Cursecloth Wrappings is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Zombies you control get +1/+1.: Target creature card in your graveyard gains embalm until end of turn. The embalm cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile that card and pay its embalm cost: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie in addition to its other types and has no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
Complete guide
Harness the power of the undead with Cursecloth Wrappings, a versatile artifact that turns your graveyard into a recruitment center. Not only does it bolster your existing undead army, but it also gives your fallen heroes a second life through the embalm mechanic. Whether you are building a tribal Zombie deck or a value-oriented midrange pile, this card offers incredible late-game sustainability.
Strengthening the Horde
Cursecloth Wrappings features a static ability that provides all Zombies you control with a +1/+1 power and toughness boost. This effect applies to any creature with the Zombie subtype, including tokens created by its own activated ability. Because the embalm ability turns creatures into Zombies, they will immediately benefit from this buff the moment they enter the battlefield.
The Embalm Process
By tapping Cursecloth Wrappings, you target a creature card in your graveyard and grant it embalm until the end of the turn. To use this, you must pay a cost equal to the card's mana cost during your main phase while the stack is empty. Once you activate the embalm ability, the card is exiled immediately as a cost, meaning opponents cannot use graveyard hate to remove the card in response. You then create a token copy that is white and a Zombie, with a mana value of 0.
Key Interactions and Timing
It is important to remember that embalm can only be activated as a sorcery. Even if you tap Cursecloth Wrappings on an opponent's turn, you won't be able to embalm the creature until your next main phase. Furthermore, the resulting token keeps all the original card's abilities, including 'enters the battlefield' or 'dies' triggers, which makes it perfect for reusing creatures with high utility.
Strategic Considerations
Since the token has no mana cost, its mana value is 0. This is a copiable value, so if you use another effect to copy the token, the new copy will also have a mana value of 0. Use this to your advantage to dodge spells that target specific mana values or to cheaply populate your board with powerful, buffed-up Zombie variants.
Interaction examples
Cursecloth Wrappings
Solemn SimulacrumWith Solemn Simulacrum in your graveyard, tap Cursecloth Wrappings to grant it embalm. During your main phase, pay four mana to exile the Simulacrum and create a token. Because the token is a copy, its 'enters the battlefield' ability triggers, letting you search for a basic land. Additionally, Cursecloth Wrappings makes the token a 3/3 Zombie instead of a 2/2 Golem.
CopyIf you embalm a creature using Cursecloth Wrappings, you create a token (represented by a Copy token). This token is white and a Zombie. If you later use a spell to copy that specific token, the new copy will also be white, a Zombie, and have a mana value of 0, while still benefiting from the +1/+1 anthem effect of the Wrappings.
Commander's SphereWhile Cursecloth Wrappings can only target creature cards, you can use the mana generated by Commander's Sphere to help pay for the embalm costs of your fallen creatures. If you have multiple Zombies on board, the anthem effect from the Wrappings ensures that even small creatures remain relevant threats while you use your artifacts to cycle through your deck.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Cursecloth Wrappings
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn’t copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is white instead of its other colors. It has no mana cost, and thus its mana value is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If the card copied by the token had any “when [this permanent] enters” abilities, then the token also has those abilities and they’ll trigger when it enters. Similarly, any “as [this permanent] enters” or “[this permanent] enters with” abilities that the token has copied will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Once you’ve activated an embalm ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can’t try to stop the ability by exiling the card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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