Chrome Prowler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Cat
Flash
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #19164
Chrome Prowler enters with a -1/-1 counter on itself and gives each creature you control with a -1/-1 counter on it toxic 1 — turning existing counter synergies into a poison clock. The cost is real: a 3/3 that shrinks to a 2/2 on arrival is a mediocre body, so Chrome Prowler only earns its slot in decks already invested in -1/-1 counter manipulation.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Chrome Prowler is a niche piece in -1/-1 counter builds — Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician shells can use it to layer poison pressure onto opponents while doing what they were already doing. Competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage have no interest: the toxic payoff is too slow and the body too fragile to compete. Modern and Pioneer are similar dead ends — infect decks there want faster, more redundant poison delivery than Chrome Prowler offers. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth a look, where -1/-1 counter synergies exist at common and the toxic 1 anthem effect is harder to come by at that rarity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Chrome Prowler is deep bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. It holds that floor as long as -1/-1 counter decks remain a fringe Commander archetype, which is likely, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.