---
name: "Withered Wretch"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Cleric"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HOP"
set_name: "Planechase"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "29e13ec1-a239-4217-a2bd-24ff90745ec0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/withered-wretch-hop"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Withered Wretch
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{1}: Exile target card from a graveyard.

> *Once it consecrated the dead. Now it desecrates them.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Boneclad Necromancer](/printing/boneclad-necromancer-j25.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Famished Ghoul](/printing/famished-ghoul-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Creakwood Ghoul](/printing/creakwood-ghoul-eve.md) — Creature — Plant Zombie
4. [Crypt Creeper](/printing/crypt-creeper-avr.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Cremate](/printing/cremate-rtr.md) — Instant
6. [Zombie Cannibal](/printing/zombie-cannibal-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planechase (HOP) #45
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 23 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`