---
name: "Battering Wurm"
mana_cost: "{6}{G}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Wurm"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Bloodthirst"]
set: "GPT"
set_name: "Guildpact"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Darrell Riche"
oracle_id: "fdcfa49a-70ed-48a4-b424-527a1698fd85"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/battering-wurm-gpt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Battering Wurm
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{G}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Wurm
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Bloodthirst

## Oracle Text
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skarrgan Pit-Skulk](/printing/skarrgan-pit-skulk-dds.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Carnage Wurm](/printing/carnage-wurm-m12.md) — Creature — Wurm
3. [Burning-Tree Bloodscale](/printing/burning-tree-bloodscale-gpt.md) — Creature — Lizard Berserker
4. [Jungle Wurm](/printing/jungle-wurm-mir.md) — Creature — Wurm
5. [Johtull Wurm](/printing/johtull-wurm-ice.md) — Creature — Wurm
6. [Stormblood Berserker](/printing/stormblood-berserker-e01.md) — Creature — Human Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guildpact (GPT) #79
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Darrell Riche
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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