Spiders · Commander / EDH

Spider Commander Decks

Two thirds of all spiders have reach, which makes them the best defensive tribe in the format and is also the problem — a wall of blockers does not close a game. The good lists pair them with a payoff for going wide.

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Spider Defense — Wall Up, Then Swing

Stall the board with reach and deathtouch spiders, drain and control opponents with Shelob's fight triggers and token generation, then finish the game with mass pump effects.

100 cards$116.22 totallegality-checked

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Commanders that care about spiders

Legendary spiders whose rules text actually names the creature type — these reward building around the tribe, rather than just belonging to it. Ordered by current market price, which is the closest thing to a popularity signal we can honestly compute.

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Miles Morales // Ultimate Spider-Man

Legendary Creature — Human Citizen Hero // Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

{1}{G}$5.29

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Art by Zoltan Boros

Cosmic Spider-Man

Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}$4.05

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Art by Thanh Tuấn

Peter Parker // Amazing Spider-Man

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero // Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

{1}{W}$3.96

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Art by Carlos Dattoli

Superior Spider-Man

Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

{2}{U}{B}$2.63

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Art by Forrest Imel

Spider-Punk

Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

{1}{R}$1.87

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Art by Lorenzo Mastroianni

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Legendary Creature — Spider Demon

{4}{B}{G}$1.77

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Art by Christine Choi

Ishkanah, Grafwidow

Legendary Creature — Spider

{4}{G}$0.91

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Art by Javier Charro

Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly

Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

{1}{R}{G}$0.42

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Art by Filipe Pagliuso

Spider-Ham, Peter Porker

Legendary Creature — Spider Boar Hero

{1}{G}$0.41

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The spider support package

Cards that are not spiders themselves but name them in their rules text — the lords, anthems, tutors and payoffs that turn a pile of creatures into a deck. 26 of them are legal in Commander.

Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex

{2}{G}

Legendary Creature — Pest // Sorcery

$11.92Buy on Mana Pool

Arachnogenesis

{2}{G}

Instant

$7.46Buy on Mana Pool

Lolth, Spider Queen

{3}{B}{B}

Legendary Planeswalker — Lolth

$5.45Buy on Mana Pool

Swarmyard

Land

$4.68Buy on Mana Pool

Swarmyard Massacre

{3}{B}{B}

Sorcery

$4.56Buy on Mana Pool

Curse of Clinging Webs

{2}{G}

Enchantment — Aura Curse

$1.76Buy on Mana Pool

Spider-Verse

{3}{R}{R}

Enchantment

$1.28Buy on Mana Pool

Origin of Spider-Man

{1}{W}

Enchantment — Saga

$0.50Buy on Mana Pool

Blech, Loafing Pest

{1}{B}{G}

Legendary Creature — Pest

$0.37Buy on Mana Pool

Mary Jane Watson

{1}{G/W}

Legendary Creature — Human Performer

$0.32Buy on Mana Pool

Where spiders live

Color identity of every legal spider in the format. This is what decides your commander's colors before you pick a single card.

Under a dollar

Playable spiders currently under $1 — the cheap end of the pool, priced from the least expensive real printing.

Dragonlair Spider

{2}{R}{R}{G}{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.63Buy on Mana Pool

Sporeweb Weaver

{2}{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.52Buy on Mana Pool

Silklash Spider

{3}{G}{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.50Buy on Mana Pool

Radioactive Spider

{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.47Buy on Mana Pool

Sweet-Gum Recluse

{4}{G}{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.46Buy on Mana Pool

Rotwidow Pack

{2}{B}{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.45Buy on Mana Pool

Spinner of Souls

{2}{G}

Creature — Spider Spirit

$0.43Buy on Mana Pool

Hatchery Spider

{5}{G}{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.39Buy on Mana Pool

Juvenile Gloomwidow

{G}{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.35Buy on Mana Pool

Mirkwood Spider

{G}

Creature — Spider

$0.33Buy on Mana Pool

Ancient Spider

{2}{G}{W}

Creature — Spider

$0.33Buy on Mana Pool

Frostweb Spider

{2}{G}

Snow Creature — Spider

$0.33Buy on Mana Pool

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