Frilled Cave-Wurm
Creature — Salamander Wurm
Descend 4 — This creature gets +2/+0 as long as there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25636
Frilled Cave-Wurm is a 7/6 reach for seven mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion beyond reach, and no text worth reading twice. There are dozens of green creatures at this cost that do more — this one doesn't make the cut.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Frilled Cave-Wurm is legal in every major format, and that legality is purely academic. In Commander, a 7/6 reach for seven with no additional text doesn't compete for slots against green's deep bench of haymakers. In Pauper, where commons are the ceiling, it still loses to cheaper, more efficient threats at common rarity. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it never sees play — the formats move too fast and demand too much from seven-mana investments.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Frilled Cave-Wurm sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects exactly what the card does. Bulk commons hold this floor by default, not by demand — don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.