Cackling Prowler

Creature — Hyena Rogue

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
Morbid — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Foundations
Price
$0.07
EDHREC rank
#18165
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Cackling Prowler card art
Cackling Prowler is a vanilla 3/2 for three mana with no abilities — a stat line that was unimpressive at common and is outright unplayable in any competitive context today. There is no shell where Cackling Prowler earns a slot over a creature that does something.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Cackling Prowler is legal everywhere and relevant nowhere. In Commander, a 3/2 vanilla for three competes against ramp, draw, removal, and creatures with actual text — it loses every comparison. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have long since made vanilla creatures of this size obsolete, where even rate-efficient creatures need an enter-the-battlefield effect or keyword to see play. Pauper is the one format that still prizes commons, but even there a 3/2 for three with no upside sits well below the floor of what's worth running.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.07 bulk tier

At $0.07, Cackling Prowler is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box. That price reflects its playability accurately, and there is no demand pressure that would move it.

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