Battering Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24665
Battering Wurm enters as a massive threat whose power and toughness scale with the number of creature types among creatures you control, turning a diverse board into a legitimate finisher. The floor is embarrassing and the ceiling requires specific deck construction, so it earns its slot only in builds that can reliably hit a wide spread of creature types.
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 |
Battering Wurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through — the 100-card singleton format is the only place where tribal-soup builds regularly assemble the creature-type diversity needed to make it threatening. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, the competition at four mana is brutal and no competitive shell wants a creature whose size is this conditional. Commander is where Battering Wurm finds a home, specifically in go-wide decks that mix creature types by design rather than accident.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Battering Wurm is deep bulk — no financial risk, no financial upside. It holds that price floor because demand is narrow enough that even a spike in popularity wouldn't move the needle much.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.