Rootbreaker Wurm
Ninth Edition 267 • uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 267
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Richard Kane Ferguson
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
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
Rootbreaker Wurm was originally released in the 1999 set Urza's Destiny before being reprinted in Ninth Edition in 2005. As a core set release, the card served as a staple for players navigating the basic mechanics of Magic: The Gathering, specifically representing the archetype of high-cost, high-impact green creatures designed to dominate the board state in the late game.
The Ninth Edition illustration was rendered by artist Kev Walker, who has contributed extensively to the game's visual identity. Walker's design for the Wurm emphasizes the creature's massive, subterranean nature, using dark, textured earth tones and a sense of scale to convey its formidable presence. Within the context of the game's history, the card is remembered as a reliable, if straightforward, example of the 'big creature' design philosophy prevalent in mid-2000s set construction.
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