Warping Wurm
Creature — Wurm
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature phases out unless you pay 
.
Whenever this creature phases in, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.61
- EDHREC rank
- #30503
Warping Wurm enters as a 0/0 and phases out immediately, returning bigger each upkeep — it takes roughly four full turns to become a meaningful threat, which is an eternity at most tables. The payoff, a 7/6 that eventually sticks, is not worth the setup cost when five mana buys you creatures that impact the board on the turn they land.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Warping Wurm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in essentially none of them. In Commander, the phasing growth mechanic runs directly into the format's problem-solving culture — opponents have four turns of upkeeps to answer a threat that hasn't even dealt damage yet, and the board states it eventually produces are unimpressive by the time it fully matures. Legacy and Vintage have the raw card quality to ignore it entirely. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's issues at a smaller scale. This is a card whose design age shows more than its oracle text does.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.61 bulk tier
At $0.61, Warping Wurm sits at the high end of bulk — a price propped up by age and scarcity rather than demand. It won't hold that floor if reprinted, and there's no competitive context driving anyone to seek it out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.