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Wirewood Symbiote

First printed in Scourge (2003)

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  • Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #288, 2024
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #785, 2023
  • Eternal Masters (EMA) #192, 2016
  • Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins (EVG) #17, 2014
  • Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins (DD1) #17, 2007
  • Scourge (SCG) #133, 2003

Wirewood Symbiote

Creature — Insect

Return an Elf you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Activate only once each turn.

It drinks fatigue.

1/1

Illustrated by
Thomas M. Baxa

Legality

Legal in
Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Premodern, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, Standard Brawl

Rulings (2)
  • Returning the Elf you control to its owner's hand is the cost to activate the ability. Once you activate the ability, no one can try to do anything to the Elf to stop you from activating the ability.
  • You can target any creature with Wirewood Symbiote's ability, not just a tapped creature.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Combos

92 combos, the most popular first:

See all 92 on Commander Spellbook

Legacy In 35 of 1561 decks (2.2%), most in WUBRG (unclassified)
Share of decks
2.2%
▲ 0.6 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.3% 2026-08-17: 1.3% 2026-08-24: 0.8% 2026-08-31: 0.9% 2026-09-07: 2.6% 2026-09-14: 1.5% 2026-09-21: 1.5% 2026-09-28: 1.8% 2026-10-05: 2.7% 2026-10-12: 2.0% 2026-10-19: 1.7% 2026-10-26: 3.9%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
35
35 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
4.0
in the main deck
Win rate
62%
5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
WUBRG (unclassified) 2.3% 75%
WUBG (unclassified) 1.6% 32%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Fyndhorn Elves100%44.6
Llanowar Elves100%44.6
Allosaurus Shepherd100%41.1
Formidable Speaker100%40.0
Quirion Ranger100%40.0
Craterhoof Behemoth100%35.5
Natural Order100%33.9
Gaea's Cradle100%26.0
Badgermole Cub100%22.0
Wooded Foothills100%17.5

Best win rate

DeckRecord
WUBRG
Benat in Legacy Challenge 32		 7-2
78%
WUBRG
zhinonono in Legacy Challenge 16		 6-2
75%
WUBRG
Jnickerson in Legacy Challenge 32		 5-2
71%
WUBG
LarthPursenas in Legacy Challenge 32		 5-2
71%
WUBG
Peppe in Legacy Challenge 32		 5-2
71%
WUBRG
Pafru in Legacy Challenge 32		 4-2
67%
WUBRG
LarthPursenas in Legacy Challenge 32		 5-3
63%
WUBRG
lollerstank in Legacy Challenge 16		 3-2
60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
WUBRG
Jnickerson, 		4 main #6
of 47
5-2
WUBRG
Pafru, 		4 main #15
of 47
4-2
WUBRG
runkor, 		4 main #20
of 47
3-3
WUBG
LarthPursenas, 		4 main #6
of 44
5-2
WUBRG
vegecookies, 		4 main 5-0
WUBRG
urzatheplaneswalker, 		4 main 5-0
WUBRG
urzatheplaneswalker, 		4 main 5-0
WUBRG
Mayones, 		4 main 5-0

Premodern In 12 of 732 decks (1.6%), most in Elves

Staple: main deck, 2% of decks (#176)

Share of decks
1.6%
▼ 1.6 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 2.8% 2026-08-17: 2.2% 2026-08-24: 1.0% 2026-08-31: 2.9% 2026-09-07: 4.1% 2026-09-14: 4.2% 2026-09-21: 2.6% 2026-09-28: 1.2% 2026-10-05: 2.0% 2026-10-12: 1.1% 2026-10-19: 0.7% 2026-10-26: 2.8%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
12
12 main, 1 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.8
in the main deck
Win rate
66%
4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Elves 1.5% 100%
UG (unclassified) 0.3% 50%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Multani's Acolyte100%61.0
Llanowar Elves100%40.7
Gaea's Cradle100%40.7
Deranged Hermit100%34.9
Fyndhorn Elves92%51.6
Anger92%44.7
Quirion Ranger92%37.3
Nantuko Vigilante92%28.0
Survival of the Fittest92%9.7
Squee, Goblin Nabob92%8.6

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Elves
thekingslayer in Premodern Challenge 16		 7-1
88%
Elves
Curran Delahanty in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event		 4-2
67%
Elves
Pablo Figueroa (Sato) in Kikopen 4		 4-2
67%
Elves
Pablo Figueroa (Sato) in Copa Mentalidad de Turba 4		 3-2
60%
Elves
Patrick Dooley in Mogg Monthly: All Hallow's Eve		 3-3
50%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Elves
Patrick Dooley, 		3 main #8
of 25
3-3
Elves
Pablo Figueroa (Sato), 		4 main #10
of 28
3-2
Elves
thekingslayer, 		4 main #1
of 24
7-1
Elves
thekingslayer, 		4 main 5-0
Elves
thekingslayer, 		4 main 5-0
Elves
anabol, 		3 main 5-0
Elves
undie, 		4 main #27
of 27
0-2
Elves
Curran Delahanty, 		4 main #6
of 24
4-2

Commander In 186 of 6520 decks (2.9%), most in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Staple: main deck, 3% of decks (#485)

Share of decks
2.9%
▲ 0.5 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 3.0% 2026-08-24: 2.6% 2026-08-31: 1.9% 2026-09-07: 2.8% 2026-09-14: 2.6% 2026-09-21: 2.0% 2026-09-28: 3.0% 2026-10-05: 3.1% 2026-10-12: 2.9% 2026-10-19: 3.1% 2026-10-26: 2.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
190
190 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
37%
58 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 7.3% 0%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer 1.0% 89%
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu 0.8% 100%
Brigid, Clachan's Heart 0.6% 79%
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard 0.3% 85%
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds 0.1% 100%
Selvala, Explorer Returned 0.1% 100%
Yeva, Nature's Herald 0.1% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Llanowar Elves99%5.3
Birds of Paradise99%2.2
Delighted Halfling98%3.0
Crop Rotation98%2.9
Fyndhorn Elves97%6.3
Gaea's Cradle97%2.7
Boseiju, Who Endures97%2.1
Elvish Mystic96%5.9
Elvish Spirit Guide96%2.5
Badgermole Cub95%3.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Zeke Maxwell [Monolith] in The Haunted Badlands		 4-1
80%
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Micky McIntosh in Bards and Cards Anniversary C-EDH Tourny		 4-1
80%
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Muffinman in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH		 5-2
71%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Dylan Smith in OBG & Draw Dawgz Presents: Dawg Pile CEDH Tournament		 3-2
60%
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Luna Boland [NAUS] in [518] Northern Wardens Fringe Fest: The Third		 3-2
60%
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
Craig Howard in Spells and Scares CEDH Tournament		 4-3
57%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Bad boy Bertram in Sharkcon 2		 3-3
50%
Yeva, Nature's Herald
Sean Jellesmark in Sharkcon 2		 3-3
50%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Nate bolin, 		1 main #9
of 29
2-3
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Casey "Neomi" Nakamura ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, 		1 main #28
of 29
0-3
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Ian Koplin, 		1 main #16
of 74
2-4
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Andrew Barr, 		1 main #58
of 74
0-3
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Jarod Jordan, 		1 main #5
of 19
0-1
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Liam Maiher, 		1 main #5
of 58
2-2
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Styrofoam, 		1 main #8
of 105
2-1
Master Chef + Volo, Itinerant Scholar
Brandon Tucker [LIAR], 		1 main #6
of 65
2-2