Prowling Nightstalker
Creature — Nightstalker
This creature can't be blocked except by black creatures.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition IV
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30390
Prowling Nightstalker is a 2/2 for four mana that can't be blocked except by black creatures — mediocre stats, narrow evasion, and a cost that competes with genuinely threatening four-drops. There are almost no decks where Prowling Nightstalker is the right card for that slot.
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 |
Prowling Nightstalker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but being legal and being playable are different things. In Commander, a 2/2 for four with shadow-lite evasion doesn't threaten enough to justify the slot — four mana buys you creatures that win games, not ones that might sneak through for two. Pauper is the only format where budget constraints and common-only card pools make Prowling Nightstalker worth a second look, though even there aggressive black decks have better options at the same cost.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Prowling Nightstalker isn't currently available, but given its negligible competitive demand it almost certainly sits at bulk — expect to find copies in common bins or bulk lots for pennies. There's no performance-driven reason for that to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.