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Leyline Prowler

Creature — Nightmare Beast

Deathtouch, lifelink
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{B}{G}
Color identity
BG
Rarity
uncommon
Set
War of the Spark
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#5025
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Leyline Prowler card art
Leyline Prowler lands as a 2/3 deathtouch, lifelink, reach creature that taps for one mana of any color — a mana dork that doubles as a blocker capable of trading with anything. Two black-green mana is a real cost, but the keyword suite makes it pull weight in Kathril, Aspect Warper lists and anywhere Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy wants non-Human mana producers on the board.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kathril, Aspect Warper

Kathril, Aspect Warper

66.0% of decks · synergy 0.64

Leyline Prowler single-handedly loads three keywords — deathtouch, lifelink, and reach — onto Kathril, Aspect Warper's counter-distribution engine, making it one of the most efficient single creatures for powering up the commander's ETB.

02
Indominus Rex, Alpha

Indominus Rex, Alpha

65.5% of decks · synergy 0.63

Indominus Rex, Alpha cares about creatures with multiple keywords, and Leyline Prowler's deathtouch, lifelink, and reach trio checks three boxes at once, making it a natural include for stacking the Cloak ability.

03
Vraska, the Silencer

Vraska, the Silencer

29.2% of decks · synergy 0.27

Leyline Prowler's deathtouch makes combat math brutal for opponents and pairs cleanly with Vraska, the Silencer's strategy of threatening creatures with removal-by-combat or punishing attacks.

04
Dina, Soul Steeper

Dina, Soul Steeper

16.8% of decks · synergy 0.14

Leyline Prowler's lifelink feeds a steady stream of life-gain triggers into Dina, Soul Steeper, converting every combat into incremental damage across the table.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Leyline Prowler earns its slot — the mana fixing matters on three-plus color boards, and the keyword density is a genuine payoff for Kathril and Indominus Rex shells. In Modern and Pioneer, a 2/3 for two mana is competitive sizing, but dedicated mana dorks and keyword-tribal payoffs are sparse enough that it reads as a role-player rather than a staple. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the format speed makes a tapped mana producer irrelevant, and the combat keywords don't compensate. Leyline Prowler's ceiling is clearly Commander, specifically in decks that explicitly care about keywords or color fixing in Sultai-adjacent piles.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Leyline Prowler is bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or a multiple-deck staple without budget concern. Given its consistent demand in Kathril and Indominus Rex lists, it sits comfortably at that price floor and is unlikely to spike unless a major keyword-matters commander pushes it into wider circulation.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.