Retched Wretch
Creature — Goblin
When this creature dies, if it had a -1/-1 counter on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control and it loses all abilities.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #21707
Retched Wretch is a two-mana 2/1 that exiles the top card of an opponent's library whenever it deals combat damage to a player — a repeatable mill-adjacent effect stapled to an aggressively-costed body. The payoff is real only if you can guarantee it connects, which makes it a role-player rather than a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Retched Wretch fits narrowest into decks that can make it unblockable or otherwise guarantee combat damage — think evasion-granting voltron builds or Rogues-tribal shells where opponents' exiled cards turn into resources. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 2/1 for two that mills one card on connection is simply too slow and too small to matter when dedicated mill and aggro options are far more efficient. Standard is where the ceiling edges up slightly if a synergy shell exists, but Retched Wretch still needs support to justify a slot. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it — the bar there is too high for a creature this fragile.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Retched Wretch is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in rather than a purchase. Don't expect the price to move unless a future set prints a dedicated evasion-matters or exile-matters payoff that makes this suddenly relevant.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.