Turbulent Dreams
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Return X target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $2.63
- EDHREC rank
- #14909
Turbulent Dreams bounces any number of permanents at sorcery speed for each discard you make — potent mass removal that scales with your hand size rather than a fixed cost. In Rielle, the Everwise decks, where the discard is free value rather than a loss, this is a one-sided wrath.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rielle, the Everwise
Rielle, the Everwise replaces every discarded card, which turns Turbulent Dreams into a lopsided reset button — you empty your hand, bounce the board, then refill immediately.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Turbulent Dreams is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card. In Legacy and Vintage, the discard cost is a genuine liability when every card in hand is irreplaceable, and sorcery speed bounce rarely clears a competitive table. Commander is where it earns its slot — discard synergy commanders generate enough incidental draw that pitching three or four cards to sweep permanents is not a real cost. In Oathbreaker it functions similarly, though the smaller table size and lower board density reduce how often you need a mass bounce effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.63 cheap tier
At $2.63, Turbulent Dreams sits in the cheap tier and is a fair price for a narrow build-around effect. Demand is driven almost entirely by Rielle, the Everwise players, so the price ceiling is low — don't expect significant movement unless a new discard-matters commander pushes wider adoption.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.