---
name: "Gnarled Effigy"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "251"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ron Brown"
oracle_id: "5fa3cc1a-09ee-4152-8c50-ea719510fc20"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gnarled-effigy-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gnarled Effigy
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{4}, {T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

> *„Stücke von zusammengebrochenen Vogelscheuchen, Bänder aus Elfenhautleder, Zähne von einem Merrow-Axtkämpfer — wer fleißig ist, kann für alles noch eine Verwendung finden." —Mowagh der Gwyll*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Brittle Effigy](/printing/brittle-effigy-m11.md) — Artifact
2. [Scar](/printing/scar-shm.md) — Instant
3. [Blight Rot](/printing/blight-rot-ecl.md) — Instant
4. [Irradiate](/printing/irradiate-mrd.md) — Instant
5. [Serrated Biskelion](/printing/serrated-biskelion-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Mandatory Friendship Shackles](/printing/mandatory-friendship-shackles-ust.md) — Artifact — Contraption

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #251
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ron Brown
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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