---
name: "Waking Nightmare"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MM2"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2015"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mitch Cotie"
oracle_id: "f3f34ef2-1255-4da2-9f29-8c79fee7a2c5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/waking-nightmare-mm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Waking Nightmare
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Arcane

## Oracle Text
Target player discards two cards.

> *"Once each year, the oni and other evil spirits paraded through villages to disturb mortals' sleep. During the war, this parade became a nightly event."
—*Observations of the Kami War**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mind Rot](/printing/mind-rot-dpa.md) — Sorcery
2. [Specter's Wail](/printing/specters-wail-mmq.md) — Sorcery
3. [Deception](/printing/deception-ptk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Unnerve](/printing/unnerve-cn2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Stupor](/printing/stupor-mir.md) — Sorcery
6. [Hymn to Tourach](/printing/hymn-to-tourach-ptc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #103
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mitch Cotie
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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