Dream Harvest
Sorcery
Each opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they have exiled cards with total mana value 5 or greater this way. Until end of turn, you may cast cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.67
- EDHREC rank
- #7896
Dream Harvest taps your opponents' creatures to generate mana — the more creatures across the table, the bigger the payoff. At three mana for a sorcery, the setup cost is real, but in a multiplayer game with full boards, it routinely produces five or more mana in a single cast, which is the kind of burst that lets Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge hit the table and immediately exile half your opponents' libraries.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge wants to cast expensive spells for free, and Dream Harvest is one of the cleanest ways to slam her on turn two or three off a single tap-out against a full table.
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Cormela, Glamour Thief turns instants and sorceries into mana and card advantage when she dies, so Dream Harvest serves double duty — fueling the explosive spell turns that get Cormela killed and recycled.
Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative triggers off casting spells from opponents' libraries, which means you need mana fast and often; Dream Harvest converts your opponents' board presence into the fuel Marvo needs to chain casts.
Don Andres, the Renegade
Don Andres, the Renegade rewards you for casting opponents' spells, and Dream Harvest provides the burst mana to actually cast what you steal before anyone can respond.
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Tasha, the Witch Queen creates Demons whenever opponents cast spells from anywhere but their hands, and Dream Harvest feeds the high-mana-demand turns where Tasha is copying or casting multiple pilfered spells in one go.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dream Harvest is a Commander card through and through — the tap-down effect scales directly with the number of opponents at the table, so a four-player game with stocked boards can produce eight or more mana off a single cast. In one-on-one formats like Legacy or Modern, the ceiling drops hard: tapping two or three creatures for mana is a slow Pyretic Ritual with a meaningful downside, and no competitive deck wants that. Pioneer and Standard are legal but irrelevant — Dream Harvest doesn't fit any archetype those formats care about. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander exception worth noting, since multiplayer pods still get you the volume. This card belongs in Commander and essentially nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.67 bulk tier
At $0.67, Dream Harvest is bulk, and that price reflects its narrow home — Commander only, in specific spell-slinging lists. It's unlikely to climb unless a high-profile commander pushes mass-tap effects into the spotlight, so pick it up cheaply now if it fits your list and don't expect the price to do anything interesting.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
- Cormela, Glamour Thief
- Marvo, Deep Operative
- Don Andres, the Renegade
- Tasha, the Witch Queen
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.