Vermiculos
Creature — Horror
Whenever an artifact enters, this creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #28301
Vermiculos grows to an arbitrarily large size based on the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard, then lets you discard a card to give it unblockable until end of turn — a one-card threat and finisher in any spells-matter shell. The cost is that it does nothing the turn it enters and needs a stocked graveyard before it represents real pressure.
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 |
Commander is where Vermiculos belongs — graveyard-filling spells decks have the density of instants and sorceries needed to make it genuinely threatening, and a single swing can close out a game once the bin is deep enough. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but effectively unplayable; faster, more efficient threats dominate both formats, and a creature that needs setup time doesn't survive long enough to cash in. Oathbreaker is legal and theoretically workable in a spell-heavy build, but the 20-life starting total shrinks the window considerably.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Vermiculos is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder without thinking twice. Bulk rares with niche appeal rarely climb unless a new commander pushes them into the spotlight, so don't expect movement, but there's no risk in owning a copy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.