Emergent Woodwurm
Emergent Woodwurm: Creature - Wurm, March of the Machine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {6}{G}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Creature - Wurm
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 37
- Artist
- Mathias Kollros
- Commander rank
- 6,775 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Backup
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About Emergent Woodwurm
Emergent Woodwurm is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 37 in that set, with art by Mathias Kollros. It costs {6}{G} (six generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. March of the Machine Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.59 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Backup 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
Whenever this creature attacks, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is its power. You may put a permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.59 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Emergent Woodwurm by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Emergent Woodwurm
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #124 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Emergent Woodwurm, newest first.
- The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won’t change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves.
- If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won’t gain additional abilities.
- Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects.
- If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained.
- Use the power of the creature as the triggered ability resolves to determine the value of X. If the creature is no longer on the battlefield at that time, use its power from when it was last on the battlefield.
- If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Emergent Woodwurm is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.