Woolly Spider
Creature — Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever this creature blocks a creature with flying, this creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Anthologies
- Price
- $1.33
- EDHREC rank
- #24184
Woolly Spider blocks fliers and kills them — 2/4 reach for three mana that trades up against most flying threats. The stats are fine for Limited circa 1993; in any constructed format today, three mana for a vanilla-adjacent blocker is a steep ask.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Woolly Spider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 2/4 reach creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no text beyond reach competes against green's deep bench of utility creatures — it doesn't make the cut. Pauper is the only format where its floor matters at all, and even there dedicated spider-tribal lists are fringe at best. Legacy and Vintage don't need the card to exist.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$1.33 cheap tier
At $1.33, Woolly Spider is overpriced for what it does — that's collector or nostalgia premium on an Alpha-era common, not competitive demand. Don't expect the price to reflect playability.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.