Desolation Prowler

The Hobbit #64

Desolation Prowler - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Wolf

Mana cost: {1}{B}

Card text: Pay 2 life: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

P/T: 2/2

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Harkalé Linaï

"Not even the ravens knew of their coming until they arrived in the broken lands which divided the Lonely Mountain from the hills behind."

Released: August 14, 2026

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$0.22 USD · $0.36 USD (Foil) · €0.03 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Desolation Prowler in The Hobbit limited

common

Ravening Warg
Ravening Warg
Creature — Wolf

Ravening Warg has ferocious, gaining 2 life when it attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Desolation Prowler can pay 2 life to become a 4/4, enabling ferocious for the Warg and offsetting the life loss with the Warg's life gain.

 Wargling
Wargling
Creature — Wolf

Wargling's ferocious trigger grants itself +1/+0 and trample to all your creatures when attacking alongside a power-4-or-greater creature. Desolation Prowler activating its ability to become 4/4 enables Wargling's ferocious, giving your whole team trample.

 Duskwatch Hunter
Duskwatch Hunter
Creature — Wolf

Duskwatch Hunter can't be blocked by tokens and enters putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature, which can go on Desolation Prowler to make it naturally larger. Both are Wolves that contribute to a Wolf tribal strategy.

uncommon

Nighthowl Pursuer
Nighthowl Pursuer
Creature — Wolf

Nighthowl Pursuer has ferocious, getting +2/+2 when attacking alongside a power-4-or-greater creature. Desolation Prowler paying 2 life to become 4/4 enables Nighthowl Pursuer's ferocious, creating two large attacking Wolves.

rare

Chief Warg's Company
Chief Warg's Company
Creature — Wolf

Chief Warg's Company creates a 2/2 Wolf token at the beginning of each upkeep, building a Wolf army that Desolation Prowler can lead as a large threat. The Company requires two other Wolves to attack, and Desolation Prowler helps fill that requirement.

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