SOI #88
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Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare
Sorcery // Creature · NightmareSkulk, Transform, Mill
TCGplayer market · SOI #88 nonfoil
$0.98 +2.1% +$0.02, 7 days
- 1-year range
- 30 days
- −3.9%
- EDHREC rank
- #14,365 Down 256 in 30 days
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Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare Price Summary
The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.98, up 2.1% over 7 days, down 3.9% over 30 days, up 24.1% over 90 days.
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Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare Printings & Prices
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare has 2 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease treatments.
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Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare Rules Text & Legality
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- Competitive BrawlLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- Future StandardNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- StandardNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare Rulings
- Apr 8, 2016
A sorcery can't be put onto the battlefield and a permanent can't transform into a sorcery. If an effect exiles Persistent Nightmare and then instructs you to return it to the battlefield, it remains face up in exile (unless that effect instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed, in which case it returns as Persistent Nightmare). If an effect instructs you to transform Persistent Nightmare, the instruction is ignored.
- Apr 8, 2016
If you cause a creature to have 0 power or less, use the actual value (which may be negative) to determine whether it can block or be blocked. A creature with skulk and 0 or less power most likely won't be blocked, but it won't deal combat damage and won't trigger any abilities that trigger when combat damage is dealt.
- Apr 8, 2016
Skulk matters only as blockers are chosen. Modifying either creature's power after blockers are chosen won't cause the attacking creature to become unblocked.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare has been reprinted 3 times.
- Apr 8, 2016Shadows over InnistradSOI #88
- Apr 8, 2016Shadows over Innistrad · foilSOI #88
- Apr 8, 2016Shadows over Innistrad Promos · Prerelease, foilPSOI #88s
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare in Commander
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare is the #14,365 most-played card on EDHREC, down 256 places over the last 30 days.
#14,365
EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Down 256 in 30 days
across all Commander decks Down 256 in 30 days
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare FAQ
How much is Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare worth?
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare is worth about $0.98 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 8, 2026.
Is Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare legal in Commander?
Yes. Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.
Has Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare been reprinted?
Yes. Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare has been reprinted 3 times, with 2 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare cheap?
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare trades at about $0.98; 3 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#14,365 on EDHREC).