Elderscale Wurm

Creature — Wurm    (CMC:7)

Trample When Elderscale Wurm enters the battlefield, if your life total is less than 7, your life total becomes 7. As long as you have 7 or more life, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 7 reduces it to 7 instead.

167 M13 • ENRichard Wright

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Legal in: Modern,Extended,Legacy,Vintage,Freeform,Prismatic,Tribal Wars Legacy,Tribal Wars Standard,Classic,Singleton 100,Commander

Oracle Text (click to copy):

Elderscale Wurm {4}{G}{G}{G} Creature — Wurm Trample When Elderscale Wurm enters the battlefield, if your life total is less than 7, your life total becomes 7. As long as you have 7 or more life, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 7 reduces it to 7 instead. 7/7

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7/1/2012
Elderscale Wurm's last ability doesn't prevent damage. It only changes the result of damage dealt to you. For example, a creature will lifelink that deals damage to you will still cause its controller to gain life, even if that damage would reduce your life total to less than 7.
7/1/2012
Elderscale Wurm's last ability doesn't affect the loss or payment of life.
7/1/2012
If you have less than 7 life, damage dealt to you reduces your life total as normal.
7/1/2012
If damage is dealt to you and Elderscale Wurm at the same time, and that damage is enough to destroy Elderscale Wurm and reduce your life total to 7 or less, Elderscale Wurm's ability will still apply. For example, if you have 10 life and a spell deals 10 damage to you and 10 damage to Elderscale Wurm, you'll end up at 7 life and Elderscale Wurm will be destroyed.
7/1/2012
In a Commander game, combat damage you're dealt by a commander is still tracked, even if it doesn't change your life total.

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