Cinderhaze Wretch

Creature — Elemental Shaman    (CMC:5)

: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only during your turn. Put a -1/-1 counter on Cinderhaze Wretch: Untap Cinderhaze Wretch.

Thick smoke billows and twists to form disturbing faces that cackle and click their teeth to the popping embers.

60 SHM • ENSteven Belledin

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Legal in: Modern,Lorwyn-Shadowmoor Block,Legacy,Vintage,Freeform,Prismatic,Tribal Wars Legacy,Classic,Singleton 100,Commander

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Cinderhaze Wretch {4}{B} Creature — Elemental Shaman {T}: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only during your turn. Put a -1/-1 counter on Cinderhaze Wretch: Untap Cinderhaze Wretch. 3/2

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5/1/2008
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.

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