Card
Prowler, Clawed Thief
Mana cost {1}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain 2/3
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever another Villain you control enters, Prowler connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 9 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · SPM · #138
- Cheapest printing
- €0.08
- EDHREC salt
- 0.27
- Color identity
- Black, Blue
- Keywords
- Menace, Connive
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
9 known combos.
- Ultron, Unlimited + Prowler, Clawed Thief + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB, Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Ultron, Unlimited + Prowler, Clawed Thief + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Produces: Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB, Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Ultron, Unlimited + Prowler, Clawed Thief + Phyrexian Altar
Produces: Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB, Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-09-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If no card is discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive a +1/+1 counter. - 2025-09-19 · Wizards of the Coast
Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter. - 2025-09-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger "when [that creature] connives" will trigger.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast