Stalking Leonin

Stalking Leonin card image

Stalking Leonin: Creature - Cat Archer, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. When this creature enters, secretly choose an opponent. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Cat Archer
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
86
Artist
Zoltan Boros
Commander rank
9,382 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Stalking Leonin

Stalking Leonin is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 86 in that set, with art by Zoltan Boros. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature enters, secretly choose an opponent.

Reveal the player you chose: Exile target creature that's attacking you if it's controlled by the chosen player. Activate only once.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Stalking Leonin by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Stalking Leonin

Stalking Leonin has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C17-7Rare2024
Commander 2021 (C21) #105Rare2021
Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65769Rare2017
Commander 2017 (C17) #7Rare2017

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Stalking Leonin, newest first.

  • If you didn't choose an opponent when Stalking Leonin entered the battlefield, you can't pay the cost to activate its last ability. This will usually happen because you gained control of another player's Stalking Leonin or because a creature already on the battlefield became a copy of Stalking Leonin.
  • If you have multiple Stalking Leonins, you may choose a different opponent for each one. Be careful to keep track of which opponent is chosen for each Stalking Leonin.
  • There are several ways to secretly choose an opponent, including writing that player's name on a piece of paper that's kept with Stalking Leonin.
  • If Stalking Leonin leaves the battlefield and returns, it's considered a new object. You may choose a new opponent and you may activate its last ability again.
  • If a creature is attacking a planeswalker you control, it's not attacking you. Stalking Leonin's last ability can't target it.

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Stalking Leonin is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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