Purple Worm
Creature — Worm
AFRAdventures in the Forgotten Realms#201uncommon
Foil
Underground civilizations maintain magical barriers around their settlements to deter these monsters.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1440
- Illustrator
- Olivier Bernard
- Found in
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms MTGO Redemption Foil · Adventures in the Forgotten Realms MTGO Redemption · 6 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
This spell costs 
less to cast if a creature died this turn.
Ward (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
8/7 less to cast if a creature died this turn.
Ward (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)Ward
Plays as: Counterspell
Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.11
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+6.7%
$0.16
$0.02 low-$0.06 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.11as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.13L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.16as of 2026-07-12
+6.7%
H $0.18L $0.06since Feb 2024$0.02
$0.08
-$0.06-300% · buylist > ask
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Cheapest playable copy$0.11· across 3 printings
Rulings
2 · latest Jul 23, 2021 · one tap opens all
- WotCJul 23, 2021
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.
- WotCJul 23, 2021
Purple Worm's first ability will never reduce its cost more than
, no matter how many creatures died this turn.