Chaos Worm 

Cost: 5

Race: Parasite Worm

Civilization: Darkness

Type: Creature

Rules Text:

·         Evolution – Put on one of your Parasite Worms.

·         When you put this creature into the battle zone, you may destroy one of your opponent’s creatures.

Power: 5000
 

A lot of duelists rely solely on hype and popularity, which is probably one of the many reasons why we’re having a worm week.  Worms, despite their competitive advantages, are underused and receive little recognition.  They don’t make you as cool as Armored Dragon Duelists, nor as popular as Bombazar players.  As we’ve seen this week, however, worms are able to outmaneuver and control our opponents.  Chaos Worm is no exception.

 

As far as power, evolution creatures typically have above average power, but that is not the case with Chaos Worm.  5000 power for 5 mana isn’t the best but it’s still admissible.  It allows Chaos Worm to avoid some of the fire destruction spells and take out a wide range of creatures.  Chaos Worm’s, true advantage, however is its effect.  As soon as it hits the field, not only do you get a 5000 power fattie, but you also get to destroy one of your opponent’s creatures.  There are no exceptions or exclusions, which is why it’s fantastic.  On top of that, Chaos Worm does not get summoning sickness, so after you blow up a creature you get to attack.

 

Let’s take a look at a typical scenario with worm decks…  Your opponent breaks one of your shields, which happens to be a Gregorian Worm (it’s summoned right away).  Now on your turn, you get to evolve Gregorian into a Chaos Worm, blow up a creature, and then attack your opponent’s tapped creature.  This 2-for-1 combo is priceless and as far as we’ve seen, no other creature’s abilities compare to Chaos Worm’s ability to cause double destruction.  Just use it and abuse it!

 

The Good:  Summon Chaos Worm to blow up a creature then attack immediately for a second kill… 2-for-1.

 

The Bad:  Evolution creatures usually pack a lot more power.

 

The Ugly:  Again, worms aren’t very popular and even though you can make a very inexpensive competitive deck with them, people will often opt to go with a newb dragon deck.

 

Constructed Rating: 4/5 – Summon, destroy, and then destroy some more! 

 

Limited Rating: 2/5 –  Most worms aren’t worth putting into a limited deck. 

 

Please feel free to post your comments, questions, and/or objections on the Message Board and I’ll be more than happy to respond.  Happy dueling!

- DRY 1337