Root Spider
Creature — Spider
Whenever this creature blocks, it gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #25852
Root Spider is a 2/3 reach creature for four mana that blocks flyers — a job green has long since handed to cheaper, more efficient cards. At four mana for a 2/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no synergy upside, it doesn't make the cut in any serious 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Root Spider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Legacy and Vintage, a four-mana 2/3 with reach competes against formats defined by free spells and two-mana win conditions — it never sees play. In Commander, green has access to Arcades, the Strategist for a defender-tribal shell, Skullclamp synergies with small bodies, and reach creatures that actually advance a game plan; Root Spider does none of that. It's not a card you build around or include incidentally.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Root Spider sits firmly in bulk territory — the price of a card with no demand across any format. It won't appreciate; nothing is coming to make a four-mana 2/3 with reach strategically relevant.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.