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◇ Catalog #17

Wirewood Symbiote

dd1·#17·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Thomas M. Baxa

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '07

19 yr ago

Value

$2.58+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.64 · low $1.49

NM$1.58

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.46–$1.67modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.59low $0.04range 3875.0%n 51

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,535 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$1.58

Gameplay

Creature — Insect

Return an Elf you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Activate only once each turn.

It drinks fatigue.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2024-06-07wotc

Returning the Elf you control to its owner's hand is the cost to activate the ability. Once you activate the ability, no one can try to do anything to the Elf to stop you from activating the ability.

2024-06-07wotc

You can target any creature with Wirewood Symbiote's ability, not just a tapped creature.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.58. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $1.59 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DD1 — the lineup includes Nonfoil 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 #17 of *Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2007 Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins release.

Card type: Creature — Insect, color identity green, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {G} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #3,535 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Thomas M. Baxa. Rarix catalogs 389 other cards credited to this artist.