Weed-Pruner Poplar
Creature — Treefolk Assassin
At the beginning of your upkeep, target creature other than this creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24728
Weed-Pruner Poplar puts a repeatable sacrifice engine on the board — at the end of each turn, if no creature died that turn, you sac one yourself, which is exactly the trigger condition most sacrifice decks want on demand. The cost is that you don't fully control the timing, and a 1/4 body for four mana is doing nothing in combat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Weed-Pruner Poplar actually earns a slot — sacrifice synergy decks led by commanders like Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord or Prossh, Skyraider of Kher want exactly this kind of reliable, low-maintenance death trigger engine. In Pauper it's legal and could see fringe use in aristocrats-style shells, though the four-mana cost is steep for that format's tempo demands. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are all legal but irrelevant — those formats have no shell that wants a slow, conditional sacrifice outlet at this cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Weed-Pruner Poplar is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not tracking its price. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb unless a new commander breaks them wide open, so treat this as a throw-in, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.