Wickerbough Elder
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Treefolk Shaman
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- Archenemy #74 (common)
- Price
- $0.13 USD
This creature enters with a -1/-1 counter on it.
{G}, Remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Wickerbough Elder has 8 printings, first in Eventide (2008). EDHREC ranks it #5,080 among Commander cards. It appears most in Auntie Ool, Cursewretch decks (17,092 on EDHREC). 4 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Wickerbough Elder
- Bedecked Brokers - New Capenna Commander, led by Perrie, the Pulverizer
- Blight Curse - Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander Deck, led by Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
- Deathdancer Xira - Magic Online Theme Decks, led by Xira Arien
- Reap the Tides - Commander Legends, led by Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
Commanders that run Wickerbough Elder most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Auntie Ool, Cursewretch: 17,092 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons: 3,837 decks
- Fangorn, Tree Shepherd: 1,153 decks
- Volrath, the Shapestealer: 719 decks
- Doran, the Siege Tower: 614 decks
- Perrie, the Pulverizer: 522 decks
- Colfenor, the Last Yew: 143 decks
- Sapling of Colfenor: 113 decks
Often played with Wickerbough Elder
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You must choose a target artifact or enchantment to activate Wickerbough Elder's last ability. You can't pay {G} just to remove a -1/-1 counter from it without a legal target.
- : If an effect puts Wickerbough Elder onto the battlefield with one or more +1/+1 counters, its -1/-1 counter and one of those +1/+1 counters are removed as a state-based action before you can activate its ability.