Woeleecher
Creature — Elemental
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: Remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature. If you do, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #30261
Woeleecher removes a -1/-1 counter from any creature at the cost of tapping and paying two mana — repeatable, but glacially slow for what it does. It's a niche answer to -1/-1 counter strategies that almost always gets outclassed by faster, cheaper alternatives.
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 |
In Commander, Woeleecher finds a home only in dedicated counter-manipulation builds — think Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Atraxa, Praetors' Voice tables where -1/-1 counters are flying around regularly. Even there, the tap-plus-two-mana cost makes Woeleecher a slow engine piece rather than a reliable answer. In Pauper, where the card is legal, the format's aggro-heavy nature leaves little room for a five-mana do-nothing body. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient counter interaction, so Woeleecher never registers in those environments.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Woeleecher is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It won't appreciate; the demand ceiling is too low and the effect too narrow to move the needle.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.