Card
Activated Sleeper
Mana cost {2}{B}
Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter 0/0
Flash You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn, except it's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Part of 186 known combos, one of them two-card. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · DMC · #24
- Cheapest printing
- €0.96
- EDHREC salt
- 0.42
- Color identity
- Black
- Keywords
- Flash
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Bladewing the Risen
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Bladewing the Risen
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Bladewing the Risen (none of them early)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
186 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Activated Sleeper + Karmic Guide + Viscera Seer
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Activated Sleeper + Karmic Guide + Carrion Feeder
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Cavalier of Night + Activated Sleeper + Viscera Seer
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2022-09-09 · Wizards of the Coast
You don't have to choose a card to copy. If you don't, Activated Sleeper enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature and is probably put into your graveyard immediately, unless something is increasing its toughness to keep it alive. - 2022-09-09 · Wizards of the Coast
If the chosen creature card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be zero. - 2022-09-09 · Wizards of the Coast
Treat Activated Sleeper as though it were the chosen card entering the battlefield, except it's also a Phyrexian. Any "As [this creature] enters the battlefield," "[This creature] enters the battlefield with," and "When [this creature] enters the battlefield" abilities of the chosen card will work.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast