Quilled Slagwurm
Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #14598
Quilled Slagwurm puts an 8/8 with no abilities onto the battlefield for eight mana — that's the whole pitch, and in most contexts it's not enough. The one home where it earns its slot is Ruxa, Patient Professor, which turns the complete absence of abilities into a tribal bonus that makes this fatty hit harder than its base stats suggest.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor is the reason Quilled Slagwurm exists in Commander — Ruxa's static bonus applies specifically to creatures with no abilities, and an 8/8 vanilla is exactly the kind of oversized threat that bonus turns into a one-shot threat.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven cares about vanilla creatures, making Quilled Slagwurm a natural fit as one of the biggest base-stat bodies that strategy can run.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Quilled Slagwurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees any real play is Commander. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, eight mana for a vanilla 8/8 is unplayable — those formats have efficient interaction and faster clocks that make this irrelevant long before it lands. In Commander, the card exists almost entirely in Ruxa, Patient Professor and Jasmine Boreal of the Seven shells, where the vanilla creature subtype is the entire point rather than a drawback.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Quilled Slagwurm is deep bulk — it costs less than a pack of gum and will stay there, since demand is narrow and supply is high. It's the right price for what it does: a niche role player you pick up without thinking twice if you're building the relevant Commander deck.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.