Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
Legendary Creature — Vampire Villain
Lifelink
Morlun enters with X +1/+1 counters on him.
When Morlun enters, he deals X damage to target opponent.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10465
Morlun, Devourer of Spiders hits the table as a recursive threat that eats Spiders and Insects for free — every kill trigger snowballs his stats while removing blockers. The cost is a narrow tribal dependency that does nothing in the wrong deck.
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 |
Morlun, Devourer of Spiders is a Commander card in the truest sense — the 100-card singleton format is the only place where you can build a dedicated Spider or Insect shell deep enough to make his ability fire consistently. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Legacy, he's too slow and too conditional; a five-mana creature that needs specific creature types on the board to do anything beyond vanilla beatdown won't clear the bar. Pioneer and Standard are legal but face the same problem: you're relying on a synergy engine when the format demands threats that function independently. Commander is where the payoff lands, specifically as the head of a Spider-tribal deck or as a top-end threat in an Insect build.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Morlun, Devourer of Spiders isn't available yet, which usually means it's a recent release still finding its market floor. Pick it up early if Spider or Insect tribal is your target — new tribal pieces from high-profile sets tend to settle quickly once speculators move on.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.