Faerie Slumber Party
Sorcery
Return all creatures to their owners' hands. For each opponent who controlled a creature returned this way, you create two 1/1 blue Faerie creature tokens with flying and "This token can block only creatures with flying."
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $4.91
- EDHREC rank
- #8028
Faerie Slumber Party puts a Faerie token into play for each mana you spend on X, then draws you a card for each token created — raw board presence and card advantage stapled together. In Obyra, Dreaming Duelist builds, that token flood translates directly into damage, making this one of the format's most efficient payoffs for a Faerie-tribal shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist deals damage whenever you cast a noncreature spell and whenever a Faerie enters under your control, so Faerie Slumber Party triggers both clauses simultaneously — one cast drains the table and floods the board in a single action.
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor draws a card and costs opponents life whenever a Faerie you control dies, so the token swarm from Faerie Slumber Party gives you a wide, expendable board that generates value through blocks, sacrifice, and removal rather than demanding you protect any individual piece.
Octavia, Living Thesis
Octavia, Living Thesis cares about instant and sorcery spells cast, and Faerie Slumber Party is a high-value sorcery that simultaneously advances the spell count and delivers a board state Octavia can immediately pump to 8/8s.
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor copies instants and sorceries with mana value 3 or less, and a modest X-spell version of Faerie Slumber Party falls squarely in range — a Gorion trigger doubles both the token yield and the draw.
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 |
In Commander, Faerie Slumber Party earns its slot in any Faerie-tribal or spell-count deck that wants token generation and card draw on one card — the X cost scales into the late game when mana is plentiful and one explosive turn can close things out. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the card is too slow and telegraphed; an X-cost sorcery at four-plus mana is not where those formats want to be. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, more broken options and won't touch it. Standard is the one 60-card context where it could see fringe play if Faerie synergies are supported in the current card pool, but it remains a Commander card at heart.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.91 cheap tier
At $4.91, Faerie Slumber Party sits at the high end of the cheap tier — reasonable for a tribal staple with a clear home, but not a card you buy speculatively. It holds value as long as Faerie commanders stay popular; if the tribal support cools, expect this to drift toward bulk.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.