The Wretched Price
5 printings · 5 sets · first printed 1994
The Wretched has been printed 5 times across 5 sets, first in 1994 and most recently in 2009. Right now the cheapest printing is Chronicles #39 at $0.53, while the most expensive is Legends #121 at $30.29 — about 57× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.70. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like Masters Edition III, Chronicles.
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Every The Wretched Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronicles #39 (R) Cheapest | 1995 | $0.53 | $0.03 |
| Fifth Edition #197 (R) | 1997 | $0.70 | $0.30 |
| Legends #121 (R) | 1994 | $30.29 | $15.50 |
| Masters Edition III #78 (U) | 2009 | — | — |
| Chronicles Foreign Black Border #39 (R) | 1995 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsThe ability grants you control of all creatures that are blocking it as the ability resolves. This will include any creatures that were put onto the battlefield blocking it.
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.
If The Wretched itself regenerated during combat, then it will have been removed from combat. Since it is no longer in combat, there cannot be any creatures blocking it, which means you won’t be able to gain control of any creatures.
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.
If The Wretched leaves the battlefield, you no longer control it, so the duration of its control-change effect ends.
If you lose control of The Wretched before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creatures blocking it at all.
Once the ability resolves, it doesn’t care whether the permanents you gained control of remain creatures, only that they remain on the battlefield.