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◇ Catalog #785

Wirewood Symbiote

sld·#785·rare·extended_art

Illus. Thomas M. Baxa

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in vault

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wishlisted

Dec '23

2 yr ago

Value

$17.37+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $18 · low $16

NM$17.4

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$16–$18modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $17low $6.50range 167.2%n 265

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,535 · Niche pick

Variants

Extended Art$17

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 $17.37. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $6.50 and $17.37 across 265 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Extended Art 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 #785 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2023 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Creature — Insect, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. 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.