Lolth, Spider Queen
Legendary Planeswalker — Lolth
Whenever a creature you control dies, put a loyalty counter on Lolth.
0: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
−3: Create two 2/1 black Spider creature tokens with menace and reach.
−8: You get an emblem with "Whenever an opponent is dealt combat damage by one or more creatures you control, if that player lost less than 8 life this turn, they lose life equal to the difference."
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $5.02
- EDHREC rank
- #3917
Lolth, Spider Queen turns every creature death into loyalty and every loyalty activation into a pair of deathtouch spiders — a self-sustaining engine that punishes board wipes and trades in equal measure. The five-mana cost is real, but she pays it back immediately in boards where creatures die regularly, and Shelob, Child of Ungoliant decks in particular treat her as a core piece rather than a luxury.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant makes every spider matter, and Lolth, Spider Queen generates an endless stream of them while converting each creature death into loyalty — the two cards form a closed loop of tokens, deathtouch, and card advantage that defines the archetype.
Carth the Lion
Carth the Lion gives every planeswalker an extra loyalty counter on entry and lets them tick up faster, which means Lolth, Spider Queen reaches her ultimate sooner and survives removal more easily — a direct mechanical upgrade to what she already wants to do.
Massacre Girl
Massacre Girl kills the board repeatedly, and every creature death in that wipe ticks Lolth, Spider Queen up — she enters the clean aftermath with a full loyalty counter stack and immediately starts rebuilding your side with spider tokens.
Thantis, the Warweaver
Thantis, the Warweaver forces all-out attacks every turn, guaranteeing a steady stream of creature deaths that fuel Lolth, Spider Queen's loyalty gain and keep the spider token production engine running without any additional setup.
Ayara, First of Locthwain
Ayara, First of Locthwain drains opponents whenever a black creature enters, and the 2/1 spider tokens Lolth, Spider Queen produces are black — each activation translates directly into both a body and a drain trigger.
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 |
Commander is where Lolth, Spider Queen is worth talking about — multiplayer creature death is constant, loyalty accumulates fast, and the spider token factory is genuinely difficult to race. In Modern and Pioneer she's legal but irrelevant; five mana for a planeswalker with no immediate board impact and no protection is not where those formats want to be. Legacy and Vintage are similarly hostile territory, and the lack of Standard legality removes her from the most-played competitive environment entirely. Stick to Commander — that's where the design clicks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If Lolth, Spider Queen is out of reach, Rankle, Master of Pranks and Bitterblossom both provide repeatable black token generation at a lower price point, though neither replaces the death-trigger loyalty gain or the deathtouch stapling that makes her uniquely resilient. Vraska, Relic Seeker is a closer philosophical match as a black-adjacent token-producing planeswalker but costs more, not less — so the real budget substitute is leaning on individual pieces like Ophiomancer for recurring deathtouch creatures rather than finding a single card that does the same job.
Price Context
Current price
$5.02 mid tier
At $5.02, Lolth, Spider Queen sits in the mid tier — affordable enough to slot into a focused spider or aristocrats build without budget anguish, expensive enough that you're not grabbing a spare copy on a whim. Given her narrow but high-density home in Shelob, Child of Ungoliant decks, the price is stable and warranted.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.