Wretched Doll
Artifact Creature — Toy
, 
: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20896
Wretched Doll enters as a 2/2 with menace and ward 2 for three mana — respectable stats that demand an extra cost to remove. The ward effectively taxes opposing removal in the early game, making this a sticky threat that punches above its mana cost in aggressive black strategies.
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, Wretched Doll is a fine early drop in aggressive black builds that want a resilient attacker — ward 2 means most early removal trades poorly against it. Across constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, it competes in a crowded space of efficient three-drops, and the body plus ward combination is solid but rarely enough to push it into competitive lists. Legacy and Vintage have far too many broken things happening for Wretched Doll to register as relevant.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Wretched Doll is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Nothing about its power level or demand suggests that changes, so grab it freely and don't think twice about sleeving it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.