Magic: The Gathering

Withered Wretch

The List LGN-86 • uncommon

Set: The List
Collector number: LGN-86
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana cost: black mana black mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Black
Artist: Tim Hildebrandt
Market price: $0.61

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$0.61market price via TCGplayer · Aug 7, 2026$0.51 – $0.64 over the tracked period

$0.61Aug 7, 2026

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Lore

Why it matters

Withered Wretch is a classic utility creature that has long served as a staple for graveyard disruption in Magic: The Gathering. Featuring evocative artwork by the late Tim Hildebrandt, this card is prized by players for its efficient ability to exile specific cards from an opponent's graveyard, making it a reliable defensive tool across multiple formats.

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What it does

1 generic mana: Exile target card from a graveyard.

Once it consecrated the dead. Now it desecrates them.

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Withered Wretch was originally released as an uncommon creature in the 2002 Magic: The Gathering expansion Onslaught. The card was designed to function as a recurring graveyard disruption tool, allowing players to pay generic mana to exile cards from an opponent's graveyard. Its mechanics were specifically crafted to counter strategies that relied on utilizing the graveyard as a resource, which was a dominant theme during the Onslaught block.

The artwork was illustrated by Tim Hildebrandt, one half of the famous Brothers Hildebrandt, renowned for their intricate fantasy paintings and work on Tolkien-themed projects. His depiction of the Withered Wretch captures a decaying, skeletal figure consistent with the dark, necrotic aesthetic often found in Magic's black-aligned cards. As a inclusion on The List—a curated selection of reprints inserted into modern booster packs—the card serves as a nod to the game's long history and the enduring utility of its early disruptive designs.

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