Seized from Slumber

In Commander, Seized from Slumber slots into any reanimator or graveyard-matters shell that wants a cheap, instant-speed option — stealing an opponent's Consecrated Sphinx at the end of their turn to draw into your win condition is exactly the kind of tempo swing the card is built for. The end-of-turn sacrifice clause matters less when you're grabbing an ETB creature or a piece that simply needs to exist for one moment. In competitive formats like Modern and Pioneer, the temporary nature makes it worse than Ephemerate or a proper reanimation piece, but Pauper is where Seized from Slumber has the most legitimate ceiling — the format's creature density and limited removal diversity mean a three-mana instant that steals anything for a turn can be outright backbreaking.