Raiding Nightstalker
Portal Second Age 84 • common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Collector number
- 84
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
"Our steeds need food, water, stabling. Theirs just need prey."— Restela, Alaborn marshal
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Raiding Nightstalker was released in 1998 as part of Portal Second Age, a set designed by Wizards of the Coast specifically to act as an entry point for new Magic: The Gathering players. The set featured a unique simplified rulebook and art direction intended to lower the barrier to entry, moving away from the more complex mechanics found in core sets of the era while maintaining the game's high-fantasy aesthetic.
The card's art was created by Pete Venters, a prominent illustrator in the early history of the game. Venters was tasked with capturing the visceral, predatory nature of the creature within the set's broader thematic framework, which emphasized the war-torn landscape of the plane of Caliman. The illustration was received as a standard but evocative example of the set’s aggressive creature designs, fitting neatly into the functional, common-rarity pool of the release.
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