Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Legendary Creature — Goblin Warlock
Ward—Blight 2. (To blight 2, a player puts two -1/-1 counters on a creature they control.)
Whenever one or more -1/-1 counters are put on a creature, draw a card if you control that creature. If you don't control it, its controller loses 1 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
- Price
- $0.57
- EDHREC rank
- #7121
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature whenever you cycle or discard — a steady drip of attrition that scales with how aggressively you pitch cards. The cost is real: you need a discard or cycling engine already running, and without one she's a four-mana 3/3 that does nothing; with Morselhoarder or The Reaper, King No More fueling the engine, she becomes a board-control piece that clears blockers on autopilot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Reaper, King No More
The Reaper, King No More's discard-matters gameplan turns every forced pitch into a -1/-1 counter from Auntie Ool, Cursewretch, letting you grind down the board while refueling — 70% inclusion across Reaper decks reflects exactly how cleanly she slots into that loop.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games give her enough time to drain a board one counter at a time, and the singleton rule makes her discard-matters niche feel purposeful rather than parasitic. She's legal in Legacy and Vintage but sees no play there; powered formats have faster ways to kill creatures, and a 3/3 for four that requires setup is nowhere near the rate those formats demand. Oathbreaker is technically an option if you're running a discard-based signature spell, though her impact is compressed by the format's shorter clock.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Auntie Ool, CursewretchMorselhoarderWords of WarEverlasting Torment
Infinite colored mana
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.57 bulk tier
At $0.57, Auntie Ool, Cursewretch sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up, easy to cut if the discard engine doesn't come together. Given her narrow fit and the recency of the card, don't expect the price to move meaningfully unless a new discard-matters commander pushes her inclusion rate up.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Morselhoarder
- The Reaper, King No More
- Words of War
- Everlasting Torment
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.