Big Ol' Spiddies

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Budget Tribal

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Land (37)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Hashep Oasis
• 1x Hostile Desert
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Arachnus Web
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Crawling Sensation
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Vessel of Nascency

Creature (23)

• 1x Acid Web Spider
• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Arachnus Spinner
• 1x Brass Herald
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Glowspore Shaman
• 1x Graverobber Spider
• 1x Hatchery Spider
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Jungle Weaver
• 1x Mindwrack Demon
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Penumbra Spider
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Stingerfling Spider
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x World Shaper

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Spider Spawning
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Skeleton Key
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Instant (7)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Putrefy

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska, Relic Seeker

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Sorcery (1)

• 1x Harvest Season

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"Most spiders of Llanowar disdain elvish alliances. No elf has as many beautiful eyes or as many strong arms".

-Mammoth Spider flavor text

Big 'Ol Spiddies: Value-Based Spider Tribal

Welcome to the thiccest commander deck out there, (Move over, Doran, the Siege Tower) jam-packed with the best value that around $130 can buy. Get ready to cast some big booty bois, beseech your friends with bois with reach, and become increasingly more delirious from all the value you'll be generating while laughing maniacally as you win with one of the worst creature types on the market.

Step 1 to Value Town: Delirium Show

First step to getting value is throwing some garbage in your graveyard.

• Crawling Sensation: Trickles more cards into our graveyard AND gets us some smol friends to chump. Also you can cycle stuff like Desert of the Indomitable to get a boi on your opponent's turn for combat shenanigans.
• World Shaper: Criminally underrated in all of EDH, in my opinion. Even though it isn't a spider, this merfolk can function like a dredge beater in the early game, and can probably get a couple triggers, as nobody really wants to kill the guy because of how much it will ramp you.
• Vessel of Nascency: Really nice for enabling delirium. Often just this card and a little luck can turn it on. Just don't get too attached to your instants and sorceries.

The rest of the graveyard package is pretty standard, Grisly Salvage-like cards and dredge stuff.

Step 2 to Profit City: Golgari Flicker Show

After we cast Ishkanah, we need something to make more spiders. 4 is not nearly enough. Unfortunately flickering Ishkanah is more difficult in Golgari. We can make do.

• Conjurer's Closet: 3 Spiders a turn?
• Panharmonicon: 6 spiders a turn?
• Helm of the Host: big 'ol value equipment that also gives a second Ishkanah

We also have some good ETB's for redundancy: Hornet Queen, (probably better than our commander honestly) Acidic Slime, or Rune-Scarred Demon are all solid.

INFINITE COMBO ALERT

With Nim Deathmantle, Ashnod's Altar, and our commander under delirium we can get infinite spiders and mana, easily winning the game on the spot. First we equip Ishkanah with the Deathmantle and sac her to the altar. pay the 4 and sac 2 of the spiders to get 4 more mana, and by sacrificing Ishkanah again we gain 2 mana and a spider every cycle. Some people may say running an infinite combo like this is scummy, but in the end we're running goddamn spider tribal, at least we're not running food chain combo or something.

Step 3 to Expense Village: ??? Show

If you can't get a kill by making infinite spiders, you might be dumb, but also fortunately there are other options here.

• Obelisk of Urd: basically free +2/+2 to your spiders
• Adaptive Automaton: basically a not free +1/+1 with a fake spider. Lame. (but still good I guess)
• Brass Herald: Card advantage and an anthem on the same body, however, this robot is not even remotely a spider unlike Adaptive Automaton.
• Illusionist's Bracers: If 1 Ishkanah activation and a truckload of spiddies isn't good enough to kill someone, 2 will surely do.
• Growing Rites of Itlimoc  : Good in any token deck, but we can make 4 bodies instantly with our commander. Once flipped you can use it to get some big boi mana.

Step 4 to Amount Bungalow: Profit and a Spider Synopsis Show

The reason we're running spiders (other than anything else in this write-up) is Kindred Summons. Ishkanah summons a total of 4 spiders. If we can Kindred Summons with just these 4, we get at minimum, 14 mana worth of silky value. Also Arachnogenesis, just wanted to make that clear.

Now, for the

TOP TEN SPIDERS OF ALL TIME (GONE SEXUAL) (GONE WILD)

10) Obelisk Spider: Well, it's a spider. Not a bad effect, but not synergistic with our game plan. 1/4 is nice for Assault Formation.

9) Jungle Weaver: I literally forgot about this spiddy when writing this. He's never bad, but the only time you want him to come out is through Kindred Summons.

8) Acid Web Spider: Depends on the deck you're facing. In a 4 person match, you will nearly always find a target. Otherwise, it may be difficult.

7) Graverobber Spider: Seems good, but you can do better for 4 mana. Normally we have better things to use our mana for, but he definitely can shine if the stars align. Or Illusionist's Bracers.

6) Penumbra Spider: A pauper all star, and can get some nice value. Nothing bad, but not to much good or unique either.

5) Stingerfling Spider: Unlike Acid Web Spider, we can always find a target for this guy. Killing stuff is nice, and destroying someone's commander with this is great.

4) Silklash Spider: A spider board clear! But only for fliers. Oh well, I guess there had to be a catch.

3) Nyx Weaver: A card I would run even if the deck wasn't about spiders! Not that I would make a deck without spiders.

2) Arachnus Spinner / Arachnus Web: Whew lad, repeatable removal from the grave, and tribal payoff! All around great card.

1) Hatchery Spider: Big boi value, put stuff in graveyard, get stuff from deck. Great boi. Absolute Unit.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.83
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Insect 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Pirate 2/2 B, Spider 1/2 G, Spider 2/4 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Copy Unashamedly, intresting, EDH, ideas