Nezumi Prowler

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Nezumi Prowler: Artifact Creature - Rat Ninja, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact Creature - Rat Ninja
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO)
Released
2022-02-18
Collector number
116
Artist
Joseph Weston
Commander rank
6,009 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Ninjutsu

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About Nezumi Prowler

Nezumi Prowler is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black artifact creature from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO), an expansion set released in February 2022. It is collector number 116 in that set, with art by Joseph Weston. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 3/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

When this creature enters, target creature you control gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Nezumi Prowler by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Nezumi Prowler

Nezumi Prowler has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #NEO-116Uncommon2024
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #344Uncommon2022

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Nezumi Prowler, newest first.

  • The creature with ninjutsu enters the battlefield attacking the same player or planeswalker that the returned creature was attacking. This is a rule specific to ninjutsu; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player or planeswalker it's attacking.
  • The ninjutsu ability can be activated only after blockers have been declared. Before then, attacking creatures are neither blocked nor unblocked.
  • As you activate a ninjutsu ability, you reveal the Ninja card in your hand and return the attacking creature. The Ninja card stays revealed and isn't put onto the battlefield until the ability resolves. If it leaves your hand before then, it won't enter the battlefield at all.
  • If a creature in combat has first strike or double strike, you can activate the ninjutsu ability during the first-strike combat damage step. The Ninja will deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step, even if it has first strike.
  • The ninjutsu ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. In most cases (see below), if you wait until the combatdamage step or end of combat step, it will be after combat damage has been dealt, so the Ninja won't deal combat damage.
  • Although the Ninja is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
  • Puff of smoke not included.

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