Elderscale Wurm

set	min	mtgo
-	86.56	0.02 tix

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Name	Elderscale Wurm
Type	Creature — wurm
Description	Trample When Elderscale Wurm enters, if your life total is less than 7, your life total becomes 7. As long as you have 7 or more life, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 7 reduces it to 7 instead.
Artist	Richard Wright
Set	Magic 2013 #167
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About Elderscale Wurm

Elderscale Wurm, Creature — wurm, designed by Richard Wright first released in Jul, 2012 in the set Magic 2013. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 86.56.

A deck that focuses on ramping up mana quickly and gaining life would benefit from including Elderscale Wurm, as it provides a significant life buffer and trample ability. While Elderscale Wurm can be a strong defensive option in certain situations, there are potentially better cards for specific strategies, such as Baneslayer Angel for lifelink and protection abilities, or Platinum Angel for preventing loss conditions altogether. Whether Elderscale Wurm should see play would depend on the specific deck strategy and meta considerations.

Rules

07/01/12

Elderscale Wurm’s last ability doesn’t prevent damage. It only changes the result of damage dealt to you. For example, a creature will lifelink that deals damage to you will still cause its controller to gain life, even if that damage would reduce your life total to less than 7.

07/01/12

If you have less than 7 life, damage dealt to you reduces your life total as normal.

07/01/12

In a Commander game, combat damage you’re dealt by a commander is still tracked, even if it doesn’t change your life total.