Iron-Craw Crusher
Artifact Creature — Wurm
Prototype 
— 2/5 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Whenever this creature attacks, target attacking creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #17503
Iron-Craw Crusher puts a 6/4 with trample on the board for three mana in the right shell — the Reinforce ability means any extra copies aren't dead cards, they're +1/+1 counters on whatever you already have. Baru, Wurmspeaker turns both halves into real value, and at bulk price there's almost no reason to look elsewhere for a curve-friendly wurm with upside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker cares about wurms specifically, and Iron-Craw Crusher delivers on both axes — it's a legitimately sized wurm that curves into Baru's anthem and token-generation triggers, and when you draw a second copy late, Reinforce lets you sink it into a counter rather than brick.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Iron-Craw Crusher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but competitive non-rotating formats have no use for a vanilla-adjacent six-drop when cheaper, more powerful threats exist at every point on the curve. Commander is the only home that makes sense: the format's slower pace lets a 6/4 trample actually connect, and Reinforce adds enough utility that drawing multiples doesn't feel punishing. Outside of a dedicated wurm or +1/+1 counter strategy, even Commander lists will pass — but inside those strategies, Iron-Craw Crusher earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Iron-Craw Crusher is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow homes rarely move, so don't expect the price to budge in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.