Hidden Spider
Enchantment
When an opponent casts a creature spell with flying, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 3/5 Spider creature with reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #19824
Hidden Spider enters as a 1/3 reach blocker for two mana — passable stats for stopping fliers, unremarkable at everything else. It's a filler creature that never graduates to a real card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hidden Spider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance in any of them. In Commander, a 1/3 reach for two mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no text beyond its creature type earns a slot in almost no decks — Spider tribal under Ishkanah, Grafwidow is the only context where it might see the inside of a deck, and even there it's competing with Spiders that actually do something. In Pauper, where cheap efficient creatures matter most, Hidden Spider's stats fall short of the format's baseline. Treat it as bulk in every format where it's legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Hidden Spider sits firmly in bulk territory. That price is unlikely to move — there's no competitive demand and no Commander archetype large enough to create a spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.