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Spider-Man, Peter Parker

Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
mythic
Set
Marvel's Spider-Man Eternal
Price
$12.63
EDHREC rank
#12461
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Spider-Man, Peter Parker card art
Spider-Man, Peter Parker puts a free spell on the stack every time you cast an instant or sorcery — that kind of continuous value engine warps how opponents have to answer you. The closest comparison point for raw output is Walking Ballista in counter-based engines: both demand an immediate answer or spiral out of control.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Spider-Man, Peter Parker — a 100-card singleton environment rewards exactly the kind of incremental advantage an on-cast trigger generates, and the longer game means more spells, more triggers, more pressure. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal, but the two-mana cost and lack of immediate board impact make competitive slots in those formats a tough sell when the format is decided before the value accumulates. Oathbreaker is worth a mention: the format's faster pace and planeswalker-adjacent gameplan can slot Spider-Man in as a spell-heavy support piece.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Aunt MayScurry OakSpider-Man, Peter Parker

Aunt MayScurry OakSpider-Man, Peter Parker

Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Spider-Man, Peter Parker sits in a niche where the closest budget substitutes cover only part of the job — Guttersnipe taxes opponents for each instant or sorcery but doesn't generate card or board advantage the way Peter Parker does. If the goal is pure spell-count payoff, Talrand, Sky Summoner and Murmuring Mystic both create tokens for each instant or sorcery and can be found for under a dollar, though neither replicates the full suite of abilities Spider-Man brings.

Price Context

Current price

$12.63 mid tier

At $12.63, Spider-Man, Peter Parker sits in the mid tier — real money for a single slot, but not the kind of price that should stop you if the engine fits your deck. Licensed crossover cards tend to hold value better than reprinted staples simply because reprint pressure is structurally limited, so this is unlikely to crater.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.