Cinderhaze Wretch
Mana cost
Mana value5TypeCreature — Elemental Shaman
Color identity
Black
RarityCommon
SetShadowmoor (SHM)
ArtistSteven Belledin
Price€0.36 · foil €4.31 · $0.29
About this card
Cinderhaze Wretch is a creature card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 5 (color identity: black). Printed in Shadowmoor (2008). Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Pauper. Cardmarket price: €0.36.
Cinderhaze Wretch 

Creature — Elemental Shaman
Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature: Untap this creature.
Thick smoke billows and twists to form disturbing faces that cackle and click their teeth to the popping embers.
3/2
Name in each language
FrançaisMisérable scoriacé enfuméEnglishCinderhaze WretchEspañolEngendro bruma cenicientaDeutschRußschleierschurkeItalianoCorruttore IncendiarioPortuguêsMiserável Cinerobruma日本語燃えがらもやの卑劣漢
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperLegalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal
Rulings
2008-05-01
You put the -1/-1 counter on Cinderhaze Wretch as a cost. That means it happens when you activate the ability, not when it resolves. If paying the cost causes the creature to have 0 toughness, it’s put into the graveyard before you can untap it and before you can even pay the cost again.