Sigil of Sleep
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth
- Price
- $10.29
- EDHREC rank
- #3628
Sigil of Sleep turns every point of damage your creature deals into a bounce effect — opponents lose their best threat every time you connect. In Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph, where pinging every creature on the board is the game plan, this enchantment becomes a full table reset on a one-mana aura.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph pings every creature an opponent controls for 1 whenever any source deals exactly 1 damage — equip Sigil of Sleep to Ghyrson and a single trigger bounces the entire board.
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed deals 1 damage to each opponent at every end step, and Sigil of Sleep converts those incremental pings into a recurring bounce engine that compounds fast.
Vivi Ornitier
Vivi Ornitier's pinging effects synergize directly with Sigil of Sleep, letting each small damage instance double as removal-by-bounce against creatures opponents rely on.
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer pings opponents whenever they draw, and Sigil of Sleep turns those chip-damage triggers into a soft lock that keeps the table's best permanents off the battlefield.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sigil of Sleep is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is by far its best home, where pinger strategies can stack triggers across multiple opponents every turn. In Pauper it's technically available but bounce-on-damage synergies are harder to assemble at common density. Legacy and Vintage have it on the books, but the powered environments there don't give a one-mana aura the time to generate value. Stick to Commander if you're building around it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If Sigil of Sleep is out of budget, Curiosity fills a similar slot on pinger commanders — it replaces itself with card draw instead of bouncing, but costs a fraction and keeps you in cards while your opponent's board stays intact. Ophidian Eye is a functional copy of Curiosity and trades at near-bulk; neither bounces threats the way Sigil of Sleep does, so you're trading disruption for velocity.
Price Context
Current price
$10.29 mid tier
At $10.29, Sigil of Sleep sits in mid-tier pricing for what is ultimately a narrow aura with a small reprint history. It holds that price because the card sees genuine demand in Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph builds and has no direct functional reprint — if it ever gets one, expect the price to drop sharply.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.