This guy got me hooked on magic, i mean an 8/8 that your opponents can't point things at, Great!!
CrossroadsDemon
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Killer Art,killer card!!!
Alex123321
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
wat a gd card. even though kalonion behemeth is better and its stilla gd card
Diachronos
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
CMC is a little high, but an 8/8 shroud that you can still beef up with your spells is well worth it in my opinion.
driftingsmoke
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
this guy is way better than kalonian behemoth.
troll shroud is simply amazing.
nathaze
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
8/8, shroud against opp, 7 mana? WANT
Donovan_Fabian
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
This card really is amazing, it may be 7, but it's one of the only 7 mana cost creatures I'd actually play. It's nearly impossible to remove, can still be enchanted, can still be giant growthed or add rancors too, and it just kills any color except white with their wrath of gods and day of judgements. Although a shield of the oversoul might take care of that. Behemoth sledge would just be downright hilarious with plated slagwurm, giving back 10 life at a time and trampling. Also love that it's been reprinted in garruk's deck for the garruk vs. liliana duel decks, as I plan to pick one up and will get one for my deck. Garruk + plated slagwurm is total win.
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
One of my favorite creatures ever. This won me so many games, and whenever it did, i'd shout "YOU GOT SLAGGED!". My brother still hears it in his nightmares.
7 mana for 8 power and troll shroud is incredible in mana-accel green. It was the win condition in my old G/W moment's peace deck.
OsirisStar718
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
i have a deck with four of them and i cosider them a Boss Card cuz unless my opponent counters it, i play it and put regeneration and mythic proportions(+8+8 & trample enchant creature) on it and it is pretty much invincible. but even wrath of god cant kill it right? i mean that would be a spell ur opponent controls right?
Mumba
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@OsirisStar718
Slagwurm only has protection against spells/abilities that targets creatures (Lightning Bolt, Corrupt etc) but since spells like Earthquake and Wrath of God doesn't target creatures it will cause damage and able to destroy it.
SeanD86
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
The only reason to use this creature is if you are running a Wurm deck.
Kalonian Behemoth has the same ability, same cost, but is a 9/9 (and is a Beast - better tribe IMO).
Also more versatile in a multicolored deck because only requires 2 instead of 3
no_body
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
however, kalonian behemoth is worse as you cannot pump it, cannot give it regenerate/indestructible, and you can't give it trample, and as such kalonian behemoth can be chump blocked by a 1/1 and if ur opponent plays a token generator deck, kalonian behemoth can almost never get through to your opponent.
this card, however, is awesome, cos it is almost impossible to remove, wrath of god/day of judgement/damnation/mass calcify are some of the few spells that can deal with it. even if your opponent has earthquake, he still needs to take at least 8 damage himself, provided you haven't pumped it up.
this guy with trample and a few auras/equipments is deadly.
Neotoxic
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I've been playing magic since the Oddysey block. Nothing ever made me win more than this card until Zendikar of course. I have a beast deck, elf deck, snake deck, zombie deck, wither deck but nothing ever came close to the love I have for this card. I'll never sell!!
AXER
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
In the DD, give him Rancor to make sure his damage goes through.
Behalter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Um there is no freaking way kalonian behemoth is better than this, it has SUPER SHROUD! Your opponents can't stick it while you can give it all the lovley pumps (such as rancor, colossal might, savage silhouette, vines of vastwood etc) You can't do that with the behemoth, and this is for the same CMC, amazing finisher card, its kind of like akroma in a sense, if you let this sucker get out you deserve all you get.
At about this point your opponent will emit an exclamation of disgust.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
-Honey, what's for dinner? -Beef.
Dimmerdark
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Can this card be even interrupted as it does say on the card cant be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control and since a interrupt is a targeted spell that makes it immune correct ??
just asking for clarification
Maikeru-san
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I LOVE this Card, the only thing that sucks is that he can be countered T^T but once he hits the board, ppl mind as well start giving up lol, but i also like Terra Stomper
Champion_Kitsune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ SeanD86
Trollshroud (reference to Troll Ascetic) is NOT the same as Shroud. Trollshroud is so much better because it lets you continue to buff your guy. I'd glady take the 3 specific mana and -1/-1 over Kalonian Behemoth any day.
Back when I first got into MTG, this was the staple in my deck. Super shroud, 8/8 for SEVEN? This card wins. I use three in my mana-ramp extended green and have yet to lose against any of my friends! I also run Pelakka Wurms and a ton of druids, I love my deck :3 Plated Slagwurm = Game win! 5/5
IshubarashI
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
one of my favorite cards ever, my only problem is I never have a deck to run it in :( would NEVER sell it though, truly one of my favorites. If this was ever reprinted I think this is one of the cards that truly deserves to be a mythic. Just my opinion though
Troutz
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Absolutely one of my favorite cards ever printed. Maybe not the most powerful, but just a brick... requires a board cleaner like Day of Judgment to remove, 8/8 for 7 cmc. Love this card.
It's an 8/8(!) & it is immune to ALL abilities & spells! Plus, when I was playing with it I used Garruk Wildspeaker & made it an 11/11 WITH Trample.
BOTTOM LINE: It's Awesome.
Bursama
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Killer of opponent. I hate this card every time my opponent plays it...
djflo
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Played a multiplayer game where a buddy ramped perfectly into this on turn 4. My Mana Leak made him die a little inside, I think.
Flyheight
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I love this wurm so much, when I first saw him I knew I had to have him, because I was so sick and tired of my bomby cards getting removed by those stinky little two mana removal spells. I was sad when I had to cut it from my mono-G EDH deck. It's sadly simply outclassed by asceticism. Ah well...I believe I've found a lovely spot for him in a 60 card super-shroud deck.
Atali
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Troll Shroud makes this very playable, regular shroud would have made it basically worthless (looking at you Kalonian Behemoth) It probably should have trample, but it's an easy enough ability to grant in green.
Shadoflaam
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
HEXPROOF!
R3C0N22
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hands down my personal favorite wurm ever, and in general one of my favorite cards, you gotta love the scale in the artwork at the very least. I'm building a mono green EDH deck around the green Praetor right now and had to put this behemoth in, along with plenty of auras and Bellowing Tanglewurm to add to the beatdowns and Fangren PathCutter as another permanent way of giving him trample.
The elder is much cheaper, and can get more powerful than the slagwurm if time and ramp-speed was granted, but then it could only work efficiently in a mono-green deck.
Although, Plated Slagwurm isn't exactly multicolour-friendly, considering that it needs 3 G for a successful summon.
An 8/8 with hexproof for seven? Hell yeah! Just give it trample and your ready to rock.
nemokara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is definitely a powerful fatty, but I'm not sure I like hexproof on such a large creature. Hexproof creatures are hard enough to deal with already. This is one of the harder ones to deal with since it's also more immune to mass burn or -X/-X effects.
@Dimmerdark - You may never see this because it's been 2+ years, but I'll answer your question anyway. Hexproof (what this ability was keyworded to) on a creature card only applies to it when it's a permanent. It can still be targeted by instants (including counterspells) when it is on the stack. For comparison's sake, check out Thrun, the Last Troll who both has hexproof and can't be countered.
Trygon_Predator
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Pair it with Pathbreaker Wurm for dual wurm trampling action. Rancor is another auto-include. Between these and Pelakka Wurm, I sense a fun wurm stompy deck is possible.
Green creatures are so boring. You see all kinds of neat effects in Black and in Red, and trickery in Blue. White creatures like to have friends around but Green creatures? They just get to be big and mana-efficient and uninteractive. I don't know why "uninteractive" is an archetype for a color, to be honest.
Burningsickle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Absolutely epic green card! pretty much goes into every green deck I make!
Dragonshoredreamz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love wurms and I definitely love this wurm. The artwork is so great! I love the intense size of this guy compared to the people standing on the platform. So huge.
I feel the card is very well-balanced. Definitely an awesome creature to summon.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the original huge fatties I was introduced to; he's quite beastly and huge. When your opponents run stuff like this you learn to kill them sooner than later..
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troll shroud is simply amazing.
7 mana for 8 power and troll shroud is incredible in mana-accel green. It was the win condition in my old G/W moment's peace deck.
Slagwurm only has protection against spells/abilities that targets creatures (Lightning Bolt, Corrupt etc) but since spells like Earthquake and Wrath of God doesn't target creatures it will cause damage and able to destroy it.
Kalonian Behemoth has the same ability, same cost, but is a 9/9 (and is a Beast - better tribe IMO).
Also more versatile in a multicolored deck because only requires 2 instead of 3
this card, however, is awesome, cos it is almost impossible to remove, wrath of god/day of judgement/damnation/mass calcify are some of the few spells that can deal with it. even if your opponent has earthquake, he still needs to take at least 8 damage himself, provided you haven't pumped it up.
this guy with trample and a few auras/equipments is deadly.
Turn 2: Discard Slagwurm.
Turn 3: Animate Dead
At about this point your opponent will emit an exclamation of disgust.
-Beef.
just asking for clarification
Trollshroud (reference to Troll Ascetic) is NOT the same as Shroud. Trollshroud is so much better because it lets you continue to buff your guy. I'd glady take the 3 specific mana and -1/-1 over Kalonian Behemoth any day.
2: forest, elf, elf
3: forest, elf
4: this unholy monster
5: Verdant embrace, attack
6: win
It's an 8/8(!) & it is immune to ALL abilities & spells! Plus, when I was playing with it I used Garruk Wildspeaker & made it an 11/11 WITH Trample.
BOTTOM LINE: It's Awesome.
I hate this card every time my opponent plays it...
I'm building a mono green EDH deck around the green Praetor right now and had to put this behemoth in, along with plenty of auras and Bellowing Tanglewurm to add to the beatdowns and Fangren PathCutter as another permanent way of giving him trample.
The elder is much cheaper, and can get more powerful than the slagwurm if time and ramp-speed was granted, but then it could only work efficiently in a mono-green deck.
Although, Plated Slagwurm isn't exactly multicolour-friendly, considering that it needs 3 G for a successful summon.
Then again, it is prime real-estate for Quicksilver Amulet.
@Dimmerdark - You may never see this because it's been 2+ years, but I'll answer your question anyway. Hexproof (what this ability was keyworded to) on a creature card only applies to it when it's a permanent. It can still be targeted by instants (including counterspells) when it is on the stack. For comparison's sake, check out Thrun, the Last Troll who both has hexproof and can't be countered.
plated slagwurm
is
hexproof!
I feel the card is very well-balanced.
Definitely an awesome creature to summon.