Restless Dreams
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #17870
Restless Dreams lets you discard any number of cards and return that many cards from your graveyard to your hand — net zero on card count, but it converts dead cards in hand into live ones from the bin. For decks that want to cycle through a graveyard repeatedly, it's a one-mana engine piece; everywhere else, it's a worse Regrowth.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Restless Dreams earns a slot in graveyard-value decks that routinely strand situational cards in hand — discard a land flood or a dead removal spell, pull back the exact threat you need. Legacy and Vintage have access to more broken graveyard loops, so Restless Dreams rarely competes for space there. Pauper is the format where it sees the most genuine play, slotting into self-mill and threshold builds that want flexible graveyard recursion at common rarity. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's verdict: strong in the right shell, irrelevant in everything else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Restless Dreams is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking twice if it fits your build. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile graveyard commander pushes it into the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.