Dreams of Laguna
Instant
Surveil 1, then draw a card. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #8386
Dreams of Laguna puts a 3/3 blue Nightmare creature token onto the battlefield — immediately, no setup required — and the only ask is one blue mana and a discard. That rate is clean enough to justify inclusion anywhere that cares about either the token itself or the card leaving your hand, and Neerdiv, Devious Diver decks in particular treat the discard as a feature rather than a cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Neerdiv, Devious Diver rewards you for discarding cards, so Dreams of Laguna functions as a two-for-one: you fuel Neerdiv's ability and land a 3/3 body in the same motion. It shows up in over a quarter of Neerdiv lists for exactly that reason.
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir builds around powering up through specific milestones, and Dreams of Laguna supplies both a relevant creature type and a discard outlet to accelerate that progression. About 15% of Sephiroth decks include it as an efficient enabler.
Octavia, Living Thesis
Octavia, Living Thesis cares about instants and sorceries going to the graveyard, and Dreams of Laguna is a sorcery that checks that box while also depositing a 3/3 onto the board. Roughly 14% of Octavia lists run it as low-cost graveyard fodder that doubles as a threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dreams of Laguna is legal everywhere, but Commander is where it actually sees play. In 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, Standard — a three-mana sorcery that makes a single 3/3 and asks you to discard is far below the rate needed to compete; aggressive decks don't want it, and control decks have better options. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth a second look, since a 3/3 for three at common isn't embarrassing, but even there the discard cost creates card disadvantage that most Pauper shells can't afford. In Commander, Dreams of Laguna earns its slot specifically in discard-matters or graveyard-synergy builds, where the cost inverts into an upside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Dreams of Laguna is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a common bin, not tracking it on a buylist. Bulk commons with narrow synergy profiles don't appreciate, so treat this as a zero-cost slot-filler for the decks that want it and nothing more.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.