The Wretched

As of Aug 9, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of The Wretched is $0.46 (CHR #39), and the most expensive is $34.65 (LEG #121). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.46, up 2.2% over 7 days, up 7.0% over 30 days, up 9.5% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $0.46 (2025).

The Wretched has 3 tracked printings across 3 sets, in nonfoil finishes.

CHR #39

$0.46

CK $0.79 / $0.12 74%

MP $0.26 122 avail

5ED #197

$0.75 +63%

CK $0.59 / $0.06 92%

MP $0.38 94 avail

LEG #121

$34.65 +7433%

CK $27.99 / $15.50 55%

MP $12.91 8 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $15.50 cash for LEG #121; the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 45% (wide).

• Oct 1, 2009 If The Wretched leaves the battlefield, you no longer control it, so the duration of its control-change effect ends.
• Oct 1, 2009 If you lose control of The Wretched before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creatures blocking it at all.
• Oct 1, 2009 Once the ability resolves, it doesn’t care whether the permanents you gained control of remain creatures, only that they remain on the battlefield.
• Oct 1, 2009 The Wretched’s ability triggers only if it’s still on the battlefield when the end of combat step begins (after the combat damage step). For example, if it’s blocked by a 7/7 creature and is destroyed, its ability won’t trigger at all.
• May 1, 2009 Any blocking creatures that regenerated during combat will have been removed from combat. Since such creatures are no longer in combat, they cannot be blocking The Wretched, which means you won’t be able to gain control of them.

The Wretched has been reprinted 3 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
5ED #197	1997-03-24	Rare	Standard
CHR #39	1995-07-01	Rare	Standard
LEG #121	1994-06-01	Rare	Standard

The Wretched is the #27,448 most-played card on EDHREC, down 273 places over the last 30 days.