Scoria Wurm
Creature — Wurm
At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #20158
Scoria Wurm puts a 7/7 body on the board for five mana, which is a real rate — until you remember the coin flip that sends it back to your hand at the start of every upkeep. The upside doesn't compensate for the variance; there are too many reliable seven-power finishers at this price point for a coin-flip creature to earn a slot.
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 |
Scoria Wurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 7/7 for five is passable rate but the coin-flip clause means opponents can often just wait it out — half your upkeeps it bounces itself without them spending a single card. Legacy and Modern have no interest in a five-mana creature that doesn't close the game reliably. Vintage similarly has no room for this kind of variance when the format's threats end games immediately.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Scoria Wurm sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects the demand accurately. It won't fall meaningfully lower, but there's no pressure pushing it up either — bulk coin-flip creatures don't have a revival waiting for them.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.