Charnelhoard Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Trample
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #18999
Charnelhoard Wurm hits the board as a 6/6 trample that retrieves any card from your graveyard whenever it deals combat damage — including something as backbreaking as Time Warp. Seven mana is the honest cost of that text, and in Commander it's a reasonable ask.
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 |
Charnelhoard Wurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but only Commander is where it has any realistic home. In Legacy and Vintage, seven mana at sorcery-equivalent speed with no immediate board impact is unplayable — those formats end before the Wurm does anything. Modern technically allows it, but the same logic applies: the format is too fast and the competition at seven mana too steep. Commander is the one format where a 6/6 trample with a recurring value trigger is a legitimate late-game threat, especially in Jund or Sultai graveyard shells that can protect it and attack reliably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Charnelhoard WurmKlauth, Unrivaled AncientRelentless Assault
Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast spells; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Charnelhoard Wurm is deep bulk — a card you pick up out of a dollar bin or throw in a trade pile without thinking twice. That price is stable because demand is narrow, but the card delivers real value per dollar for any graveyard Commander deck willing to run it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.