Gilt-Blade Prowler
Creature — Human Rogue
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, Pay 1 life: Draw a card. Activate only if you've discarded a card this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26417
Gilt-Blade Prowler is a 2/1 with menace and unblockable-by-tapped-creatures for two mana — a quietly evasive threat that punches through stalled boards. The rate is fine, not exceptional, and it earns a slot only in decks that specifically reward those keywords.
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, Gilt-Blade Prowler belongs in Rogue tribal or Ninjutsu shells as an evasion enabler — it's not a build-around, it's a role-player, and it fills that role cheaply. Pauper is where the card has the most competitive ceiling: menace on a two-mana body is real in an aggressive common-only context, and the tapped-creature clause shuts down common chump-block strategies. In Legacy and Vintage, Gilt-Blade Prowler is outclassed by the format's density of interaction and better two-drops; it is technically legal but has no realistic home in either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Gilt-Blade Prowler is deep bulk — buy a playset for a quarter and never think about the price again. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so grab it for the deck you need it in now and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.