First printed in Judgment (2002)
Creature — Nightmare Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you exile a creature you control other than this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
3/4
- Illustrated by
- Thomas M. Baxa
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- You choose which creature you control to exile (if any) as the enters-the-battlefield ability resolves. Once you make that choice, no player may take actions until the chosen creature is exiled or Wormfang Drake is sacrificed and the ability has finished resolving.
- If Wormfang Drake leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, the “leaves-the-battlefield” ability will trigger and resolve first. It won’t return anything. Then the enters-the-battlefield ability will resolve. If you exile a creature you control, it will be exiled indefinitely. Wormfang Drake won’t return it.
- If you don’t control any other creatures as the enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, you must sacrifice Wormfang Drake.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
403 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite blinking of nonland permanents, Infinite creature tokens…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Glorious Protector + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Restoration Angel + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Felidar Guardian + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite blinking of nonland permanents, Infinite creature tokens…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Lumbering Battlement + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite blinking of nonland permanents, Infinite creature tokens…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Phantom Steed + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite blinking of nonland permanents, Infinite creature tokens…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite blinking of nonland permanents, Infinite creature tokens…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Mirror Image + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Icewind Stalwart + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Wispweaver Angel + Wormfang Drake
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB: Clone + Mirror Image + Wormfang Drake