Dreadwaters
Sorcery
Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of lands you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #16993
Dreadwaters mills a target opponent for X cards, where X is the number of lands you control — reliably 8–12 in Commander by the time you cast it. Bruvac the Grandiloquent doubles every mill trigger, which turns a mid-game Dreadwaters into a 16–24 card swing for four mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Bruvac the Grandiloquent's passive doubles every mill trigger, so Dreadwaters with 10 lands on board mills 20 cards instead of 10 — that's often 20% of an opponent's library in a single spell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dreadwaters is a Commander card — full stop. In multiplayer, you're routinely controlling 10 or more lands by the time you cast it, and the single-target mill is focused enough to threaten one opponent without spreading thin. In Pauper, mill is a real archetype, but Dreadwaters competes with more efficient commons like Tasha's Hideous Laughter and usually loses that fight. Legacy, Vintage, and Pioneer have faster, more reliable mill packages that don't depend on land count, so Dreadwaters sees essentially no play there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Dreadwaters is deep bulk — you're more likely to find copies in a common box than on a store shelf. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.