Conqueror Wurm

Custom Cards forum

Posted on Oct. 4, 2015, 4:43 p.m. by DemonDragonJ

The poem The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allen Poe is a very awesome poem, an exemplar of his unique style, a poem that, like many others that he wrote, speaks of human mortality and the inevitability of death. It is one of my favorite pieces of his, so, being that Halloween is soon to be celebrated, I wish to commemorate that poem with an M:tG card named in its honor, and here is the result of my work:

Conqueror Wurm Show

Conqueror Wurm

Casting Cost:

Creature - wurm

Power/toughness: 6/6

Trample.

Whenever conqueror wurm deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, destroy target nonland permanent that that player controls.

This card is modeled after Charnelhoard Wurm in its cost and abilities, with a slight change in that its ability specifically requires combat damage to trigger, to prevent it from being abused too easily.

Currently, I have the card written so that it can destroy only non-creature permanents, to prevent it from being too powerful, but I wonder if it should be allowed to destroy any permanent, since the ability requires three colors of mana to use, one of which is black, the best color for creature destruction.

What does everyone else say about this card? How well did I do with it? Should I leave the ability as it is, or allow it to destroy creatures, as well?

xFyreFlyx says... #2

Solid Rare card. Could easily see wizards putting this in a set.

October 4, 2015 4:44 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #3

I'd do nonlands over noncreatures, for flavor reasons AND balance reasons.

October 4, 2015 4:49 p.m.

ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #4

I like it. I would say that it should say "Destroy target noncreature permanent or target creature with power less than CARDNAME." This method of creature removal works for red and green, as well as letting the black in the card shine.

October 4, 2015 4:50 p.m.

FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #5

Very solid, nothing much to say on my side.

October 4, 2015 5:05 p.m.

ItchiUchiha117 says... #6

I'd say you can have it just be target permanent. Between the three colors, they can destroy any permanent type, so it isn't exactly out of its wheel house. Besides, look at Violent Ultimatum. If you're worried about it being to abusable then, you could bump the cost to .

October 4, 2015 5:07 p.m.

jandrobard says... #7

It seems balanced for limited and standard.

October 4, 2015 5:16 p.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #8

M a g i c a l H a c k e r, I like the idea of destroying non-land permanents instead of non-creature permanents, so I shall change it to that.

October 4, 2015 6:50 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #9

If anyone says it's not powerful enough, then you could either change the ability to be free or make it something that happens on attack. You could argue that giving him double strike is too good, but I think it's fine even if it's a free trigger.

October 4, 2015 7:47 p.m.