream-Den

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Lurrus of the Dream-Den: Legendary Creature - Cat Nightmare, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W/B}{W/B}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Cat Nightmare
Colour identity
White and black (WB)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released
2020-04-24
Collector number
226
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
Commander rank
2,773 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Lifelink, Companion
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Lurrus of the Dream-Den

Lurrus of the Dream-Den is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black legendary creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 226 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {1}{W/B}{W/B} to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It is banned in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to Multiverse Legends (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.73 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Companion - Each permanent card in your starting deck has mana value 2 or less. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.)

Lifelink

Once during each of your turns, you may cast a permanent spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.73 (as of 2026-11-03).

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

Format legality

Legality of Lurrus of the Dream-Den by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerBanned
ModernBanned
LegacyBanned
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Lurrus of the Dream-Den

Lurrus of the Dream-Den has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Multiverse Legends (MUL) #116Rare2023
Multiverse Legends (MUL) #181Rare2023
Multiverse Legends (MUL) #181zRare2023
Multiverse Legends (MUL) #51Rare2023
Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021 (Q06) #9Rare2021
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80845Rare2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #355Rare2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #226pRare2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #226sRare2020

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Lurrus of the Dream-Den, newest first.

  • Wizards of the Coast has issued functional errata for the Companion mechanic. Instead of casting companions from outside the game: Once per game, any time you could cast a sorcery (during your main phase when the stack is empty), you can pay {3} to put your companion from your sideboard into your hand. This is a special action, not an activated ability. It happens immediately and can’t be responded to. It can’t be countered or stopped by cards like Phyrexian Revoker. For more information please see https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/june-1-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement
  • If you reveal a companion outside the game, for as long as it remains there, you may pay {3} any time you could cast a sorcery (that is, you have priority during your main phase and the stack is empty). Once you do, you put it into your hand and behaves like any other card you've brought into the game. For example, if it's discarded, countered, or destroyed, it's put into your graveyard, remaining in the game. This is a change from previous rules.
  • Once you put your companion into your hand, it behaves like any other card you’ve brought into the game. For example, if it’s countered or destroyed, it’s put into your graveyard, remaining in the game.
  • Paying {3} to put your companion into your hand is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and players can't respond to it. Once you take this action, you may cast that card if it's legal to do so before any other player can take actions.
  • Lurrus doesn't care about instant and sorcery cards in your starting deck. They may have any mana value.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the spell you cast from your graveyard.
  • If more than one player wishes to reveal a companion, the starting player does so first, and players proceed in turn order. Once a player has chosen not to reveal a companion, that player can't change their mind.
  • The companion ability has no effect if the card is in your starting deck and creates no restriction on putting a card with a companion ability into your starting deck. For example, Zirda may be in your starting deck even if your other permanent cards don't all have activated abilities.

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