---
target_card: Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare
mana_cost: ""
type_line: "Sorcery // Creature — Nightmare"
algorithm: "4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings"
canonical_url: https://avascry.com/similar/startled-awake-persistent-nightmare
json_api: https://avascry.com/similar/startled-awake-persistent-nightmare.json
---

# Cards Similar & Synergistic to Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare

- **Target Card:** [Startled Awake // Persistent Nightmare](https://avascry.com/printing/startled-awake-persistent-nightmare-soi) (Sorcery // Creature — Nightmare) ``
- **Algorithm:** 4096-dimensional Qwen 8B Cosine Similarity over 38,000 Oracle embeddings
- **JSON API:** https://avascry.com/similar/startled-awake-persistent-nightmare.json

## Top 31 Synergistic Matches

1. [**Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up**](https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-somnophage-cant-wake-up-woe) `{1}{B} // {1}{U}` — *Creature — Nightmare // Sorcery — Adventure*
2. [**Nightmares and Daydreams**](https://avascry.com/printing/nightmares-and-daydreams-tle) `{2}{U}` — *Enchantment — Saga*
3. [**Sultai Skullkeeper**](https://avascry.com/printing/sultai-skullkeeper-frf) `{1}{U}` — *Creature — Snake Shaman*
4. [**Manic Scribe**](https://avascry.com/printing/manic-scribe-j21) `{1}{U}` — *Creature — Human Wizard*
5. [**Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker**](https://avascry.com/printing/sivriss-nightmare-speaker-clb) `{3}{B}` — *Legendary Creature — Snake Cleric Warlock*
6. [**Nightmares**](https://avascry.com/printing/nightmares-jtla) `N/A` — *Card*
7. [**The Mindskinner**](https://avascry.com/printing/the-mindskinner-dsk) `{U}{U}{U}` — *Legendary Enchantment Creature — Nightmare*
8. [**Mysterio's Phantasm**](https://avascry.com/printing/mysterios-phantasm-om1) `{1}{U}` — *Creature — Illusion Villain*
9. [**Screeching Skaab**](https://avascry.com/printing/screeching-skaab-ema) `{1}{U}` — *Creature — Zombie*
10. [**Screaming Phantom**](https://avascry.com/printing/screaming-phantom-lci) `{2}{B}` — *Creature — Spirit*
11. [**Devourer of Memory**](https://avascry.com/printing/devourer-of-memory-thb) `{U}{B}` — *Creature — Nightmare*
12. [**Covetous Castaway // Ghostly Castigator**](https://avascry.com/printing/covetous-castaway-ghostly-castigator-mid) `N/A` — *Creature — Human // Creature — Spirit*
13. [**Shriekgeist**](https://avascry.com/printing/shriekgeist-ima) `{1}{U}` — *Creature — Spirit*
14. [**Waking Nightmare**](https://avascry.com/printing/waking-nightmare-chk) `{2}{B}` — *Sorcery — Arcane*
15. [**Tayam, Luminous Enigma**](https://avascry.com/printing/tayam-luminous-enigma-c20) `{1}{W}{B}{G}` — *Legendary Creature — Nightmare Beast*
16. [**Dreamborn Muse**](https://avascry.com/printing/dreamborn-muse-cmd) `{2}{U}{U}` — *Creature — Spirit*
17. [**Dream Eater**](https://avascry.com/printing/dream-eater-mkc) `{4}{U}{U}` — *Creature — Nightmare Sphinx*
18. [**Tolarian Serpent**](https://avascry.com/printing/tolarian-serpent-wth) `{5}{U}{U}` — *Creature — Serpent*
19. [**Selhoff Occultist**](https://avascry.com/printing/selhoff-occultist-jmp) `{2}{U}` — *Creature — Human Rogue*
20. [**Laboratory Brute**](https://avascry.com/printing/laboratory-brute-emn) `{3}{U}` — *Creature — Zombie Horror*
21. [**Awaken the Honored Dead**](https://avascry.com/printing/awaken-the-honored-dead-tdm) `{B}{G}{U}` — *Enchantment — Saga*
22. [**Taken by Nightmares**](https://avascry.com/printing/taken-by-nightmares-woe) `{2}{B}{B}` — *Instant*
23. [**Song of Stupefaction**](https://avascry.com/printing/song-of-stupefaction-lci) `{1}{U}` — *Enchantment — Aura*
24. [**Armored Skaab**](https://avascry.com/printing/armored-skaab-isd) `{2}{U}` — *Creature — Zombie Warrior*
25. [**Ecstatic Awakener // Awoken Demon**](https://avascry.com/printing/ecstatic-awakener-awoken-demon-dbl) `N/A` — *Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Demon*
26. [**Deranged Assistant**](https://avascry.com/printing/deranged-assistant-uma) `{1}{U}` — *Creature — Human Wizard*
27. [**Summon Undead**](https://avascry.com/printing/summon-undead-clb) `{4}{B}` — *Sorcery*
28. [**Mind Sculpt**](https://avascry.com/printing/mind-sculpt-m15) `{1}{U}` — *Sorcery*
29. [**Nyx Weaver**](https://avascry.com/printing/nyx-weaver-jou) `{1}{B}{G}` — *Enchantment Creature — Spider*
30. [**Wailing Ghoul**](https://avascry.com/printing/wailing-ghoul-jmp) `{1}{B}` — *Creature — Zombie*
31. [**Deathbonnet Sprout // Deathbonnet Hulk**](https://avascry.com/printing/deathbonnet-sprout-deathbonnet-hulk-dbl) `N/A` — *Creature — Fungus // Creature — Fungus Horror*