---
name: "Barbed-Back Wurm"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Wurm"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Gary Leach"
oracle_id: "d60cbdf0-f20f-4306-be6b-eed90d2a2f77"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/barbed-back-wurm-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Barbed-Back Wurm
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Wurm
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3

## Oracle Text
{B}: Target green creature blocking this creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *"The Mwonvuli Jungle has given the darkness teeth for tearing the gift of life from the weak."
—Jolrael*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jungle Wurm](/printing/jungle-wurm-mir.md) — Creature — Wurm
2. [Rabid Rats](/printing/rabid-rats-sth.md) — Creature — Rat
3. [Johtull Wurm](/printing/johtull-wurm-ice.md) — Creature — Wurm
4. [Wring Flesh](/printing/wring-flesh-m12.md) — Instant
5. [Quagmire Lamprey](/printing/quagmire-lamprey-mmq.md) — Creature — Fish
6. [Plague Wight](/printing/plague-wight-rna.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #105
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Gary Leach
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`