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Madame Web, Clairvoyant

SPM · uncommon · Released 2025-09-26

Power

brawl
trapNiche payofftrap
commander
trapNiche payofftrap

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

under

below rate

incremental

minor value alone

build around

needs a shell

scales

scales up

rigid

one mode

narrow

situational

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
spellslingermillself-mill
negative:
aggrovoltronburn

Roles

top-deck-manipulationcard-advantagerepeatable-card-drawspellslinger-payoff

Risks

slow-setuprequires-tribe-densityattack-trigger-onlycommander-dependent

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
spider
anti:

Structural

static-abilitytriggered-ability

Rationale

Madame Web is a 6-mana 4/4 that provides persistent top-of-library access and lets you cast Spider spells and noncreature spells directly from the top of your library, acting as a value engine in blue spider-tribal or spellslinger shells. The attack-triggered self-mill helps cycle through the library to set up future casts, but the full package requires attacking and having Spiders or noncreature spells on top, making it situational and slow. Best as a commander for mono-blue Spider tribal or a value piece in spellslinger decks that appreciate topdeck casting.

Learnings (3)

  • Madame Web's noncreature-spell casting clause works regardless of Spider tribal density, making her a reasonable spellslinger commander even without heavy Spider synergies.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The self-mill attack trigger is optional and synergizes with setting up the top of the library — you can mill over a creature you don't want to 'dig' to a noncreature spell for free casting.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • At 6 mana in mono-blue, she competes with stronger blue commanders but is one of very few Spider-tribal enablers in the color, making her nearly mandatory as a commander for that archetype.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #12,756