Massacre Wurm

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Massacre Wurm: Creature - Phyrexian Wurm, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Phyrexian Wurm
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
6/5
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
147
Artist
Jason Chan

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About Massacre Wurm

Massacre Wurm is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 147 in that set, with art by Jason Chan. It costs {3}{B}{B}{B} (three generic and three black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 6/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Mirrodin Besieged (2011) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.01 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).

Card text

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.01 (as of 2026-10-23).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Massacre Wurm by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Massacre Wurm

Massacre Wurm has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Foundations (FDN) #754Mythic2026
Foundations (FDN) #714Mythic2024
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #130Mythic2024
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #256Mythic2023
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #441Mythic2022
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #81914Mythic2020
Core Set 2021 (M21) #114Mythic2020
Core Set 2021 (M21) #316Mythic2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #114pMythic2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #114sMythic2020
Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #46Mythic2011

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Massacre Wurm, newest first.

  • Massacre Wurm's triggered ability triggers if a creature an opponent controls dies for any reason, including from its first ability reducing its toughness to 0, as long as Massacre Wurm remains on the battlefield.
  • Massacre Wurm's first ability affects only creatures your opponents control at the time it resolves. Creatures they begin to control later in the turn won't get -2/-2.
  • If your life total is brought to 0 or less at the same time that a creature an opponent controls is dealt lethal damage, you lose the game before Massacre Wurm's last ability goes on the stack.
  • If a creature an opponent controls dies at the same time as Massacre Wurm, Massacre Wurm's last ability triggers for that creature.

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