---
name: "Nightstalker Engine"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Nightstalker"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "P02"
set_name: "Portal Second Age"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "128b6751-4b47-4d7d-895e-c5d85776f6c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nightstalker-engine-p02"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nightstalker Engine
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightstalker
- **Power/Toughness:** */3

## Oracle Text
Nightstalker Engine's power is equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Umbra Stalker](/printing/umbra-stalker-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Boneyard Wurm](/printing/boneyard-wurm-pw11.md) — Creature — Wurm
3. [Fiend Artisan](/printing/fiend-artisan-sld.md) — Creature — Nightmare
4. [Nighthowler](/printing/nighthowler-plst.md) — Enchantment Creature — Horror
5. [Lurking Nightstalker](/printing/lurking-nightstalker-p02.md) — Creature — Nightstalker
6. [Liliana's Elite](/printing/lilianas-elite-j22.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Portal Second Age (P02) #81
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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