Armada Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Trample
When this creature enters, create a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- GRN Guild Kit
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #13449
Armada Wurm drops ten power across two bodies for six mana — that's immediate, splitproof board presence that punishes single-target removal. Pair it with Trostani, Selesnya's Voice for 16 life on entry, or loop it with Nim Deathmantle for an engine that never runs dry.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice gains 10 life off a single Armada Wurm cast — 5 from the Wurm, 5 from the token — while the populate trigger can clone the 5/5 indefinitely, turning one spell into a board that scales with every subsequent populate.
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Ghired, Conclave Exile populates on every attack, and a 5/5 trample token is one of the best targets in the format — Armada Wurm seeds the board with exactly the token Ghired wants to copy and swing with repeatedly.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Armada Wurm actually lives — six mana is a real cost in competitive pods but acceptable in midrange and tokens builds where the two-body split matters against wraths. In Modern and Pioneer it's a curio at best; six-mana creatures compete with payoffs that close the game immediately, and splitting into 5/5s doesn't compensate for the raw inefficiency. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for the same reason, compounded by those formats' speed. Stick to Commander, specifically in Selesnya or Naya populate shells where Armada Wurm is pulling double duty as threat and populate fodder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarArmada Wurm
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Armada Wurm is deep bulk — there's no financial barrier to picking up copies. Bulk rares at this price point rarely recover unless they see a tournament breakout, which isn't on the horizon for a six-mana creature, so buy it to play it, not to hold it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.