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Magic · Shadows over Innistrad · #88 · Mythic

Startled Awake

Magic card price for Startled Awake: $2.83 market, from $1.77 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$2.83
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days−3.1%
1 year−2.1%
All time−42.4%

Sellers right now

$1.77lowest listing$49.77highest
Market price$2.83
Mid listing$2.69
30-day avg$2.83

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$2.83
Cardmarket$3.29 €2.92

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$2.6852-week low$3.1152-week high
In the range35%
All-time low$2.68
All-time high$4.91
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.34$2.01$3.67$5.34
$2.83
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Startled Awake (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $4.91. Today the market price is $2.83, down 42.4%. Across the past year it went −2.1%, with a low of $2.68 and a high of $3.11; today it sits in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $4.91, 73.5% above today. Listings currently start at $1.77; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $2.83.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.83$1.77$49.770.0%
Normal$1.03$0.50$20.00+2.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 1
Type line
Sorcery // Creature — Nightmare
Rules text

Target opponent puts the top thirteen cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

3UU: Put Startled Awake from your graveyard onto the battlefield transformed. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

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Persistent Nightmare

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

When Persistent Nightmare deals combat damage to a player, return it to its owner's hand.

Flavor

"It seemed so real!"

Other printings of Startled Awake

1 more · $2.59 – $2.83
All printings
Startled Awake (88), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price −8.2% 7d Startled Awake Prerelease Cards · #88 $2.59

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