Dross Prowler
Creature — Zombie
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #29359
Dross Prowler is a one-mana 1/1 that phases out at end of turn — it's on the battlefield when you need it to trigger "whenever a creature enters" effects, then disappears before blockers matter. The cost is a real one: it contributes nothing to a board state that needs to stick, so it earns its slot only in decks that profit specifically from the enter and exit.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dross Prowler is a niche enabler — it belongs in decks that care about creatures entering or leaving repeatedly, such as Aminatou, the Fateshifter blink builds or Yarok, the Desecrated value engines, where the phasing loop generates repeatable triggers on every turn cycle. In Pauper, a one-mana creature that dodges removal at end of turn has fringe applications in flicker or sacrifice strategies, but the power ceiling is low enough that it rarely makes lists. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in Dross Prowler — the bar for one-drops is creatures that close games, not ones that disappear. The card is legal across most competitive formats but relevant in almost none of them outside the specific niche it occupies.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Dross Prowler is deep bulk — you'll find copies in bulk bins before you'll need to order them. There's no pressure to pick it up speculatively; the price reflects exactly what it is, and that won't change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.