In the Web of War
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control enters, it gets +2/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.90
- EDHREC rank
- #18141
In the Web of War gives every creature you play haste and a +2/+0 pump until end of turn — a permanent, stackable anthem-with-speed stapled to your creature deployment. Five mana is real, but in any red deck that floods the board, this enchantment pulls more weight than most five-drops.
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 |
In the Web of War is a Commander card through and through — the payoff scales with the number of creatures you're deploying per turn, and only multiplayer go-wide strategies reliably hit that threshold. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all technically legal, but five mana for a conditional haste enchantment doesn't compete with the efficient threats and interaction available in those formats. Commander is where it earns its slot: token doublers, creature storm, and sacrifice-loop shells all generate enough entries to make In the Web of War feel like a continuous combat anthem rather than a one-shot effect.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.90 bulk tier
At $0.90, In the Web of War sits in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw into any red creature deck without deliberation. Bulk enchantments with narrow appeal tend to stay flat, so don't expect movement, but for under a dollar the effect-to-cost ratio is strong enough that the price is simply not a reason to skip it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.