Scaled Wurm
Creature — Wurm
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #23392
Scaled Wurm puts 7/6 of stats on the board for eight mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no protection — it's a vanilla threat in a format where eight-mana spells routinely end the game on the spot. There are simply better things to do with that mana, and Scaled Wurm is not one of them.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scaled Wurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper it's the most relevant — commons have a lower ceiling, and a 7/6 body is at least noteworthy — though even there, eight mana for a vanilla creature is a steep ask. In Commander, Scaled Wurm competes against an entire ecosystem of eight-drop finishers that generate immediate value, threaten multiple opponents, or end the game outright, and it loses that competition badly. Legacy and Vintage don't warrant discussion.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Scaled Wurm sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — nothing about its text box creates demand. It's the kind of card you pull from a draft chaff pile, not one you buy.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.