Arachne, Psionic Weaver
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero
Web-slinging 
(You may cast this spell for if you also return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand.)
As Arachne enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose a card type other than creature.
Spells of the chosen type cost 
more to cast.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #12175
Arachne, Psionic Weaver puts a repeatable token-and-draw engine on the board the moment it connects, threatening to bury opponents in card advantage if left unanswered. The cost is a four-mana creature that does nothing until it deals combat damage — removal and chump-blockers both shut it down before you see a single trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Arachne, Psionic Weaver has the most room to operate — evasion-granting effects are abundant, opponents can't coordinate removal as cleanly as a single player, and the incremental card advantage compounds over a long game. In 1v1 formats like Legacy or Modern, the four-mana investment for a damage-trigger payoff is simply too slow against interactive decks that will answer it before it ever connects. Pioneer and Standard offer the most charitable constructed homes, where the card pool is narrower and midrange threats see more play, but it still needs a shell that can protect it and grant evasion reliably to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Arachne, Psionic Weaver sits firmly in bulk territory — low enough to include speculatively without pain. Bulk rares with conditional upside tend to stay flat unless a specific deck breaks them, so treat this as a pickup-and-play price, not an investment.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.