Smaug, Wicked Worm is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying When Smaug enters, create X tapped Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control. Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Complete guide
Smaug, Wicked Worm is a powerful legendary Dragon that capitalizes on your opponents' riches while providing incredible card advantage. By turning your opponents' artifacts into hoard of Treasure for yourself, Smaug ensures your subsequent spells keep your hand full.
The Hoard Gathers
When Smaug, Wicked Worm enters the battlefield, its triggered ability checks the number of artifacts your opponents control. It creates a tapped Treasure token for each one. This check happens only once as the ability resolves, so changing the number of artifacts in response can affect the total tokens created.
Spending the Spoils
Smaug features a triggered ability that triggers whenever you cast a spell, provided at least one mana from a Treasure was spent to pay its costs. This trigger goes on the stack on top of the spell you just cast. Even if you spend mana from multiple Treasures, the ability only triggers once per spell, resulting in one card drawn and one life lost.
The Tapped Limitation
The Treasures created by Smaug enter the battlefield tapped. This means you generally cannot use them the same turn Smaug arrives unless you have a way to untap them. Plan your turns accordingly, as the card draw engine requires you to wait until these tokens are ready to be sacrificed for mana.
Strategic Timing
Because Smaug scales with your opponents' boards, it is most effective in multiplayer games or against decks heavy on mana rocks and equipment. It serves as both a formidable 5/5 flying threat and a specialized engine that punishes opponents for playing artifacts by fueling your own spell velocity.
Interaction examples
Smaug, Wicked Worm
Solemn SimulacrumIf an opponent controls a Solemn Simulacrum when Smaug, Wicked Worm enters the battlefield, Smaug's ability will see that one artifact and create one tapped Treasure token. If the opponent controls multiple artifacts, Smaug creates a token for each one.
Roaming ThroneWith Roaming Throne on the battlefield naming 'Dragon', Smaug, Wicked Worm will trigger twice when it enters. If your opponent controls two artifacts, the first trigger creates two tapped Treasures, and the second trigger creates another two, giving you a total of four.
TreasureAfter Smaug, Wicked Worm is on the battlefield, you untap your Treasures and cast a spell. By sacrificing a Treasure to pay for part of that spell's cost, Smaug's second ability triggers. You draw a card and lose 1 life before the spell you cast actually resolves.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Smaug, Wicked Worm
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Smaug, Wicked Worm + Emiel the Blessed + Amulet of Vigor
- 1Activate Emiel the Blessed by paying
, blinking Smaug. - 2When Smaug enters, its first ability triggers, creating a number of tapped Treasure tokens.
- 3When the Treasures enter, Amulet of Vigor triggers that many times, untapping the Treasures.
- 4Activate three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 5Repeat.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Thornbite Staff + Smaug, Wicked Worm + Amulet of Vigor
- 1Activate Orthion's first ability by paying
, creating a token copy of Smaug. - 2Put the Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 3The Smaug token's first ability triggers, creating a number of tapped Treasure tokens.
- 4When the Treasures enter, Amulet of Vigor trigger that many times, untapping the Treasures.
- 5Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Smaug, Wicked Worm + Emiel the Blessed + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
- 1Activate Emiel the Blessed by paying , blinking Smaug.
- 2When Smaug enters, its first ability triggers, creating a number of Treasure tokens that enter untapped due to Archelos.
- 3Activate three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Repeat.
Smaug, Wicked Worm + Deadeye Navigator + Amulet of Vigor
- 1Activate Deadeye Navigator by paying
, blinking Smaug. - 2When Smaug enters, its first ability and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Smaug.
- 4Resolve the Smaug trigger, creating a number of tapped Treasure tokens.
- 5When the Treasures enter, Amulet of Vigor triggers that many times, untapping the Treasures.
- 6Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 7Repeat.
Smaug, Wicked Worm + Lilysplash Mentor + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
- 1Activate Lilysplash Mentor by paying
, blinking Smaug. - 2When Smaug enters, its first ability triggers, creating a number of Treasure tokens that enter untapped due to Archelos.
- 3Activate three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Repeat.
Smaug, Wicked Worm + Deadeye Navigator + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
- 1Activate Deadeye Navigator by paying , blinking Smaug.
- 2When Smaug enters, its first ability and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Smaug.
- 4Resolve the Smaug trigger, creating a number of untapped Treasure tokens due to Archelos.
- 5Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Smaug, Wicked Worm + Lilysplash Mentor + Amulet of Vigor
- 1Activate Lilysplash Mentor by paying , blinking Smaug.
- 2When Smaug enters, its first ability triggers, creating a number of tapped Treasure tokens
- 3When the Treasures enter, Amulet of Vigor triggers that many times, untapping the Treasures.
- 4Activate three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 5Repeat.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Thornbite Staff + Smaug, Wicked Worm + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
- 1Activate Orthion's first ability by paying , creating a token copy of Smaug.
- 2Put the Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 3The Smaug token's first ability triggers, creating a number of Treasure tokens that enter untapped due to Archelos
- 4Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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