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Wormfang Turtle

Creature — Nightmare Turtle Beast

When this creature enters, exile a land you control.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Judgment
Price
$0.15
EDHREC rank
#24015
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Wormfang Turtle card art
Wormfang Turtle enters and permanently skips your next turn — a steep price that kills any deck not built to exploit it. The saving grace is Princess Yue: sacrifice Wormfang Turtle to her and you never pay that cost, turning a liability into a free 3/3.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Wormfang Turtle sees real play, and only in decks that can sacrifice it before the skipped-turn trigger resolves — think flicker, sacrifice, or legend-matters shells running Princess Yue. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never played; the effect is too symmetry-breaking and the body too small to compete. Wormfang Turtle is a Commander-only niche piece.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.15 bulk tier

At $0.15, Wormfang Turtle is pure bulk — easy to acquire, unlikely to move unless a new combo piece pushes it into wider demand. It holds that floor comfortably; the narrow use case keeps a ceiling firmly in place.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.