Wurm's Tooth

Wurm's Tooth was originally introduced during the early years of Magic: The Gathering as part of the Alpha core set in 1993. It belongs to a cycle of artifacts known as the 'lucky charms,' each designed to provide incremental life gain whenever a player casts a spell of a specific color. The card was intended as a simple, accessible tool for newer players to stabilize their life totals during the slower, grindier gameplay typical of the game's nascent era.

The Ninth Edition printing, released in 2005, features the iconic artwork by Dan Frazier. Frazier was a prolific illustrator for the game’s formative years, known for his distinct, classical fantasy style that helped define the visual language of early Magic. While the card is a functional reprint that remained mechanically identical to its predecessors, its inclusion in Ninth Edition marked one of its final appearances in the core set rotation before the design philosophy shifted away from these specific life-gain artifacts.