Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare
Shadows over Innistrad 88 • mythic
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 88
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Sean Sevestre
- Market price
- $1.02
What it does
Target opponent mills thirteen cards.
3 generic mana blue mana blue mana: Put this card from your graveyard onto the battlefield transformed. Activate only as a sorcery.
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
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare was released in 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set focused on a gothic horror aesthetic, reimagining the plane of Innistrad as it descended into madness under the influence of an eldritch corruption. This double-faced card represents the transformation from a state of terror into a physical manifestation of a psychological affliction, reflecting the set's central theme of shifting identities and unstable mental states.
The card was illustrated by Johannes Voss, who utilized a moody, ethereal color palette to emphasize the nightmarish quality of the subject matter. In the context of gameplay, the card introduced a unique mechanics-driven narrative where the 'Startled Awake' sorcery transforms into the 'Persistent Nightmare' creature, requiring players to actively manage its return from the graveyard to the battlefield. It was received as an innovative, if niche, design that leaned heavily into the horror flavor of the block.
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