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Wort, the Raidmother

Wort, the Raidmother

Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman

Wort wants a deck that sacrifices its own creatures to drain opponents' life. It also works in a deck built around Goblins or Shaman.

  • Mana cost4 genericred or greenred or green
  • Red, Green ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityRare

When Wort enters, create two 1/1 red and green Goblin Warrior creature tokens.

Each red or green instant or sorcery spell you cast has conspire. (As you cast the spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose new targets for the copy.)

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Cards That Fit Wort, the Raidmother

Picked for what they do in Wort's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Wort's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Wort, the Raidmother

explain how Wort works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 14 Mar 2017

If a spell gains a second instance of conspire from Wort's ability, you may choose to pay for one, both, or none of those abilities. Each conspire ability triggers only if you tap two creatures specifically for that ability.

Wizards of the Coast 14 Mar 2017

If the spell has damage divided as it was cast (like Fiery Justice does), the division can't be changed (although the targets receiving that damage still can).

Wizards of the Coast 14 Mar 2017

If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Bonfire of the Damned does), the copy will have the same value of X.

Wizards of the Coast 14 Mar 2017

If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode. A different mode can't be chosen.

Wizards of the Coast 14 Mar 2017

If you're casting a spell for its flashback cost, you can't pay another alternative cost (such as an overload cost or a Trap's alternative cost) instead. You may pay additional costs, such as conspire.

Wizards of the Coast 14 Mar 2017

Some spells instruct you to sacrifice a creature as an additional cost to cast that spell. If you sacrifice Wort to pay that cost, that spell won't have conspire at the moment it becomes cast, so conspire won't trigger, even if you tapped two creatures.

6 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryRGPlayers write colors as letters: R for red, G for green.AristocratsAristocrats decks sacrifice their own creatures on purpose and profit every time one dies, often by draining life from each opponent. A sacrifice outlet, a card that lets you sacrifice whenever you like, decides when that happens.Open the Aristocrats pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker pageGoblinsGoblins are almost all red: small, cheap and plentiful, and many make more Goblins or are sacrificed for a quick effect.Open the Goblins pageETB ValueDoes something useful the moment it arrives: an enter the battlefield ability, which players shorten to ETB. You keep that effect even if the card is removed straight afterwards, which is why these pair so well with flicker cards that make them enter again. Solemn Simulacrum, The One RingOpen the ETB Value page