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Dream Halls
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Dream Halls

Enchantment Combo

Featured list~$4146Premodern Challenge 32 (2026-05-30)

Overview

"Dream Halls is a pure combo deck built around its namesake enchantment, which lets both players cast spells by discarding a matching-color card instead of paying mana. Once Dream Halls resolves, typically cheated into play via Show and Tell, the deck chains Opportunity, Rush of Knowledge, and Meditate to cycle rapidly through the library, each draw spell discarded to cast the next. Intuition finds key pieces and Brain Freeze closes the game by milling the opponent's entire library."

Game Plan

The deck seeks to cast Dream Halls, allowing it to discard cards instead of paying mana costs. It then chains together powerful draw spells like Meditate and Opportunity until it finds and casts a lethal Brain Freeze.

Key Cards

Core engine & flex

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Sample Decklists

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bparis15

bparis15

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$3998
Instant (22)
$1538
3Opportunity
$0.544UU
4Meditate
$1142U
4Intuition
$13732U
2Brain Freeze
$22.681U
Sorcery (13)
$166
Enchantment (4)
$155
4Dream Halls
$1553UU

Sideboard (15)

$149
Est. Total$4147

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Chris Lochte

Chris Lochte

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$1530
Instant (25)
$73.35
4Counterspell
$10.28UU
3Cunning Wish
$26.102U
3Daze
$12.811U
4Fire // Ice
$8.921R1U
3Impulse
$8.761U
4Opportunity
$0.724UU
1Thwart
$3.782UU
Sorcery (11)
$217
Enchantment (5)
$157
Land (19)
$1083

Sideboard (15)

$72.96
1Brain Freeze
$11.341U
1Dismiss
$0.282UU
3Envelop
$11.82U
1Hydroblast
$4.44U
1Reminisce
$0.222U
1Stifle
$35.30U
Est. Total$1603

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Damnation (emilio)

Damnation (emilio)

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$3325
Instant (25)
$1217
Sorcery (8)
$167
Artifact (4)
$151
Enchantment (4)
$155
4Dream Halls
$1553UU

Sideboard (15)

$123
Est. Total$3448

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Archetype Anatomy

Based on 70 decks with known dates(71 total)2021-04-05 to 2026-06-16

Mana Base

Average19.7lands
Median19lands
Range18–23lands
Spells40.3avg non-land
Based on 70 decks (All-time)

core Cards(>80%)

Sideboard Anatomy

core Sideboard Options(>80%)

Brain Freeze
86.5%
1.4x

flex Sideboard Options(30-80%)

Defense Grid
74.2%
3.2x
Chain Of Vapor
72.4%
2.3x
Blue Elemental Blast
71.6%
2.2x
Hydroblast
69.5%
1.5x
Rushing River
54.3%
1.0x
Tormod'S Crypt
49.5%
1.8x
Tolarian Winds
31.4%
1.0x

fringe Sideboard Options(<30%)

Stifle
28.3%
1.0x
Arcane Denial
24.7%
1.6x
Abeyance
24.1%
1.1x
Deep Analysis
20.1%
1.0x
Misdirection
19.7%
1.3x
Tsabo'S Web
18.4%
1.0x
Teferi'S Response
18.4%
2.1x
Hurkyl'S Recall
18.3%
1.0x
Annul
16.4%
2.0x
Mana Short
14%
1.3x
Dismiss
13.8%
1.0x
Tranquil Domain
12.2%
1.0x
Envelop
11.4%
2.1x
Island
11%
1.0x
Denying Wind
8.9%
1.0x
Snap
8.4%
1.0x
Chill
6.6%
3.0x
Memory Lapse
6.3%
1.0x
Enlightened Tutor
5%
1.0x
Intuition
4.9%
1.0x
Crosis'S Charm
4.8%
1.0x
Orim'S Chant
4.7%
1.3x
Propaganda
3.8%
1.8x
Seasinger
3.7%
1.0x
Hunting Pack
3.6%
1.0x
Spiritual Focus
3.6%
3.0x
Swords To Plowshares
3.6%
2.0x
Forbid
3.6%
1.0x
Disenchant
3.6%
1.0x
Counterspell
3.4%
2.3x
Fact Or Fiction
3.4%
1.0x
Searing Wind
3.2%
1.0x
Hypnox
3.1%
1.5x
Treva'S Charm
3%
1.0x
Lobotomy
3%
2.0x
Recoil
3%
1.0x
Reminisce
2.8%
1.0x
Evacuation
2.3%
1.0x
Gainsay
2.1%
2.7x
Unhinge
1.8%
2.0x
Alexi'S Cloak
1.8%
2.0x
Flash Of Insight
1.8%
1.0x
Hibernation
1.8%
1.0x
Overload
1.8%
1.0x
Pyroblast
1.8%
1.0x
Red Elemental Blast
1.8%
2.0x
Confound
1.7%
3.5x
Necrologia
1.6%
1.0x
Phyrexian Negator
1.6%
2.0x
Words Of Wisdom
1.6%
1.0x
Smother
1.6%
1.0x
Meddling Mage
1.5%
3.0x
Energy Field
1.5%
2.0x
Daze
1.4%
1.0x
Vision Charm
1.4%
2.0x
Arcanis The Omnipotent
1.3%
1.0x
Rebuild
1.2%
1.4x

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