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◇ Catalog #332

Purple Worm

afr·#332·uncommon·showcase

Illus. Russ Nicholson

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Jul '21

5 yr ago

Value

$0.28+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.29 · low $0.26

NM$0.28

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.26–$0.30modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.28low $0.13range 115.4%n 94

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,200 · Fringe play

Variants

Showcase$0.28

Gameplay

Creature — Worm

This spell costs {2} less to cast if a creature died this turn. Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

8/7

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2021-07-23wotc

If a player casts a spell that targets multiple permanents their opponent controls with ward, each of those ward abilities will trigger. If that player doesn't pay for all of them, the spell will be countered.

2021-07-23wotc

Purple Worm's first ability will never reduce its cost more than {2}, no matter how many creatures died this turn.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.28. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.13 and $0.28 across 94 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AFR — the lineup includes Showcase alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #332 of *Adventures in the Forgotten Realms*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2021 Adventures in the Forgotten Realms release.

Card type: Creature — Worm, color identity green, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {5}{G}{G} (7 converted). Keyword abilities: Ward.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #20,200 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Russ Nicholson. Rarix catalogs 9 other cards credited to this artist.