Boneyard Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Boneyard Wurm's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wizards Play Network 2011
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13262
Boneyard Wurm scales directly with your graveyard count — in a dedicated self-mill shell it routinely enters as an 8/8 or larger for two mana. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord decks run it because that stat line translates directly into damage dealt to every opponent at instant speed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord sacrifices creatures to deal their power as damage to each opponent, and Boneyard Wurm grows to absurd size in the same graveyard-stuffing engine that fuels that ability — it's a one-card setup for a lethal sac activation.
Old Stickfingers
Old Stickfingers mills creatures into the graveyard on entry, which means Boneyard Wurm lands immediately larger and keeps growing as the deck does what it was already going to do.
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker cares about Wurms specifically, granting them trample and pumping them — Boneyard Wurm is an undercosted Wurm that scales up fast, making it an easy inclusion for the tribal payoffs.
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 |
Boneyard Wurm sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern despite being legal in all three — a two-mana vanilla beater dependent on a stocked graveyard can't keep pace with those formats' threats and interaction. Commander is where it actually lives, slotting into Golgari and graveyard-matters builds that fill the yard naturally and want early pressure or a large body to sacrifice. Outside of dedicated graveyard Commander strategies, it's a card without a home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Boneyard Wurm isn't currently available, but as a narrow two-mana creature without eternal-format demand it has historically sat at bulk or near-bulk levels. Check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market price before picking up copies.
Explore
Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.