A wild Iskhanah, Grafwidow appears!

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Ramp

Kroxloq

Creature (25)

• 1x Acid Web Spider
• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Aquastrand Spider
• 1x Arachnus Spinner
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Blightwidow
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Deadly Recluse
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Jungle Weaver
• 1x Kessig Recluse
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Oran-Rief Recluse
• 1x Penumbra Spider
• 1x Renowned Weaver
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Stingerfling Spider
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Watcher in the Web

Instant (7)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Second Harvest

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Arachnus Web
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Vessel of Nascency
• 1x Wound Reflection
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Voyager Staff

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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Maybeboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Arachnoid
• 1x Archweaver
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Graverobber Spider
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Juvenile Gloomwidow
• 1x Netcaster Spider
• 1x Sentinel Spider
• 1x Skysnare Spider
• 1x Sweet-Gum Recluse
• 1x Twin-Silk Spider

Land (6)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Ranger's Path
• 1x Ransack the Lab
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Spider Spawning

Instant (6)

• 1x Gloomwidow's Feast
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Supernatural Stamina

Artifact (9)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Font of Fertility

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You're about to be eaten by Ishkanah and her brood! Now that there is a spider tribe EDH general, I couldn't resist the temptation so here she is!

General strategy revolves around getting as many spiders as possible onto the battlefield and then striking directly at player life totals through Ishkanah, Grafwidow 's activated ability. Throw in a healthy dose of team pump up effects to take advantage of having a spider army and hopefully one of those conditions will win the game.

I included plenty of spider cards to play defense, get spider count up, and be ready to chump block if needed. Silklash Spider , Stingerfling Spider , Acid Web Spider are some of the more useful ones I believe. Spiders are an under-represented tribe in my opinion, so choosing which spiders stay and which were cut was difficult. Speaking to Ishkanah's ability, I don't necessarily need good spiders, just quantity of spiders, so I have added a bunch of the lower CMC ones instead of some of their beefier cousins. This helps us get spider count up and save mana for activating Ishkanah.

But getting spiders out on the battlefield is not enough for this deck, as we must worry about Ishkanah's Delirium requirement to get this deck to function. Filling up the graveyard in Green/Black is not hard fortunately. Nyx Weaver helps here and is a spider to boot. Ever reliable Life from the Loam , Stinkweed Imp and other effects help fill the yard. Crop Rotation is amazing, getting 2 types into the graveyard instantly and getting whatever land I need, usually Swarmyard or Gaea's Cradle . Vessel of Nascency , Sakura-Tribe Elder and Renowned Weaver help get creatures/enchantments into the yard. Tree of Tales and Vault of Whispers are delirium enablers as well, helping me with the "artifact" category.

Speaking of getting more spiders, Panharmonicon , Parallel Lives and of course Doubling Season all help throw down with spiders left and right. Second Harvest some tokens out at an end step for pseudo-haste or just to tick up damage on Ishkanah's activated ability.

To further abuse ETB effects I included Conjurer's Closet and Erratic Portal to cast Iskhanah from my hand, or bounce a threat from an opponent if they are tapped out. The Erratic Portal can save important creatures (like Seedborn Muse ) or get more value from Eternal Witness .

I chose artifacts with some way to either die or sac to help with that category, which is why I went with Expedition Map and Golgari Cluestone over a more permanent Darksteel Ingot . It's important to make sure we're consistently hitting the 4 categories in the graveyard to trigger Delirium, these artifacts send themselves to the grave with some benefit.

Paying for spider venom is costly. To drain our victims we must hit big mana reliably. Caged Sun , Zendikar Resurgent and obviously Gaea's Cradle help us get multiple Iskhanah activations per turn. If the engine is running and Seedborn Muse is in play, the venom will start to take its toll. Rings of Brighthearth further enhances the mana efficiency of spider bites.

Overall, probably not the most competitive deck, but certainly fun and very themed. Spider dream FTW!

Thought for the day: Throw a board wipe or two into this deck? Added some potentials to the maybe board

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 31 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Enchantment Spider 1/3 G Token, Spider 1/2 G, Spider 2/4 B
Folders	stuff for commander maybe