Guildsworn Prowler
Creature — Tiefling Rogue Assassin
Deathtouch
When this creature dies, if it wasn't blocking, draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #10068
Guildsworn Prowler hits the board as a 3/2 with menace for two mana and replaces itself by surveilling when it deals combat damage — that's a lot of card on a cheap creature. Etrata, Deadly Fugitive decks are the primary home, and the inclusion rate there is no accident: the Prowler's stats, evasion, and graveyard setup all line up with exactly what that deck wants.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive is assembling a graveyard-fueled Assassin engine, and Guildsworn Prowler earns its slot by surveilling on damage — which fills the graveyard with creatures to reanimate and recur — while menace makes combat damage more reliable to actually trigger.
Ramses, Assassin Lord
Ramses, Assassin Lord cares about Assassins connecting in combat, and Guildsworn Prowler is a two-mana Assassin with built-in evasion that gets under most blocking setups — exactly the kind of cheap, aggressive role-player that pressures opponents into a loss condition.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad rewards killing creatures, and Guildsworn Prowler's menace helps it get through to trigger damage-based abilities while the surveil keeps the hand and graveyard stocked for the wider Assassin synergy package.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Guildsworn Prowler does its real work — the surveil-on-damage trigger generates incremental value over a long game, and the Assassin creature type plugs into a real tribal infrastructure. In Pauper, a 3/2 menace for two is a legitimate aggressive threat, and the surveil adds enough upside that it's worth evaluating in any black tempo shell. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the bar is simply too high for a two-mana vanilla-adjacent creature to compete. Modern, Pioneer, and Standard legality is off the table entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Guildsworn Prowler is bulk, and it should stay there — it's a role-player, not a staple, so demand stays narrow and tied to specific tribal builds. Pick it up freely for any Assassin deck without giving the price a second thought.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
- Ramses, Assassin Lord
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.