Dream Strix
Creature — Bird Illusion
Flying
When this creature becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.
When this creature dies, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23809
Dream Strix lands as a 1/1 flyer that replaces itself with a draw when it dies — a clean two-for-one body that pulls its weight in any blue deck that wants incremental card advantage. The one-mana cost makes it easy to slot in alongside other low-commitment interaction, but the ceiling is modest: this is a role-player, not a bomb.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dream Strix earns its seat in decks that care about death triggers, enter-the-battlefield effects, or recurring cheap blue creatures — think Talrand, Sky Summoner for the extra body, or sacrifice-value commanders who want every creature to replace itself. In competitive constructed formats like Modern and Legacy, Dream Strix is too low-impact to see serious play: a 1/1 that draws one card on death doesn't threaten the board or the combo clock. Pioneer offers the most plausible non-Commander home, but even there the card competes with more efficient threats. Oathbreaker can get more mileage out of it in spell-heavy shells, but the card rarely rates above a role-player.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Dream Strix isn't currently available, so check Scryfall for the latest — it's the kind of common-rarity role-player that typically sits well under a dollar. If it's in your price range, it's worth a pickup for casual blue value decks, but don't go out of your way to track down a copy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.