---
name: "Fear of Sleep Paralysis"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Nightmare"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Eerie"]
set: "DSC"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Joshua Raphael"
oracle_id: "a3a1f149-febe-4ff6-9e34-8b82ef21c2ee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fear-of-sleep-paralysis-dsc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fear of Sleep Paralysis
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying, Eerie

## Oracle Text
Flying
Eerie — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, tap up to one target creature and put a stun counter on it.
Stun counters can't be removed from permanents your opponents control. (They won't untap if they have stun counters.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fear of Immobility](/printing/fear-of-immobility-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
2. [Sleep Paralysis](/printing/sleep-paralysis-m20.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Somnophore](/printing/somnophore-usg.md) — Creature — Illusion
4. [Tranquilize](/printing/tranquilize-acr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sleep-Cursed Faerie](/printing/sleep-cursed-faerie-woe.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard
6. [Snaremaster Sprite](/printing/snaremaster-sprite-woe.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #43
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Joshua Raphael
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`