Can't be chump blocked. But still, as said, too expensive
Selez
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I remember when I was a newbie, and didn't know about post-combat main. Me and my friends actually thought you played the Bloodthirst creature BEFORE attacking!! Good times, good times.
I like the flavor in that walls can't block him because he'd battering-ram them.
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(6 votes)
If your paying 7 for a creature, than you make damn sure that it is better than a 5/4 maybe unblockable.
channelblaze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Wow, this is horrible....but the flavor is pretty good.
catowner
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
nowadays they at least have the courtesy to make this kind of crap common.
Too expensive to see any play. I'd like to see its ability more often though. Aura Gnarlid is not enough. That one other guy makes it doubly not enough.
CrowJonSnow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
feels so green at first, but then you see it's cmc. 5/4 for 7 is bad, even with the effect, since anything that can block it will kill it. on the other hand, give this 1 blanchwood armor, and it's at least an 11/10, and very few creatures can block it. more lands, or a second powerup, and even Emrakul, the Aeons torn can't block it
still, the cmc is hilariously high.
2.5/5
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Bloodthirst 3 would have been nice.
Mightyass
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
CrowJonSnow: Yeah, when I cast Emrakul, I always fear that it will not be able to block...
Lord_of_Gelectrodes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Anyone else find it strange that all comments that aren't 5 stars on this card are .5/5? Something is afoot.
4Maverick
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Are the counters only valid for one turn?
BlakeHN
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How about...
4GG Bloodthirst 2 Creatures with power less than Battering Wurm's power can't block it. 4/2 COMMON
... that way you could've used the bloodthirst to get a slightly better Craw Wurm? Which isn't really a crazy idea when there's already Yavimaya Wurm at common too... Or maybe they left it as uncommon because they were worried about counter shenanigans.
But seriously, the casting cost is too high, the bloodthirst payoff is too low, and who cares about extra toughness when you're going to use it as an attacker that can't be blocked anyway?
This is another time when I wish they put the WOTC design comments in one of the tabs on Gatherer, just so we can see why they went with this final design!
Comments (14)
I like the flavor in that walls can't block him because he'd battering-ram them.
on the other hand, give this 1 blanchwood armor, and it's at least an 11/10, and very few creatures can block it. more lands, or a second powerup, and even Emrakul, the Aeons torn can't block it
still, the cmc is hilariously high.
2.5/5
Yeah, when I cast Emrakul, I always fear that it will not be able to block...
Something is afoot.
4GG
Bloodthirst 2
Creatures with power less than Battering Wurm's power can't block it.
4/2
COMMON
... that way you could've used the bloodthirst to get a slightly better Craw Wurm? Which isn't really a crazy idea when there's already Yavimaya Wurm at common too... Or maybe they left it as uncommon because they were worried about counter shenanigans.
But seriously, the casting cost is too high, the bloodthirst payoff is too low, and who cares about extra toughness when you're going to use it as an attacker that can't be blocked anyway?
This is another time when I wish they put the WOTC design comments in one of the tabs on Gatherer, just so we can see why they went with this final design!