Decimator Web
Artifact
, 
: Target opponent loses 2 life, gets a poison counter, then mills six cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.58
- EDHREC rank
- #15437
Decimator Web drains an opponent for 4, mills them for 4, and puts four -1/-1 counters on their creatures — all on a 4-mana artifact that ticks every upkeep. The catch is that all of this happens slowly, on your upkeep, making it a value engine that wins long games rather than a card that closes out fast ones.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Decimator Web earns a real roster spot — the game goes long enough for multiple upkeep triggers to accumulate, and 40-life totals mean the drain is never trivially irrelevant. In Legacy and Vintage, it's a four-mana artifact that does nothing the turn it enters play, and those formats will kill you before a second upkeep arrives. Oathbreaker can support it in the right slow shell, but the two-player nature of most Oathbreaker games makes the incremental drain less punishing than it is at a four-player table. Anywhere Decimator Web isn't legal, the restriction is academic — it wouldn't see play there anyway.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.58 bulk tier
At $0.58, Decimator Web is deep bulk — a price that reflects its narrow role rather than any recent spike or reprint pressure. It's a stable pickup that won't cost you anything to try, and equally won't appreciate if you're holding copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.