Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare Price
3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2016
Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Shadows over Innistrad #88 at $1.01, while the most expensive is Shadows over Innistrad Promos #88s at $2.82 — about 3× more. The median across 2 priced printings is $1.92. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 3x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Shadows over Innistrad Remastered).
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Every Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad #88 (M) Cheapest | 2016 | $1.01 | $0.38 |
| Shadows over Innistrad Promos #88s (M) Foil | 2016 | $2.82 | $1.10 foil |
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #90 (M) | 2023 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
3 PrecedentsA 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.
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.
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.