Superior Foes of Spider-Man
Creature — Human Rogue Villain
Trample
Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater, you may exile the top card of your library. If you do, you may play that card until you exile another card with this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #17334
Superior Foes of Spider-Man lands a villain creature onto the battlefield and replaces itself with a card draw, all on one card — the tempo gain is real. The cost is that it's locked to the Marvel universes framework, so it only does work in decks built around those synergies, with Gwen Stacy being the clearest home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy's engine rewards villains entering the battlefield, and Superior Foes of Spider-Man both tutors one out and draws a card in the same motion — that's two triggers compressed into a single spell slot.
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 |
Superior Foes of Spider-Man is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though its relevance in non-rotating formats is narrow without dedicated villain tribal support. In Commander it's at its best, where the card-draw rider offsets the tempo cost of a three-mana spell and villain synergies compound across a longer game. Competitive non-Commander formats have no established villain shell to slot it into, so its presence there is purely casual or experimental.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Superior Foes of Spider-Man sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying next to nothing for a card with genuine value in the right shell. Bulk rares with tribal utility tend to stay cheap indefinitely unless a breakout Commander deck moves demand, so treat it as a low-risk pickup and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gwen Stacy
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.