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Spectacular Spider-Man

PSPL · rare · Released 2025-10-24

Power

brawl
tier-1Strong staple
commander
tier-1Strong staple

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

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

modular

fits anywhere

scales

scales up

flexible

multiple modes

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
voltronaggromidrange
negative:

No active conflicts.

Roles

aggressive-creatureevasive-threatprotection-massblocker

Risks

sacrifice-costonce-per-game

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
humanspider
anti:

Structural

activated-abilitystatic-ability

Rationale

Spectacular Spider-Man is a 2cmc 3/2 flash creature that can gain flying for {1} (making him a flash evasive threat) and can sacrifice himself to grant your whole board hexproof and indestructible until end of turn — a powerful combat/boardwipe protection effect. The flash + flying combination makes him a solid aggressive or voltron threat, and the sacrifice ability is a meaningful mass-protection tool in go-wide or midrange creature decks. However, the protection mode is a one-time sacrifice that consumes the card entirely.

Learnings (3)

  • The sacrifice ability grants protection to ALL creatures you control including itself only if the hexproof/indestructible resolves before it leaves — since the sac is the cost, the protection applies to your other creatures but Spider-Man himself is already gone when the trigger resolves.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • As a 2cmc flash 3/2 with flying available, Spider-Man is a legitimate combat trick: cast at end of opponent's turn, attack on your turn with flying, and hold up the sacrifice protection for their wrath.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The sacrifice protection mode is particularly strong in token-go-wide or combat-centric decks where opponents frequently use mass removal as a reset button — one card protects an entire board.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #3,926