---
name: "Core Prowler"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Proliferate", "Infect"]
set: "MBS"
set_name: "Mirrodin Besieged"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "0ad44727-41c3-471c-b038-1bf43c5f296a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/core-prowler-mbs"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Core Prowler
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Proliferate, Infect

## Oracle Text
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
When this creature dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Necropede](/printing/necropede-som.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect
2. [Pestilent Souleater](/printing/pestilent-souleater-nph.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect
3. [Phyrexian Digester](/printing/phyrexian-digester-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
4. [Plague Myr](/printing/plague-myr-td2.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr
5. [Reaper of Sheoldred](/printing/reaper-of-sheoldred-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
6. [Viral Drake](/printing/viral-drake-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Drake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #103
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`