---
name: "Dreams of the Dead"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "3b6cf935-3b99-4371-a797-6f40b89adeeb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dreams-of-the-dead-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dreams of the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{1}{U}: Return target white or black creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains "Cumulative upkeep {2}." If the creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Breath of Dreams](/printing/breath-of-dreams-ice.md) — Enchantment
2. [Dawn of the Dead](/printing/dawn-of-the-dead-tor.md) — Enchantment
3. [Blighted Nightmare](/printing/blighted-nightmare-yecl.md) — Enchantment
4. [Oversold Cemetery](/printing/oversold-cemetery-dmr.md) — Enchantment
5. [Smile at Death](/printing/smile-at-death-ptdm.md) — Enchantment
6. [Jötun Grunt](/printing/jötun-grunt-td0.md) — Creature — Giant Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #66
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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