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Sleep of the Dead

First printed in Theros Beyond Death (2020)

Sleep of the Dead

Sorcery

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Escape—2 genericBlue, Exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

In the last 30 days 6.6% of Pauper decks played it (126 of 1908). Most played in Mono-Blue Terror.

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pauper Other periods →

In 126 of 1908 decks (6.6%).

Share of decks
6.6%
▼ 2.4 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 0.0% 2026-08-13: 8.7% 2026-08-20: 14.0% 2026-08-27: 10.4% 2026-09-03: 9.7% 2026-09-10: 9.2% 2026-09-17: 9.8% 2026-09-24: 7.0% 2026-10-01: 4.2% 2026-10-08: 9.2% 2026-10-15: 11.6% 2026-10-22: 5.8%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
126
125 main, 3 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.0
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
24 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Mono-Blue Terror 6.6% 99%
UB (unclassified) 0.7% 8%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Thought Scour100%14.7
Tolarian Terror100%13.3
Brainstorm100%5.9
Counterspell100%3.9
Lórien Revealed100%3.6
Cryptic Serpent99%15.0
Mental Note98%14.7
Ponder98%11.8
Deem Inferior82%15.1
Deep Analysis73%13.4

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Mono-Blue Terror
Blom Bezemer in Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026
6-0
100%
Mono-Blue Terror
kuldothared in Pauper Challenge 32
8-1
89%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 32
8-1
89%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 32
8-1
89%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 16
7-1
88%
Mono-Blue Terror
Tim Bunnik in Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026
5-1
83%
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN in Pauper Challenge 16
7-2
78%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 16
7-2
78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN,
2 main #17
3-3
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN,
2 main #2
6-3
Mono-Blue Terror
Walker735,
2 main #6
4-2
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati,
2 main #10
4-2
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN,
2 main #26
3-3
Mono-Blue Terror
Purgatory_01,
2 main #31
3-3
Mono-Blue Terror
Giogab92,
2 main 5-0
Mono-Blue Terror
GoldenHorncall,
1 side 5-0

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.