Wretched Anurid
Creature — Zombie Frog Beast
Whenever another creature enters, you lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #11166
Wretched Anurid is a 3/3 for two mana — one of the most aggressive rate creatures in black-green — and the drawback, one life lost per opponent who plays a land, is irrelevant noise in most games and a genuine engine trigger in the right shell. Outside dedicated donation decks built around Jon Irenicus, Shattered One, the life loss clause rarely matters enough to disqualify it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One donates Wretched Anurid to an opponent and watches the life drain every time any player drops a land — in a four-player game, that's a ticking clock the receiving player can't turn off.
Blim, Comedic Genius
Blim, Comedic Genius hands Wretched Anurid to an opponent as a poison gift, turning a drawback creature into a repeating drain engine that punishes the recipient every time lands hit the table.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Wretched Anurid is a niche role-player — it does nothing in a fair stompy shell but becomes a targeted removal-by-proxy in Blim or Jon Irenicus donation strategies, where the three-player land trigger punishes whichever opponent gets stuck holding it. In Pauper, a vanilla 3/3 for two is well above the format's baseline rate, but without evasion or an enters-the-battlefield effect it struggles to clear the bar when green has access to creatures that do more. Legacy and Vintage have long since outpaced Wretched Anurid — the rate is irrelevant at those power levels. It's a Commander card first and a Pauper curiosity second.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Wretched Anurid is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any dollar-bin box and don't think twice about it. The price reflects exactly what it is: a narrow card with a small, dedicated audience, and that's unlikely to change.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.