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Dream's Grip

Instant

Choose one —
• Tap target permanent.
• Untap target permanent.
Entwine {1} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Mirrodin
Price
$0.44
EDHREC rank
#9426
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Dream's Grip card art
Dream's Grip taps or untaps a permanent for one mana — the effect is narrow, but Orvar, the All-Form turns that cheapness into engine fuel by triggering a free copy of any permanent you target. Outside that shell, Dream's Grip is too low-impact to earn a slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Orvar, the All-Form

Orvar, the All-Form

70.1% of decks · synergy 0.67

Orvar, the All-Form appears in 70% of Dream's Grip decks for good reason: every time you cast Dream's Grip targeting one of your permanents, Orvar, the All-Form creates a token copy of it, turning a one-mana cantrip-adjacent spell into a free clone at instant speed.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Dream's Grip is a Commander card almost exclusively — its value is entirely tied to commanders like Orvar, the All-Form that reward cheap targeted spells, a condition that only exists in singleton formats. In Pauper, it's technically playable, but tap and untap effects at common have much stronger competition and Dream's Grip doesn't slot into established archetypes. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but one-mana do-nothing spells need to cycle or generate card advantage to see play at those power levels, and Dream's Grip does neither. Skip it everywhere except the Orvar shell.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.44 bulk tier

At $0.44, Dream's Grip sits in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb — it's a narrow card with a narrow home. Grab a copy if you're building Orvar, the All-Form; otherwise there's no reason to acquire it speculatively.

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