Putrid Imp
Mana cost {B}. Power/toughness 1/1.
Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and can't block.
Putrid Imp is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Torment printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€1.18) · TCGplayer ($1.73) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.94 and €1.32 in that time.
How often Putrid Imp is played
Putrid Imp is maindecked in 6 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (5%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 6 of them play it (8%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Putrid Imp
- Reanimator: A one-mana 1/1 and the only free, repeatable discard outlet: its ability costs no mana and needs no tap, so it works the turn it comes down and at instant speed. It also blocks an early attacker and is the creature you sacrifice to flash back Cabal Therapy.
Tournament decks with Putrid Imp
- Reanimator: 2nd Place at Octobeerians Tournament '26 (4× mainboard)
- Reanimator: 5th Place at Technoliga Valenciana (4× mainboard)
- Reanimator: 1st Place at 2026 Nantuko League (4× mainboard)
- Mono Black Reanimator: 3rd Place at Open Coquimbo Agosto 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Reanimator: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× mainboard)
- 5 Colors: 3rd Place at Final Liga Madrileña (4× mainboard)
