Acid Web Spider
Creature — Spider
Reach
When this creature enters, you may destroy target Equipment.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17873
Acid Web Spider enters as a 2/4 reach blocker that destroys an Equipment on arrival — two relevant effects stapled to one card. Six mana for a 2/4 is overcosted, and in most metas Equipment removal is a conditional luxury, not a necessity.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Acid Web Spider occupies a narrow slot: it punishes Equipment-heavy decks like Syr Gwyn or Nazahn builds but is a dead draw against anyone not suiting up creatures. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are non-starters — six mana for a 2/4 doesn't clear the baseline power threshold in any of those formats, and dedicated artifact removal at those speeds costs a fraction of the mana. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual texture, so the same conditional logic applies: worth sideboarding in a targeted build, not a maindeck staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Acid Web Spider is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the effect. That price reflects its play rate accurately and is unlikely to move without an unexpected spike in Equipment-centric Commander popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.