Duskmantle Prowler
Creature — Vampire Rogue
Haste (This creature can attack and 
as soon as it comes under your control.)
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #23419
Duskmantle Prowler enters with haste and threatens to pump every attacking creature you control — but that pump only triggers if you pay two mana at the start of combat, making its ceiling contingent on open mana you may not have. A serviceable aggressive body in the right shell, but the activation cost means it rarely overperforms.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Duskmantle Prowler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees negligible play across all of them. In Commander, a five-mana 4/2 haste with a conditional pump is too fragile and too expensive for most powered or midrange tables — you need the combat step to survive long enough to matter, and your opponents have answers. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition at five mana is too steep for a creature that doesn't immediately end the game. Modern has more aggressive shells where haste bodies get consideration, but Duskmantle Prowler's stat line and activation cost put it well below the format's floor for competitive play.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Duskmantle Prowler is bulk, and there's no pressure driving that price up. Pick it up freely if a specific aggressive Commander build calls for it, but don't expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.