Slumbering Cerberus
Creature — Dog
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, untap this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #20134
Slumbering Cerberus puts three 3/2 hasty bodies into play the moment any creature with haste enters — the payoff is immediate and requires zero mana beyond the initial cast. The cost is real: it does nothing without a haste trigger, so Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest and shells built around repeated haste enablers are the only places it belongs.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest draws a card every time a creature with haste enters, which means each Slumbering Cerberus trigger drops three hasty hellhounds and refills your hand three times — the two cards form a self-reinforcing engine that snowballs faster than opponents expect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Slumbering Cerberus is legal across every major constructed format but sees virtually no play outside Commander, where haste-tribal and token-storm strategies can reliably trigger it multiple times per turn. In Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, the payoff requires too much setup infrastructure for a three-mana do-nothing-alone permanent to compete. Commander is where it lives — specifically in the Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest lineage and any deck that floods the board with haste creatures as a core game plan. Anywhere the haste density drops below a critical mass, Slumbering Cerberus just sits on the battlefield collecting dust.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Slumbering Cerberus is deep bulk — grab a copy for the price of a sleeve without a second thought. Niche synergy cards at this price tier rarely move unless a format-warping combo emerges around them, so treat it as a cheap inclusion rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.