Raiding Nightstalker
Creature — Nightstalker
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #30356
Raiding Nightstalker forces an opponent to discard when it deals combat damage to them — a fine effect stapled to a 2/1 for three mana that dies to everything. The body is too fragile and the cost too high for the payoff to matter in any powered environment.
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 |
Raiding Nightstalker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but only Pauper gives it a plausible home — black aggressive commons with discard synergies can occasionally use a evasive damage trigger at common rarity. In Commander, a 2/1 for three that requires combat damage to strip one card is too slow and too easy to block or kill before it matters. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this rate whatsoever.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Raiding Nightstalker is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder and rarely leaves it. That price is unlikely to move in either direction; there is no competitive demand propping it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.