Wretched Camel
Creature — Zombie Camel
When this creature dies, if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, target player discards a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #29413
Wretched Camel trades a two-mana 2/1 body for an opponent discarding a card — but only if you control a Desert or a Desert hits your graveyard that turn. The condition is narrow enough that outside dedicated Desert builds, this effect isn't worth the card slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wretched Camel is a bulk uncommon in every format it's legal in, and that status is deserved everywhere except narrow Desert synergy builds. In Commander, the discard trigger requires a Desert in play or entering your graveyard, which means non-Desert decks ignore it entirely; in dedicated builds like Hazezon, Shaper of Sand or Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon shells that already run Deserts, it becomes a cheap recursive annoyance. In Pauper it lacks the stat line or unconditional effect to compete at common parity. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a conditional 2/1.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Wretched Camel is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. That price is stable because demand is essentially zero outside Desert tribal curios, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.