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Spider-Punk

SPM · rare · Released 2025-09-26

Power

brawl
tier-1Game-defining
commander
tier-1Game-defining

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

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

synergy

wants support

takes over

can take over a game

rigid

one mode

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
anti-counterspellshatebearsstax-prison
negative:
controlcombo

Roles

hatebearlordevasion-grantstax-piece

Risks

pip-heavyremoval-magnetcolor-locked

Mechanics

mech-riot

Typal

synergy:
spider
anti:

—

Structural

static-abilitytriggered-ability

Rationale

Spider-Punk is a 2cmc 2/1 legendary that enters with riot (counter or haste), grants riot to other Spiders, makes all spells and abilities uncounterable, and prevents damage prevention — a potent hatebear stapling Grand Abolisher-style protection onto a damage-prevention shutdown. The anti-counter static is nearly universal value in any red shell, while the damage-can't-be-prevented clause hoses protection abilities and fog effects; spider tribal synergy is narrow but real. Fragile at 2/1 and must-answer which makes it a removal magnet.

Learnings (3)

  • Spider-Punk's 'spells and abilities can't be countered' is a global static ability — it shuts down not just counterspells but also activated/triggered abilities that counter spells (e.g. Disallow targeting a triggered ability is irrelevant; only the countering of spells themselves is stopped).

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The 'damage can't be prevented' clause nullifies protection abilities (e.g. Teferi's Protection damage component, Circle of Protection), regeneration shields, and fog effects, making it a hard counter to combat-prevention strategies even outside Spider tribal.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • Riot on Spider-Punk gives a choice at ETB — taking the +1/+1 counter makes it a 3/2 which survives more removal; taking haste makes it immediately threatening but leaves it at 2/1 fragility.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #4,126

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