Sickening Dreams
~$1.04 low · ~$16.64 high
Black. Sorcery
Torment #83 · Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer
Torment #83 · Illustrated by Scott M. FischerWhat is Sickening Dreams worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
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.
Format legality
All 3 printings of Sickening Dreams
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premium Deck Series: Graveborn pd3 #18· 2011uncommon· Cardmarket €0.46 foil | uncommon | No non-foil printing | $1.04 | €0.46 foil | |
 World Championship Decks 2003 wc03 #pk83sb· 2003Not tournament legaluncommon· Cardmarket €1.25 | uncommon | $2.69 | No foil printing | €1.25 | |
 Torment tor #83· 2002uncommon· Cardmarket €5.01 · €14.98 foil | uncommon | $2.41 | $16.64 | €5.01€14.98 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2002
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #14,800 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Torment card (#83).
83
- 83Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Sickening Dreams, read from the Torment printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Sickening Dreams. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 2: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Sorcery is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Illustration
- By Scott M. Fischer. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Torment. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 83 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
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