diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/conditions/CondIsPlayingDead.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/conditions/CondIsPlayingDead.java
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+package ch.njol.skript.conditions;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.conditions.base.PropertyCondition;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Axolotl;
+import org.bukkit.entity.LivingEntity;
+
+@Name("Is Playing Dead")
+@Description("Checks to see if an axolotl is playing dead.")
+@Examples({
+	"if last spawned axolotl is playing dead:",
+		"\tmake last spawned axolotl stop playing dead"
+})
+@Since("INSERT VERSION")
+public class CondIsPlayingDead extends PropertyCondition<LivingEntity> {
+
+	static {
+		PropertyCondition.register(CondIsPlayingDead.class, PropertyType.BE, "playing dead", "livingentities");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean check(LivingEntity entity) {
+		return (entity instanceof Axolotl axolotl) ? axolotl.isPlayingDead() : false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected String getPropertyName() {
+		return "playing dead";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffPlayingDead.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffPlayingDead.java
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+package ch.njol.skript.effects;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Axolotl;
+import org.bukkit.entity.LivingEntity;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+@Name("Play Dead")
+@Description("Make an axolotl start or stop playing dead.")
+@Examples("make last spawned axolotl play dead")
+@Since("INSERT VERSION")
+public class EffPlayingDead extends Effect {
+
+	static {
+		Skript.registerEffect(EffPlayingDead.class,
+			"make %livingentities% (start playing|play) dead",
+			"force %livingentities% to (start playing|play) dead",
+			"make %livingentities% (stop playing|not play) dead",
+			"force %livingentities% to (stop playing|not play) dead");
+	}
+
+	private Expression<LivingEntity> entities;
+	private boolean playDead;
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		//noinspection unchecked
+		entities = (Expression<LivingEntity>) exprs[0];
+		playDead = matchedPattern <= 1;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void execute(Event event) {
+		for (LivingEntity entity : entities.getArray(event)) {
+			if (entity instanceof Axolotl axolotl)
+				axolotl.setPlayingDead(playDead);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString(@Nullable Event event, boolean debug) {
+		return "make " + entities.toString(event, debug) + (playDead ? " start" : " stop") + " playing dead";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/effects/EffPlayingDead.sk b/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/effects/EffPlayingDead.sk
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+test "playing dead":
+	# Combines: EffPlayingDead and CondPlayingDead
+	spawn an axolotl at test-location:
+		set {_entity} to entity
+	make {_entity} start playing dead
+	assert {_entity} is playing dead with "Axolotl should be playing dead"
+	make {_entity} stop playing dead
+	assert {_entity} is not playing dead with "Axolotl should not be playing dead"
+	clear entity within {_entity}