Golgari Rotwurm
Modern Masters 2017 168 • common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017
- Collector number
- 168
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
black mana, Sacrifice a creature: Target player loses 1 life.
Like corpse-worms through a carapace, rotwurms slide through the hollowed bones of the undercity.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Golgari Rotwurm was originally designed as a common card for the Ravnica: City of Guilds set in 2005, serving as a functional piece for the Golgari Swarm draft archetype. The creature embodies the guild's core mechanic, which utilizes the graveyard as a resource by sacrificing creatures to trigger specific effects. This particular version, featuring art by Greg Staples, was reprinted in the 2017 Modern Masters set to support the drafting environment of that release.
Greg Staples, a longtime contributor to the Magic: The Gathering art direction, focused on capturing the putrid, cyclical nature of the Golgari aesthetic. His depiction of the Rotwurm emphasizes the swampy, decaying textures synonymous with the guild's identity. Upon its re-release in Modern Masters 2017, the card was well-received by limited format enthusiasts for its utility in maintaining board control and its thematic consistency with the set's graveyard-focused mechanical themes.
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