Emergent Woodwurm
Creature — Wurm
Backup 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
Whenever this creature attacks, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is its power. You may put a permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $2.82
- EDHREC rank
- #6475
Emergent Woodwurm lands as a massive body that effectively costs nothing if your lands are already doing work — the convoke cost scales down fast in any deck running creatures alongside a high land count. In Baru, Wurmspeaker specifically, it's one of the premier payoffs: a Wurm that enters huge, triggers Baru's buffs, and often hits the table for two or three mana in the mid-game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker is the defining home for Emergent Woodwurm — Baru pumps every Wurm you cast and makes tokens when they die, so a convoked Woodwurm that costs almost nothing immediately becomes a buffed threat that replaces itself on removal.
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener distributes +1/+1 counters when a creature with power 4 or greater attacks, and Emergent Woodwurm's naturally high power means it triggers that ability the turn it swings, snowballing the whole board.
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld adds mana on attacks, which helps fuel big threats, and Emergent Woodwurm fills the top of the curve as a threat that already arrives discounted — so Radha's burst mana goes toward other spells rather than covering the Wurm's cost.
Ruby, Daring Tracker
Ruby, Daring Tracker rewards going tall with big creatures, and Emergent Woodwurm is exactly the kind of cheap-to-cast oversized body that makes Ruby's pump triggers hit harder.
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale doubles attack triggers, so any enter-the-battlefield or attack ability on Emergent Woodwurm gets compounded — and a convoked Wurm that attacks for free value the same turn it enters is exactly what Wulfgar wants on the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Emergent Woodwurm actually lives — convoke rewards the wide boards that multiplayer games produce, and the Wurm type matters for a dedicated tribal payoff like Baru, Wurmspeaker. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically legal but competes against formats where eight-mana creatures need to win the game on the spot, and convoke doesn't scale the same way with small Legacy creature counts. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's multiplayer creature-density to make it viable there in the right shell. Anywhere else, Emergent Woodwurm simply isn't legal, and the honest read is that it was designed for Commander from the ground up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.82 cheap tier
At $2.82, Emergent Woodwurm sits in the cheap tier — affordable enough to slot into any Wurm or convoke build without budget hesitation. It sees concentrated play in Baru, Wurmspeaker decks rather than broad cross-format demand, so the price reflects a role player rather than a staple, and it's unlikely to spike without a new high-profile Wurm commander pushing wider adoption.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.