Cinderhaze Wretch
Creature — Elemental Shaman
SHMShadowmoor#60common
Foil
Thick smoke billows and twists to form disturbing faces that cackle and click their teeth to the popping embers.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1044
- Illustrator
- Steven Belledin
- Found in
- Shadowmoor MTGO Redemption Foil · Shadowmoor MTGO Redemption · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn.
Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature: Untap this creature.Plays as: Opponent Discard
Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-16.0%
$0.21
$0.15 low$0.14 gap
Foil+22.4%
$26.49
$7.28 low$1.28 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.21as of 2026-07-12
-16.0%
H $0.50L $0.20since Feb 2024$0.15
$0.01
$0.14+93% · normal spread
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Foil
$26.49as of 2026-07-12
+22.4%
H $26.49L $8.10since Feb 2024$7.28
$6.00
$1.28+18% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.21· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest May 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
- WotCMay 1, 2008
You put the -1/-1 counter on Cinderhaze Wretch as a cost. That means it happens when you activate the ability, not when it resolves. If paying the cost causes the creature to have 0 toughness, it’s put into the graveyard before you can untap it and before you can even pay the cost again.