Bellowing Tanglewurm
Creature — Wurm
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Other green creatures you control have intimidate.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.80
- EDHREC rank
- #5668
Bellowing Tanglewurm gives every green creature you control intimidate the moment it enters, which in a mono-green deck effectively reads as unblockable for your whole board. Five mana for a 4/4 that blankets your team is strong enough that Baru, Wurmspeaker lists include it at nearly 89% — it's a finisher disguised as a creature.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker builds around large green creatures, and Bellowing Tanglewurm turns every wurm token and fatty into a threat that can only be chump-blocked by other green creatures — which opponents rarely run enough of.
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma reduces Bellowing Tanglewurm's cost and gives your big creatures trample, so the intimidate from Bellowing Tanglewurm handles the creatures that would otherwise chump-block while trample handles the rest.
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Fynn, the Fangbearer kills with poison counters on combat damage, so Bellowing Tanglewurm's board-wide intimidate is exactly the enabler it needs — deathtouch creatures that can't be blocked deal their poison freely.
Thrun, Breaker of Silence
Thrun, Breaker of Silence already dodges interaction through hexproof and can't be blocked by spells, and Bellowing Tanglewurm layers intimidate on top so the rest of your board punches through alongside it.
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Toski, Bearer of Secrets rewards connecting with opponents, and Bellowing Tanglewurm turns every green attacker into a near-unblockable draw trigger waiting to happen.
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 |
Bellowing Tanglewurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees meaningful play in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the five-mana cost and symmetry-dependent effect can't compete with the format's density of non-green threats and efficient answers. Modern's aggressive clock makes a five-mana 4/4 without immediate protection too slow outside of fringe green stompy lists. Commander is where Bellowing Tanglewurm actually lives — multiplayer boards are wide, opponents regularly run few or no green creatures, and a single card that makes your whole team pseudo-unblockable at the cost of one spell slot is exactly the kind of overperformer green finisher decks want.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.80 bulk tier
At $0.80, Bellowing Tanglewurm sits firmly in bulk territory despite its near-universal inclusion in Baru, Wurmspeaker lists. That price is stable — it's a casual staple with a narrow home, so demand is steady but not the kind that drives spikes.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Baru, Wurmspeaker
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Thrun, Breaker of Silence
- Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.