Gloomwidow
Creature — Spider
Reach
This creature can block only creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #25237
Gloomwidow is a 3/3 reach spider for three mana that gains flying until end of turn when a spell with flying is cast — a narrow combat trick stapled to a body that only shines in one specific matchup. Against non-flying decks it's a vanilla 3/3, which is simply not good enough for three mana in any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gloomwidow sees essentially no play in competitive formats. In Modern and Legacy, a 3/3 for three with a conditional ability doesn't clear the bar when green has access to far more efficient threats. In Commander, it's a fringe consideration only in dedicated spider tribal builds helmed by commanders like Ishkanah, Grafwidow — even there it sits near the bottom of the inclusion list. The anti-flying trigger is too situational to rely on in a 100-card singleton format where you can't guarantee the condition fires.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Gloomwidow is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in bulk boxes and draft chaff piles. There's no competitive demand driving a price increase, so treat it as a free pickup for a spider tribal theme and nothing more.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.