A sorcery can't be put onto the battlefield and a permanent can't transform into a sorcery. If an effect exiles Persistent Nightmare and then instructs you to return it to the battlefield, it remains face up in exile (unless that effect instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed, in which case it returns as Persistent Nightmare). If an effect instructs you to transform Persistent Nightmare, the instruction is ignored.
If you cause a creature to have 0 power or less, use the actual value (which may be negative) to determine whether it can block or be blocked. A creature with skulk and 0 or less power most likely won't be blocked, but it won't deal combat damage and won't trigger any abilities that trigger when combat damage is dealt.
Skulk matters only as blockers are chosen. Modifying either creature's power after blockers are chosen won't cause the attacking creature to become unblocked.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.80. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $3.12 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOI — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #88 of *Shadows over Innistrad*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2016 Shadows over Innistrad release.
Card type: Sorcery // Creature — Nightmare, color identity blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Keyword abilities: Skulk, Transform, and Mill.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #13,406 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Sean Sevestre. Rarix catalogs 27 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Sean Sevestre
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