Barbtooth Wurm

Creature — Wurm

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Starter 1999
Price
$0.71
EDHREC rank
#25358
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Barbtooth Wurm is a 5/4 reach creature for six mana — reasonable stats, relevant keyword, forgettable ceiling. Six mana for a vanilla-adjacent body is a hard sell in any format where that slot competes with creatures that generate value on entry.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Barbtooth Wurm sits at the bottom of the curve for green fatties — reach matters occasionally against flier-heavy decks, but six mana buys you far more threatening bodies with enters-the-battlefield effects. Pauper is the only format where Barbtooth Wurm earns genuine consideration, since the card pool shrinks enough that a 5/4 reach at common can do real blocking and attacking work in slower green stompy shells. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper but irrelevant in practice — those formats don't run six-mana 5/4s without an engine attached. Oathbreaker shares Commander's problem: the 58-card deck still has access to better options at this cost.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.71 bulk tier

At $0.71, Barbtooth Wurm is bulk with a price tag that reflects exactly what it is. There's no meaningful demand driver to push it higher, so treat it as a throw-in rather than a pickup.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.