Autochthon Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Trample
- CMC
- 15
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $2.96
- EDHREC rank
- #19580
Autochthon Wurm puts a 9/14 trampler on the board for zero mana if you can convoke it out — that's the whole pitch. The ceiling is enormous and the floor is a fifteen-mana card rotting in your hand, so it only belongs in decks built to exploit the convoke discount.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Autochthon Wurm actually gets to live — token-generating commanders like Ghave, Guru of Spores or Trostani, Selesnya's Voice can routinely tap enough creatures to cast it for free, and a 9/14 trampler closes games fast. In Legacy and Vintage it's a curiosity at best; dedicated combo decks that want a free spell have faster, more reliable options, and a vanilla creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect doesn't clear the bar. Modern has enough removal that a nine-power creature without haste or protection dies before it attacks, so it sees no competitive play there. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.96 cheap tier
At $2.96, Autochthon Wurm sits at the cheap end of big-creature payoffs, which is about right for a card with a narrow home. It's unlikely to spike — the demand ceiling is low — but it's also not going to zero, so pick it up when you need it and don't overthink it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.