Skeletal Wurm
Creature — Skeleton Wurm
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #21709
Skeletal Wurm is a 7/6 regenerator for seven mana — a body that trades cleanly with most threats but asks too much to get there. In 2025, seven mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect is not a competitive rate in any serious context.
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 |
Skeletal Wurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, seven mana for a regenerating 7/6 with no ETB, no evasion, and no text beyond the regeneration clause simply doesn't compete — black has access to Grave Titan, Sheoldred the Apocalypse, and a dozen other seven-drop threats that do far more. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats move faster than this card can stabilize. Modern has long since outpaced this rate. Skeletal Wurm is a bulk rare in name only — functionally it's a draft throwback that has never found a constructed home.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Skeletal Wurm sits firmly in bulk territory and shows no signs of climbing — there is no competitive archetype that wants it. Buy it if you're completing a collection or building a Wurm tribal curiosity, but don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.