Floating-Dream Zubera
Creature — Zubera Spirit
When this creature dies, draw a card for each Zubera that died this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #17659
Floating-Dream Zubera draws you cards equal to the number of Zuberas that died this turn plus one — and with Araumi of the Dead Tide's encore ability putting three copies into play at once, that's a four-card draw stapled to a two-mana 1/1. The death trigger stacks per Zubera in the graveyard pile, so it's not a marginal effect; it's a legitimate engine piece in the right shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Araumi of the Dead Tide
Araumi of the Dead Tide uses encore to create three token copies of Floating-Dream Zubera that all die at end of turn, triggering four draws per Zubera in the batch — that's the engine, and it's why Floating-Dream Zubera shows up in nearly 60% of Araumi lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Floating-Dream Zubera is a bulk common in every non-rotating format — legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but it only earns a slot in the narrow context where multiple Zuberas die in the same turn. In Commander, that context is almost entirely Araumi of the Dead Tide, where encore reliably triggers a multi-Zubera death chain. In Pauper, a dedicated Zubera tribal shell can fire off the same loop at common rarity, making it marginally more relevant there than in Legacy or Vintage, where it's too slow and too conditional to see play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Floating-Dream Zubera is deep bulk — a card you pick up out of a commons box, not a singles order. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new Zubera-synergy commander lands and spikes the whole tribe.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.