You choose which creature you control to exile (if any) as the enters-the-battlefield ability resolves. Once you make that choice, no player may take actions until the chosen creature is exiled or Wormfang Drake is sacrificed and the ability has finished resolving.
If Wormfang Drake leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, the “leaves-the-battlefield” ability will trigger and resolve first. It won’t return anything. Then the enters-the-battlefield ability will resolve. If you exile a creature you control, it will be exiled indefinitely. Wormfang Drake won’t return it.
If you don’t control any other creatures as the enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, you must sacrifice Wormfang Drake.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.11. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.05 and $0.12 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from JUD — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #57 of *Judgment*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2002 Judgment release.
Card type: Creature — Nightmare Drake, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #22,572 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Thomas M. Baxa. Rarix catalogs 389 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Thomas M. Baxa
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