Nightstalker Engine
~$0.69 TCGplayer
Black. Creature — Nightstalker
Portal Second Age #81 · Illustrated by Mark Tedin
Portal Second Age #81 · Illustrated by Mark TedinWhat is Nightstalker Engine worth?
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Oracle text
Nightstalker Engine's power is equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
*/3
Part metal, part bone, and all death.
Format legality
The only printing of Nightstalker Engine
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Portal Second Age p02 #81· 1998rare· Cardmarket €0.71 | rare | $0.69 | €0.71 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1998
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #31,572 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Portal Second Age card (#81).
81
- 81Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Nightstalker Engine, read from the Portal Second Age printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Nightstalker Engine. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 5: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Nightstalker is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- */3: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Mark Tedin. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Portal Second Age. Gold means rare.
- Collector number
- 81 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- Artist
- Mark Tedin, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
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