Boneyard Lurker
Boneyard Lurker: Creature - Nightmare Beast, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Nightmare Beast
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
- Released
- 2020-04-24
- Collector number
- 178
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Commander rank
- 7,778 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Mutate
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About Boneyard Lurker
Boneyard Lurker is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black and green creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 178 in that set, with art by Nils Hamm. It costs {2}{B}{G} (two generic, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Mutate {2}{B/G}{B/G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Whenever this creature mutates, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Boneyard Lurker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Boneyard Lurker
Boneyard Lurker has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80963 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #298 | Uncommon | 2020 |
Similar cards
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