---
name: "Spined Wurm"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Wurm"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "8ED"
set_name: "Eighth Edition"
collector_number: "279★"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Keith Parkinson"
oracle_id: "05425f2f-7228-4bf5-8fe1-6fe99107e8e0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spined-wurm-8ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spined Wurm
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Wurm
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4

## Oracle Text
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> *"I wouldn't stand in front of that wurm, son. 'Course, I wouldn't stand behind it neither. In fact, standing anywhere near that wurm's not much of a plan. Running, now *that's* a plan!"
—Wandering mage*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Plated Wurm](/printing/plated-wurm-p02.md) — Creature — Wurm
2. [Scaled Wurm](/printing/scaled-wurm-5ed.md) — Creature — Wurm
3. [Barbtooth Wurm](/printing/barbtooth-wurm-p02.md) — Creature — Wurm
4. [Whiptail Wurm](/printing/whiptail-wurm-me4.md) — Creature — Wurm
5. [Craw Wurm](/printing/craw-wurm-9ed.md) — Creature — Wurm
6. [Primordial Wurm](/printing/primordial-wurm-dom.md) — Creature — Wurm

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eighth Edition (8ED) #279★
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Keith Parkinson
- **Total Printings:** 60 across all historical editions

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