Withered Wretch

Creature — Zombie Cleric · Legions

Withered Wretch is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Legions printing.

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How often Withered Wretch is played

Withered Wretch is maindecked in 6 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (15%), averaging 3.8 copies; kept in 1 sideboard (3%); used by 2 of 17 tracked archetypes.

Counting only the 23 decks that can cast black cards, 7 of them play it (30%).

See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.

Premodern archetypes that play Withered Wretch

Mono Black: Main-deck graveyard hate on a beating: a 2/2 for two that eats Replenish piles, Reanimator targets and flashback one mana at a time. Extremely live in the current metagame.
Clerics: A Cleric body and maindeck graveyard hate in one: it exiles a card for one mana, blanking Reanimator, Recurring Nightmare and flashback. Careful, it can exile your own Scion by accident.

Tournament decks with Withered Wretch

Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (4× mainboard)
zombies: 4th Place at La Parroquia Friday Night (4× mainboard)
Mono Black: 6th Place at PMPMPMPM XXXVIII (3× mainboard)
Clerics: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× mainboard)
BG Rack: 3rd Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (2× sideboard)
Moneyball Black: 2nd Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (4× mainboard)
Black Clerics: 2nd Place at Lega Milano 3/9 (4× mainboard)

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The Format

What is Premodern?

Premodern is a Magic: The Gathering format played with cards from Fourth Edition through Scourge (1995–2003), the game's golden era. It captures the feel of early competitive Magic: iconic old-border cards, meaningful decisions and a rich, interactive metagame, free of the power creep of later sets.

How it plays

Premodern is an eternal, non-rotating format. Games reward tight play, deckbuilding skill and knowledge of the metagame rather than raw speed. Combo, control, aggro and midrange all have a home, from Goblins and Stiflenought to Landstill, Replenish and The Rock.

Deck construction

Minimum 60-card main deck.
Up to a 15-card sideboard.
At most 4 copies of any single card (basic lands excepted).

A card is legal as long as its name appears in one of these sets. (Reprints in newer sets are legal too, but on Premodern Chronicles we always show the period-correct old-frame printing.)

Legal Sets