Mary Jane Watson
Legendary Creature — Human Performer
Whenever a Spider you control enters, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #10136
Mary Jane Watson puts a free 1/1 Spider token into play alongside Miles Morales and generates card advantage every time a Spider you control deals combat damage — the engine is on the board the moment she resolves. The cost of running her is low and the upside in a Spider-tribal shell is immediate and real.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Miles Morales
Miles Morales is the natural home: Mary Jane Watson's token enters alongside him and every Spider swinging into open boards fuels the draw engine that keeps the deck moving through the midgame.
Peter Parker
Peter Parker's Spider-tribal gameplan gives Mary Jane Watson constant combat triggers, and the extra body she provides on entry gives you one more attacker to push damage through for card advantage.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mary Jane Watson is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — broad eligibility, but her impact is almost entirely a Commander story. In 60-card formats she's too slow and too tribal-specific to compete with the efficiency those formats demand. In Commander, Spider synergy is a real archetype and she slots directly into the top builds, generating value turn after turn in a multiplayer game where combat happens constantly. Oathbreaker is the one other format where a token-generating, draw-enabling two-drop could realistically pull weight.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Mary Jane Watson is bulk — cheap enough to throw into any Spider build without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow tribal application rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move unless Spider tribal breaks into a competitive format.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Miles Morales
- Peter Parker
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.