Nesting Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Trample
When this creature enters, you may search your library for up to three cards named Nesting Wurm, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #30598
Nesting Wurm enters as a 3/3 and immediately populates your board with three 1/1 Wurm tokens — four bodies for five mana is a real rate. The problem is that five-mana sorcery-speed creature slots in green are brutally competitive, and Nesting Wurm offers no evasion, no immediate protection, and nothing to do if the tokens are irrelevant.
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 the only format where Nesting Wurm is realistically worth considering, and even there the bar is specific: token-doubling shells with Parallel Lives or Anointed Procession can turn three 1/1s into six or twelve, which is the only context where this card pulls its weight. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, it has no competitive application whatsoever — the power level gap is too wide. Nesting Wurm needs a deck that both wants many small tokens and can't afford better five-drop token generators, which is a narrow ask.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Nesting Wurm is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'd ever pay for it. That price reflects demand accurately; this is a niche role-player at best, and bulk is exactly where it belongs.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.