Penumbra Spider
Creature — Spider
Reach
When this creature dies, create a 2/4 black Spider creature token with reach.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #9350
Penumbra Spider enters as a 2/4 reach blocker and leaves behind a 2/4 reach token when it dies — two bodies for four mana is the whole pitch. Paired with Nim Deathmantle or slotted under Shelob, Child of Ungoliant, that death trigger becomes a repeatable engine rather than a consolation prize.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant turns every Spider death into a Food token and every kill into a Spider token, and Penumbra Spider dies twice — meaning it generates two Food and two chances to trigger Shelob's copy effect off kills.
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant rewards creatures with power less than their toughness, and Penumbra Spider's 2/4 stat line qualifies on both the original and the token — two free mana triggers from a single four-mana card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Penumbra Spider is a Commander card through and through — the token payoff is too slow for Pauper aggro and invisible in Legacy and Vintage, where four mana buys interaction, not bodies. In Commander, the combination of reach, a four-toughness wall, and a guaranteed death trigger makes it genuinely useful in Spider tribal, aristocrats, and Shelob decks that want bodies that refuse to disappear. Pauper is technically the second-best home: creature quality is lower there, so a 2/4 that replaces itself on death clears a real bar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarPenumbra Spider
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Penumbra Spider is pure bulk — a pickup cost you'll round up at any card table. Bulk commons with narrow tribal or combo applications don't appreciate, so treat it as a functional four-of if you need it and forget the price entirely.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.