---
name: "Dream Eater"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Surveil", "Flash"]
set: "DSC"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "4ec84bb3-796a-4074-ac9a-1bd277158896"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dream-eater-dsc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dream Eater
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Surveil, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. (To surveil 4, look at the top four cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Citywatch Sphinx](/printing/citywatch-sphinx-grn.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [MagicConsecrated Sphinx](/printing/magicconsecrated-sphinx-unk.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Dream Stalker](/printing/dream-stalker-ddm.md) — Creature — Illusion
4. [Enigma Thief](/printing/enigma-thief-znc.md) — Creature — Sphinx Rogue
5. [Riddlemaster Sphinx](/printing/riddlemaster-sphinx-m19.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Rescuer Sphinx](/printing/rescuer-sphinx-war.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #116
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`