---
name: "Raiding Nightstalker"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Nightstalker"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Landwalk", "Swampwalk"]
set: "P02"
set_name: "Portal Second Age"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "5c4cb33d-2a79-4934-839f-d34e9ca284f8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/raiding-nightstalker-p02"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Raiding Nightstalker
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightstalker
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Landwalk, Swampwalk

## Oracle Text
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*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bog Raiders](/printing/bog-raiders-m11.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Bog Wraith](/printing/bog-wraith-8ed.md) — Creature — Wraith
3. [Dirtwater Wraith](/printing/dirtwater-wraith-plst.md) — Creature — Wraith
4. [Slithery Stalker](/printing/slithery-stalker-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
5. [Whispering Shade](/printing/whispering-shade-ody.md) — Creature — Shade
6. [Lost Soul](/printing/lost-soul-itp.md) — Creature — Spirit Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Portal Second Age (P02) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`