---
name: "Gnarlbark Elm"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Treefolk Warlock"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Loïc Canavaggia"
oracle_id: "a848ea46-347d-49c7-85c8-023cf836d0b3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gnarlbark-elm-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gnarlbark Elm
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Treefolk Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it.
{2}{B}, Remove two counters from this creature: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

> *It greedily drinks boggart curses and returns their pain in kind.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sinister Gnarlbark](/printing/sinister-gnarlbark-ecc.md) — Creature — Treefolk Warlock
2. [Blighted Blackthorn](/printing/blighted-blackthorn-ecl.md) — Creature — Treefolk Warlock
3. [Wickerbough Elder](/printing/wickerbough-elder-ncc.md) — Creature — Treefolk Shaman
4. [Weed-Pruner Poplar](/printing/weed-pruner-poplar-mor.md) — Creature — Treefolk Assassin
5. [Plague Witch](/printing/plague-witch-ema.md) — Creature — Elf Spellshaper
6. [Thorntooth Witch](/printing/thorntooth-witch-lrw.md) — Creature — Treefolk Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #103
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Loïc Canavaggia
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`