Mannichi, the Fevered Dream
Legendary Creature — Spirit
: Switch each creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.68
- EDHREC rank
- #23661
Mannichi, the Fevered Dream flips every creature's power and toughness until end of turn for two mana and a tap — a combat trick that turns small defenders into threats and kills oversized attackers by reducing their toughness to zero. The cost is a legend with a 1/2 body you have to protect, which means it earns its slot only in decks built to exploit the effect repeatedly.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mannichi, the Fevered Dream sees virtually no play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — the effect is too situational and too slow for formats where games end before repeated activations matter. Commander is the only format where Mannichi, the Fevered Dream has a real home, specifically as a combo enabler or mass-kill piece in decks that can abuse the toughness-to-power swap repeatedly in a single turn. In Oathbreaker it's legal but faces the same problem as eternal formats: the game moves too fast for a tap-activated legend to accumulate value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.68 bulk tier
At $0.68, Mannichi, the Fevered Dream is bulk — it costs almost nothing to acquire, which matches its narrow demand. The price is stable rather than rising; this is a card for a specific combo shell, not a generically wanted pickup.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.