Curse of Clinging Webs
Enchantment — Aura Curse
Enchant player
Whenever a nontoken creature enchanted player controls dies, exile it and you create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Midnight Hunt Commander
- Price
- $3.27
- EDHREC rank
- #7365
Curse of Clinging Webs locks down an opponent's graveyard by replacing every creature death with a tapped Spider token — slowing recursion decks cold while generating board presence for free. The two-mana enchantment asks almost nothing and punishes everything from Eternal Scourge loops to value engines that lean on dying creatures; in Shelob, Child of Ungoliant decks it's not a flex slot, it's a core piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant turns every Spider token that Curse of Clinging Webs generates into a deathtouch, indestructible threat, and when those Spiders connect, they web up yet more tokens — the card is practically a second copy of Shelob's own text box.
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant rewards creatures with power less than their toughness, and the 2/3 Spider tokens Curse of Clinging Webs creates hit that threshold immediately — free attackers that dodge Tadeas's restriction while also locking down enemy graveyards.
Thantis, the Warweaver
Thantis, the Warweaver forces all creatures to attack each turn, meaning opponents will constantly be feeding creatures into combat and then watching them turn into your Spider tokens via Curse of Clinging Webs — a soft lock on recursion that also stocks your board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Curse of Clinging Webs earns its slot — graveyard synergies are ubiquitous at four-player tables, and a two-mana enchantment that shuts off one opponent's recursion engine while drip-feeding you 2/3 bodies is a real ask. Oathbreaker plays out similarly, with the smaller table making the targeted Curse land harder and faster. Legacy and Vintage see no meaningful play for it; those formats move too fast for a symmetry-breaking enchantment that relies on creatures dying in controlled ways to generate value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Eternal ScourgeCurse of Clinging WebsAshnod's Altar
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$3.27 cheap tier
At $3.27, Curse of Clinging Webs sits at the high end of the cheap tier but is fully justified by how central it is to Shelob, Child of Ungoliant builds — over 13,000 decks run it, and that sustained demand keeps the price stable.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.