Defiler of Dreams
Dominaria United 46 • rare
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Collector number
- 46
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast
- Market price
- $0.45
What it does
Flying
As an additional cost to cast blue permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost blue mana 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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Defiler of Dreams was released in September 2022 as part of the Dominaria United set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the franchise by returning to the game's foundational plane of Dominaria, featuring a narrative focused on an invasion by the antagonistic Phyrexian faction. This card specifically represents a Phyrexian creature corrupted to mirror the aesthetic and mechanical themes of blue-aligned mana, focusing on illusion and resource manipulation.
The card was illustrated by Campbell White, whose work for the set leaned into the unsettling, biomechanical body horror characteristic of the Phyrexians. By blending the fluid, ethereal qualities associated with blue magic with the metallic, segmented anatomy of the invaders, White aimed to create a visual representation of the corruption spreading across the plane. The card was received by the player community as a key example of the Phyrexian-themed mechanics introduced in the set, which incentivized players to spend life as a resource to cast permanent spells.
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