Goliath Spider
Creature — Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #24626
Goliath Spider puts a 6/4 reach body on the board for seven mana — that's the entire pitch. The cost is steep enough that almost any green deck has better ways to fill that slot.
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 |
Goliath Spider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 6/4 reach for seven generic and two green competes against Sentinel of the Eternal Watch, Webweaver Centaur, and a dozen other reach bodies that either cost less or do more. In Legacy and Vintage, the card simply doesn't exist as a consideration. Goliath Spider is bulk in every format it's legal in.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Goliath Spider sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — it has no competitive demand and no meaningful Commander niche to prop up the price. Buy it if a cube or casual Spider-tribal build genuinely needs the slot; otherwise, there's no reason to seek it out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.