Sinister Gnarlbark

set	min	mtgo
-	C$ 0.00	0.54 tix

Spoilers Random card

Name	Sinister Gnarlbark
Type	Creature — treefolk warlock
Description	At the beginning of your end step, draw a card and blight 1. (Put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Flavor	Lo acompañan los gritos agonizantes de las hadas que quedan atrapadas en su savia.
Artist	Olivier Bernard
Set	Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander #12
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

⚠️

About Sinister Gnarlbark

Sinister Gnarlbark, Creature — treefolk warlock, designed by Olivier Bernard first released in Jan, 2026 in the set Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.

Sinister Gnarlbark would fit best in a black-based midrange or aristocrats-style deck that actively benefits from placing -1/-1 counters on its own creatures, such as builds using undying, persist, death triggers, or creatures that generate value when they die (e.g., Young Wolf, Geralf’s Messenger, or token engines that don’t mind shrinking fodder creatures). The steady end-step card draw is powerful, but the mandatory self-blight makes it risky unless your deck is built to exploit or mitigate the downside with sacrifice outlets or counter synergies (like Nest of Scarabs or Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons in formats where they’re legal). In most competitive environments, however, more efficient and less conditional draw engines like Phyrexian Arena, Graveborn Muse, or even Morbid Opportunist are generally better because they provide card advantage without requiring board investment or weakening your own creatures. As a result, Sinister Gnarlbark would likely be playable in synergy-driven or