---
name: "Marsh Lurker"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tom Kyffin"
oracle_id: "4b35b928-1088-457d-bd0d-3b14dc4ab230"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/marsh-lurker-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Marsh Lurker
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice a Swamp: This creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Squirming Mass](/printing/squirming-mass-uds.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Fen Stalker](/printing/fen-stalker-pcy.md) — Creature — Nightstalker
3. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Desecration Elemental](/printing/desecration-elemental-5dn.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
6. [Severed Legion](/printing/severed-legion-dpa.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #144
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tom Kyffin
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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