---
name: "Sickening Dreams"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "728d2e30-2f36-4054-81db-29b01e376a82"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sickening-dreams-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sickening Dreams
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Sickening Dreams deals X damage to each creature and each player.

> *Der Patriarch träumt von abscheulichen Krankheiten.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Devastating Dreams](/printing/devastating-dreams-tor.md) — Sorcery
2. [Vengeful Dreams](/printing/vengeful-dreams-tor.md) — Instant
3. [Restless Dreams](/printing/restless-dreams-tor.md) — Sorcery
4. [Insidious Dreams](/printing/insidious-dreams-tor.md) — Instant
5. [Waking Nightmare](/printing/waking-nightmare-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Tendrils of Despair](/printing/tendrils-of-despair-wth.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #83
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 11 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: `not_legal`