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Underworld Dreams

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Eighth Edition
Price
$3.87
EDHREC rank
#1416
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Underworld Dreams card art
Underworld Dreams turns every draw step into a clock — three mana gets it on the table permanently, and every card an opponent draws chips away their life total without you lifting a finger. Pair it with Peer into the Abyss or slot it into a Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck and the damage stops being incidental; it becomes the win condition.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

80.5% of decks · synergy 0.74

Nekusar, the Mindrazer already pings opponents for every card drawn, and Underworld Dreams stacks a second trigger on top — players taking damage from both sources on every draw step fold fast.

02
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

76.4% of decks · synergy 0.70

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse drains opponents for drawing while gaining you life, and Underworld Dreams adds a third tax on top of that exchange, compressing lifetotals from two directions simultaneously.

05
Mogis, God of Slaughter

Mogis, God of Slaughter

54.7% of decks · synergy 0.47

Mogis, God of Slaughter is built around grinding opponents down with unavoidable recurring damage, and Underworld Dreams fits that gameplan by turning the draw step — something opponents can't skip — into another source of that pressure.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Underworld Dreams does its best work: four opponents drawing cards every turn means the damage accumulates fast, and enchantment-based engines are harder to interact with than creatures in a format full of spot removal. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but rarely sees play — those formats move too fast for a three-mana enchantment that wins by attrition rather than tempo. Modern and Pioneer are similar; Underworld Dreams is a slow burn in formats where games often end on turns three through five. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if the spellbreaker supports a wheel or forced-draw strategy.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$3.87 cheap tier

At $3.87, Underworld Dreams sits in the comfortable budget tier — cheap enough to slot into any black enchantment package without deliberation. It sees enough consistent Commander demand across Nekusar, wheel, and group-slug archetypes that the price is unlikely to crater.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.