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Daydream

Sorcery

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Flashback {2}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#15379
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Daydream card art
Daydream phases out a nonland permanent you control, protecting it from removal or resetting it for another enters-the-battlefield trigger — all for a single blue mana at instant speed. Preston, the Vanisher and Plagon, Lord of the Beach both run it as a repeatable ETB engine piece, not just a protection spell.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Plagon, Lord of the Beach

Plagon, Lord of the Beach

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.25

Plagon, Lord of the Beach cares about creatures entering and leaving, and Daydream phases out a creature to set up a second ETB trigger on the cheap — 27% inclusion rate reflects how cleanly it fits the engine.

02
Zidane, Tantalus Thief

Zidane, Tantalus Thief

24.5% of decks · synergy 0.23

Zidane, Tantalus Thief wants creatures flickering in and out to stack triggers, and Daydream does that at instant speed for one mana, making it one of the most efficient enablers in the deck.

04
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardCandlekeep Sage

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage

19.5% of decks · synergy 0.17

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage exiles your own permanents to generate tokens, and Daydream can protect a key creature through a board wipe or reset it before Abdel's ability resolves.

05
Preston, the Vanisher

Preston, the Vanisher

18.0% of decks · synergy 0.17

Preston, the Vanisher creates Illusion tokens whenever a non-Illusion creature phases in or blinks, so Daydream phases a creature out and back in to produce a free token — that's the whole reason Preston runs it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Daydream is legal in every major constructed format but has found its home in Commander, where ETB-value commanders turn a one-mana phase-out into a repeatable engine piece rather than a situational protection spell. In competitive constructed — Modern, Pioneer, Standard — it competes with a deep field of instant-speed interaction and rarely makes the cut outside dedicated flicker or blink shells. Legacy and Vintage have even less patience for it. Commander is where Daydream earns its slot, specifically in decks that want cheap, stackable triggers at instant speed.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

236 decks
Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianDaydream

Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianDaydream

Exile all nonland permanents opponents control; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Daydream sits firmly in bulk territory, which understates its utility in the decks that actually want it. Bulk pricing means zero barrier to acquisition — pick up copies without a second thought.

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