Defiler of Dreams
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Phyrexian Sphinx
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 3
- Set
- Dominaria United #46 (rare)
- Price
- $0.59 USD
Flying
As an additional cost to cast blue permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {U} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of blue mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a blue permanent spell, draw a card.
Defiler of Dreams has 5 printings, first in Dominaria United (2022). EDHREC ranks it #4,342 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Ur-Sphinx decks (4,364 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Defiler of Dreams most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Ur-Sphinx: 4,364 decks
- Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign: 1,727 decks
- Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign: 1,391 decks
- Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis: 1,287 decks
- Minn, Wily Illusionist: 1,160 decks
- Princess Yue: 1,130 decks
- Donal, Herald of Wings: 784 decks
- Atemsis, All-Seeing: 619 decks
Often played with Defiler of Dreams
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Some players may make the mental shortcut that the Defilers effectively turn one of the colored mana symbols in the spell’s cost into a Phyrexian colored mana symbol. Despite the similarity in function, this ability does not cause the spells to have Phyrexian mana symbols in their costs. Sorry, Rage Extractor!
- : You may only pay the additional cost once per permanent spell.