---
name: "Weed-Pruner Poplar"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Treefolk Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MOR"
set_name: "Morningtide"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jeff Miracola"
oracle_id: "40e8ade9-9cec-4983-ab11-d9e6278fb29f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/weed-pruner-poplar-mor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Weed-Pruner Poplar
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Treefolk Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, target creature other than this creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *"Quando Byoog scese per prendere qualche radice per lo stufato, non si aspettava certo che la radice si ritraesse." —Un racconto di Zietta Bacherozza*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eyeblight Assassin](/printing/eyeblight-assassin-bbd.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin
2. [Hagra Sharpshooter](/printing/hagra-sharpshooter-bfz.md) — Creature — Human Assassin Ally
3. [Blighted Blackthorn](/printing/blighted-blackthorn-ecl.md) — Creature — Treefolk Warlock
4. [Gnarlbark Elm](/printing/gnarlbark-elm-ecl.md) — Creature — Treefolk Warlock
5. [Strangling Spores](/printing/strangling-spores-m19.md) — Instant
6. [Sinister Gnarlbark](/printing/sinister-gnarlbark-ecc.md) — Creature — Treefolk Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Morningtide (MOR) #83
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jeff Miracola
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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