---
name: "Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery // Creature — Nightmare"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Skulk", "Transform", "Mill"]
set: "SIR"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "90"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Sean Sevestre"
oracle_id: "99d42ae8-8cee-449b-812b-98a81a593077"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/startled-awake-persistent-nightmare-sir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery // Creature — Nightmare
- **Keywords:** Skulk, Transform, Mill

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up](/printing/cruel-somnophage-cant-wake-up-woe.md) — Creature — Nightmare // Sorcery — Adventure
2. [Nightmares and Daydreams](/printing/nightmares-and-daydreams-tle.md) — Enchantment — Saga
3. [Sultai Skullkeeper](/printing/sultai-skullkeeper-frf.md) — Creature — Snake Shaman
4. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker](/printing/sivriss-nightmare-speaker-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Cleric Warlock
6. [Nightmares](/printing/nightmares-jtla.md) — Card

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #90
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Sean Sevestre
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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