Elfhame Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Vigilance, trample
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #17038
Elfhame Wurm enters with a +1/+1 counter for each Forest you control, which in a land-dense green deck can make it a legitimately large body — but six mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is a steep ask in any competitive context. Outside of Baru, Wurmspeaker, where it doubles as a payoff and a trigger target, it rarely earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker turns every Wurm ETB into a free token and pumps the whole squad, so Elfhame Wurm's counter-scaling enters a deck that can immediately weaponize its size and replicate it — it's one of the few commanders where this card is genuinely pulling its weight.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Elfhame Wurm is a narrow role-player that only makes sense under Baru, Wurmspeaker; in a generic green deck, six mana buys far more threatening threats. In Pauper it's legal but unplayed — the format's creature bar is high and Elfhame Wurm's ceiling is too variance-dependent on Forest count to compete. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have no use for it; those formats don't operate at six-mana vanilla-adjacent speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Elfhame Wurm is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if Baru, Wurmspeaker is your commander. Don't expect the price to move; the card has one real home and that home is already well-stocked with better top-end options.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.