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Slumbering Walker

Creature — Giant Warrior

This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your end step, you may remove a counter from this creature. When you do, return target creature card with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos
Price
$1.20
EDHREC rank
#17041
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Slumbering Walker card art
Slumbering Walker enters as a 0/1, but the first time you sacrifice it each turn it wakes up as a 3/3 with menace — free on the stack, relevant on the battlefield. The catch is the setup cost: you need a sacrifice outlet and a reason to loop it, which is exactly why Mikaeus, the Unhallowed turns it into an engine rather than a novelty.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Slumbering Walker actually lives — sacrifice synergies, undying loops, and aristocrats payoffs are endemic to the format, and a creature that upgrades itself on sacrifice fits cleanly into any shell running Viscera Seer or Altar of Dementia. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, Slumbering Walker faces a much harder bar: the two-step activation is too slow against interaction-heavy decks, and dedicated aristocrats builds already have more efficient tools. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for the same reason — the power floor is just too low. Standard is legal but marginal unless a dedicated sacrifice theme is actively in format.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.20 cheap tier

At $1.20, Slumbering Walker sits in the sweet spot where you're not overpaying for a niche combo piece. It's a recent printing with narrow appeal, so the price is stable rather than appreciating — buy it if you need it, don't expect it to move.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.