Skysnare Spider
Creature — Spider
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #15754
Skysnare Spider puts a 5/6 reach vigilance body on the board for six mana — relevant stats that patrol both the ground and the air simultaneously. The cost is steep for competitive tables, but in Shelob, Child of Ungoliant decks the Spider is a tribal piece that earns its slot on raw size alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant turns every Spider into a potential food-and-copy engine, and Skysnare Spider's 5/6 reach vigilance body is exactly the kind of threat that survives long enough to trigger that value — blocking fliers while Shelob goes to work.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skysnare Spider doesn't see play in competitive Constructed — six mana for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no immediate board impact is well below the bar in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer. Pauper is the one exception worth noting: reach is genuinely scarce at common, and the vigilance stapling means it attacks without dropping your air defense, which matters in a format with limited answers. Commander is where Skysnare Spider finds its real home, almost exclusively in Shelob, Child of Ungoliant tribal lists where Spider synergies justify running otherwise mid-rate cards.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Skysnare Spider is deep bulk — buy a playset for under a dollar and never think about it again. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate, so grab it for the synergy and treat the cost as negligible.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.