Duskdale Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #20698
Duskdale Wurm puts a 7/7 trample body on the board for seven mana — that's the whole pitch, and it's just barely enough to see play in dedicated Wurm strategies. Outside of Baru, Wurmspeaker, where it triggers the commander's token-generation and pumping effects, this card has no business in a competitive 99.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker makes Duskdale Wurm punch above its weight — every time it enters, Baru creates a token copy and can pump both creatures, turning a vanilla seven-drop into a board-flooding threat that demands an immediate answer.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Duskdale Wurm is a Baru, Wurmspeaker deck inclusion and almost nothing else — seven mana for a 7/7 with trample is acceptable rate, but any competitive pod will have better things happening by turn five. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; the format moves too fast for a top-of-curve vanilla creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for obvious reasons. The honest home for Duskdale Wurm is casual Wurm tribal, where the Wurm subtype does real work and the trample at least guarantees it hits.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Duskdale Wurm is deep bulk — pick it up in a common box or throw it in a trade binder filler slot. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate, so grab it when you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.