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Sleep of the Dead

{U}

Sorcery

THBTheros Beyond Death#66common
Foil

Normally, a cerberus sleeps one head at a time.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 3 per booster–1 in 530
Illustrator
Kari Christensen
Found in
Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck Ashiok · Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack Blue · 4 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. Escape—{2}{U}, Exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Market · per finishspark updated 18h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+22.2%
$0.22
$0.07 low-$0.17 gap
Foil-1.5%
$0.66
$0.16 low-$1.24 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.22· across 1 printing

Rulings

8 · latest Jan 24, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters the battlefield and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. Perhaps it will escape again—good underworld security is so hard to come by these days.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Sleep of the Dead can target a creature that's already tapped. That creature won't untap during its controller's next untap step.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.