Nighthowler
Nighthowler: Enchantment Creature - Horror, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment Creature - Horror
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 0/0
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 764
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Commander rank
- 4,281 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Bestow
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About Nighthowler
Nighthowler is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 764 in that set, with art by Nils Hamm. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 0/0 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Theros (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Bestow {2}{B}{B} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
This creature and enchanted creature each get +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Nighthowler 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 Nighthowler
Nighthowler has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #98 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #49 | Rare | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #C15-129 | Rare | 2019 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #129 | Rare | 2015 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #50122 | Rare | 2014 |
| Theros (THS) #98 | Rare | 2013 |
| Theros Promos (PTHS) #98 | Rare | 2013 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Nighthowler, newest first.
- On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
- Nighthowler's last ability functions only from the battlefield. In other zones, Nighthowler is a 0/0 enchantment creature.
- Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
- If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
- Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.
- Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
Similar cards
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