Sickening Dreams
Torment 83 • uncommon
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
- Market price
- $1.93
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Sickening Dreams deals X damage to each creature and each player.
The Patriarch dreams of vile plague.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sickening Dreams was released in February 2002 as part of the Torment expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore the concept of a black-aligned world, reflecting the gloomy, desolate aesthetic of the plane of Otaria. As a card within the black color identity, it serves as a quintessential example of the set's focus on graveyard-related mechanics and the sacrifice of resources to achieve powerful effects.
The artwork for this card was created by artist Carl Critchlow, whose distinct, painterly style helped define the dark atmosphere of the Torment set. Critchlow sought to visualize the concept of nightmarish manifestations drawing from a player's own reserves. Upon its release, the card was received as a niche tactical tool, valued by players for its potential to clear board states in decks heavily invested in graveyard recursion.
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