Spider-Man 2099
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero
From the Future — You can't cast Spider-Man 2099 during your first, second, or third turns of the game.
Double strike, vigilance
At the beginning of your end step, if you've played a land or cast a spell this turn from anywhere other than your hand, Spider-Man 2099 deals damage equal to his power to any target.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8505
Spider-Man 2099 hits the board with a self-replacing threat that demands an answer — the question is whether your shell can exploit what it leaves behind. Gwen Stacy decks run it at nearly a 60% clip because the card does real work in that specific engine, but outside Spider-Man tribal the payoff narrows fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gwen Stacy
Spider-Man 2099 slots directly into Gwen Stacy as both a synergy piece and a recursive threat — Gwen's ability to leverage Spider-themed creatures means 2099 is pulling double duty rather than just filling a curve slot.
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter picks up Spider-Man 2099 at roughly a 10% rate, mostly for the value it generates on entry and exit rather than any tribal overlap — it's a role-player here, not a cornerstone.
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 |
Spider-Man 2099 is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Vintage, which gives it broad reach on paper — but constructed formats are a different conversation than Commander. In Commander, it earns its slot almost exclusively in Spider-Man or Gwen Stacy-adjacent builds where the tribal identity compounds its value. In 60-card formats, a card that leans this hard on a creature subtype needs a purpose-built shell to compete, and that shell doesn't currently exist at a meaningful level. Treat this as a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Spider-Man 2099 isn't available in this context — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live numbers before buying. Given its ~60% inclusion rate in Gwen Stacy decks and narrow appeal outside that commander, demand is real but concentrated, so price will track closely with how popular that archetype stays.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gwen Stacy
- Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.