Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Legendary Creature — Faerie Warrior
Flash
Flying
Whenever another Faerie you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #3361
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist drains an opponent for 1 every time you cast a Faerie spell, stapling a free life-loss trigger onto a creature type that already floods the board with cheap, evasive bodies. The cost is a two-mana 1/3 with flash and flying — a fair body that pulls its weight even before the drain triggers stack up. In any Faerie shell, Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor included, Obyra, Dreaming Duelist is an auto-include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor turns every Faerie death into a draw trigger, and Obyra, Dreaming Duelist adds a parallel drain trigger on every Faerie cast — together they convert the same swarm of cheap fliers into card advantage and life loss simultaneously. The 97% inclusion rate is no surprise: Obyra is essentially a second engine piece for the deck.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Alela, Cunning Conqueror creates a Faerie token whenever an opponent casts a spell on your turn, meaning the board fills with Faeries fast — and each of those tokens being cast triggers nothing, but every Faerie spell you respond with does trigger Obyra, Dreaming Duelist. The flash on both commanders lets you hold up interaction and still drain on the way in.
Alela, Artful Provocateur
Alela, Artful Provocateur generates Faerie tokens off enchantments and artifacts, and Obyra, Dreaming Duelist converts the Faerie spells you cast to fuel that engine into incremental life loss on top. It's a supporting role rather than a centerpiece, which explains the lower inclusion rate, but the drain still adds up in a deck that casts a lot of cheap blue and black permanents.
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
Maralen, Fae Ascendant cares about Faeries entering under your opponents' control and tutoring at instant speed, and Obyra, Dreaming Duelist punishes the spell-dense Faerie builds that naturally slot into that shell. The synergy is tribal density more than a direct two-card interaction, but in a deck casting Faeries every turn, the drain is consistent.
Talion, the Kindly Lord
Talion, the Kindly Lord is a Faerie commander that taxes opponents for playing into a chosen number, and Obyra, Dreaming Duelist adds a second passive drain to the pile of incremental damage the deck is already building. The synergy score is lower here because Talion's engine is number-based rather than cast-trigger-based, but Obyra still belongs in the 99 as tribal glue.
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 |
Commander is where Obyra, Dreaming Duelist does real work — the multiplayer drain scales with three opponents, and Faerie tribal has enough critical mass in those colors to make the cast trigger fire multiple times per turn cycle. In Legacy and Vintage, Faerie tempo builds exist but lean on Spellstutter Sprite and Vendilion Clique for disruption rather than drain payoffs, so Obyra, Dreaming Duelist is fringe at best in those formats. Modern and Pioneer Faerie shells are more aggressive and low to the ground; Obyra is a two-drop that doesn't pressure the board directly, which makes it a tough sell when the format demands faster clocks. Standard legality is situational and depends on whether a Faerie synergy deck is viable in the current environment. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Obyra, Dreaming Duelist could headline a build, since the 20-life starting total makes incremental drain matter sooner.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Obyra, Dreaming Duelist is bulk — a near-automatic pickup for any Faerie Commander build at essentially no cost. Bulk rares with high tribal inclusion rates tend to stay in this range unless a new Faerie commander breaks out, so don't expect movement, but there's also no reason to hesitate at this price.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.