Miles Morales // Ultimate Spider-Man Commander Deck Tech

<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spider-Man, Miles Morales" href="#" target="_blank">Spider-Man, Miles Morales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art By: <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=a%3A%E2%80%9CInHyuk+Lee%E2%80%9D&amp;unique=art">InHyuk Lee</a></em></p>
<p>The first appearance of a modern re-interpretation of Spider-Man came in 2011, and now, in the year 2025, we get to see Spider-Man on a <em>Magic</em> card for the first time. It's safe to say that Miles Morales is a fan favorite version of the Spider-Man character. Usually, for <em>Magic</em> players, cards from the welcome decks aren't anyone's favorite. Thanks to <em>Universes Beyond</em> <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spider-Man, Miles Morales" href="#" target="_blank">Spider-Man, Miles Morales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is looking to swing into the ranks of a favorite for players for years to come.</p>
<p>My name is Nick, and let's keep our friendly neighborhood safe with possibly the only thing that green does "worse" than some of the other colors in the game: blink.</p>
<h2>Blink and You'll Miss It</h2>
<p>So why build a mono-green blink deck? Because I can, so stop asking questions and look at the cards.</p>
<p>One of the main cards that we want to blink in this deck is the commander, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spider-Man, Miles Morales" href="#" target="_blank">Spider-Man, Miles Morales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Giving our entire board a +1/+1 counter and trample until the end of the turn is crazy. Having a mini <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Overrun" href="#" target="_blank">Overrun</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> from the command zone can't be underrated. That said, even Spider-Man sometimes needs a team, and our team is the other cards in the 99.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Craterhoof Behemoth"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Vaultborn Tyrant"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Terastodon"></div></div>
<p>Every green player's favorite finisher, the ever-beloved or ever-loathed <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Craterhoof Behemoth" href="#" target="_blank">Craterhoof Behemoth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, is the end-all be-all when it comes to top end in green. It does exactly what you need a big creature to do, and it does it the best, though giving it a slight boost and vigilance never hurts.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vaultborn Tyrant" href="#" target="_blank">Vaultborn Tyrant</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is one of the newest cards finding homes in large green creature decks. The dino is right at home in a blink strategy, either by being the recipient of leaving the battlefield or seeing other creatures come into play. Having to get rid of this creature twice on average, unless you are packing a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Farewell" href="#" target="_blank">Farewell</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in your deck, means double the opportunities for ETB shenanigans.</p>
<p>Maybe not the card you will always want to blink in and out of a battlefield, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Terastodon" href="#" target="_blank">Terastodon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is an effective answer to annoying permanents, and occasionally you'll give yourself three 3/3 elephants when you have permanents to spare.</p>
<h2>Making Web Formula</h2>
<p>Unlike the blue and white, which have access to cards such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghostly Flicker" href="#" target="_blank">Ghostly Flicker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ephemerate" href="#" target="_blank">Ephemerate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, green has to work a bit harder to make a blink strategy work, which is where the secret sixth color in the game comes along to save the day: colorless.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Conjurer&#039;s Closet"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Golden Argosy"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ancestral Statue"></div></div>
<p>One of the best cards in the blink strategy, regardless of the colors being played, is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Conjurer&#039;s Closet" href="#" target="_blank">Conjurer&#039;s Closet</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Exiling a creature every single turn and bringing it back right away for full value is executing the strategy perfectly.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Golden Argosy" href="#" target="_blank">Golden Argosy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> comes with a slight downside of returning the creatures used to crew it tapped, but it comes with the upside of being able to overpay the crew 1 cost to blink out multiple creatures. Who cares if the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hornet Queen" href="#" target="_blank">Hornet Queen</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> used to crew comes back tapped when you get a second wave of tokens out of it?</p>
<p>While not at the peak of its power in this deck, the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ancestral Statue" href="#" target="_blank">Ancestral Statue</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is still a vital piece, allowing us to pick up any creature just by casting another creature. Just because this deck is not going all in on the combo applications of this card, getting a few extra enter effects off of a card like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Meteor Golem" href="#" target="_blank">Meteor Golem</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Acidic Slime" href="#" target="_blank">Acidic Slime</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can be game-changing.</p>
<h2>Not the Same Hero</h2>
<p>I have mentioned some of the more commonly seen creatures that can be blinked in the deck, such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Craterhoof Behemoth" href="#" target="_blank">Craterhoof Behemoth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Terastodon" href="#" target="_blank">Terastodon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but this deck has some less common creatures in its midst.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Duplicant"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Avatar of Growth"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Canoptek Scarab Swarm"></div></div>
<p>A card that used to see play at the levels of staple cards today, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Duplicant" href="#" target="_blank">Duplicant</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is <a href="https://edhrec.com/cards/duplicant">under 1%</a> of the total amount of decks it could be played in today. Green tends to struggle with creature removal, and having a blinkable creature that can exile a problem from an opponent's board is exactly what this deck needs. It becomes even better when the creature is pumped up, since <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Duplicant" href="#" target="_blank">Duplicant</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> gains the power and toughness of the creature exiled.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Avatar of Growth" href="#" target="_blank">Avatar of Growth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a double-edged sword and not a card that you would want to blink at every occasion. Since this deck runs 20 basic <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Forest" href="#" target="_blank">Forest</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>s, most opponents will run out of basics before we lose out on the benefit of the Avatar. You don't always want to ramp your opponents, but it might be a way to gain favor and maneuver your way to a winning board state.</p>
<p>Finally, a card that I feel makes it into more and more decks with every set, the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Canoptek Scarab Swarm" href="#" target="_blank">Canoptek Scarab Swarm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. A blinkable piece of graveyard hate that comes with a way to turn that graveyard hate into flying blockers and all for only <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-4" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>. The card is better if you face off against artifact or land-based decks, but the ability to exile a graveyard should be an option for every deck.</p>
<h2>Not Basic</h2>
<p>Mono-colored decks often toe the line with running a high amount of basics versus a high amount of utility lands. In theory, the ability to run utility lands should be at its highest in a deck with fewer colors, but for mono-green at some point, you find yourself wanting more and more basic lands. They are easy to find and easy to put onto the battlefield, but to be honest, they are a bit less fun. So what are some of the more fun lands this deck has to offer?</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Endless Sands"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sanctum of Eternity"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Winding Canyons"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Endless Sands" href="#" target="_blank">Endless Sands</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> might take a few turns to get going, but the ability to stash creatures away and protect them from removal to be used later is the best way to mimic the instant-speed blink effects found in other colors. If you catch the table unprepared, sticking two or three creatures under this land and then bringing them back on someone else's turn can be extremely powerful.</p>
<p>Recasting your commander is often not the optimal play pattern, but with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spider-Man, Miles Morales" href="#" target="_blank">Spider-Man, Miles Morales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, every time they enter is purely beneficial. Sadly, at six mana, even a green deck could find a time where it is struggling to do anything but recast their commander, which is where <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sanctum of Eternity" href="#" target="_blank">Sanctum of Eternity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> comes into play. Bouncing Miles from the battlefield back to hand to pump up your other creatures again and again allows for flexibility in the board state.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Winding Canyons" href="#" target="_blank">Winding Canyons</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> looks strange at first glance in the deck, but stick with me for a moment. The land does not blink a creature or stash one for a later date. What it does is take advantage of most of the creatures in the list having an enter-the-battlefield effect. Flashing in something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kogla, the Titan Ape" href="#" target="_blank">Kogla, the Titan Ape</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Titan of Industry" href="#" target="_blank">Titan of Industry</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on an opponent's turn or the middle of combat can derail well-laid plans.</p>
<h2>Like Blink If You Don't Think About It</h2>
<p>Mono-green, as stated, does not have the best or the most options when it comes to blinking, but there are ways to mimic the effects of a creature being blinked employed in this deck. Everyone knows how good a card <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Panharmonicon" href="#" target="_blank">Panharmonicon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is, but some of these other cards might be less familiar.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Helm of the Host"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Strionic Resonator"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cauldron of Souls"></div></div>
<p>The most well-known of the options is going to be <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Helm of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Helm of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, a combo piece in cEDH, and a <a href="https://edhrec.com/cards/helm-of-the-host">heavily played</a> card in EDH proper, it allows the "reuse" of an ETB effect by making a token copy of the creature. The best part about this card is that it's not even negated by the legendary creatures we have with good ETB abilities. Thankfully, Helm was made during a design period where coping with legendary creatures comes with no downside.</p>
<p>Similar to the Helm and copying ETB effects, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Strionic Resonator" href="#" target="_blank">Strionic Resonator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes an appearance. Whether it's copying the ability of the creature or getting weird with it and copying the trigger of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Helm of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Helm of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> itself, having another "fake" blink effect in this deck goes a long way.</p>
<p>Lastly, a card many players may have never come across, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cauldron of Souls" href="#" target="_blank">Cauldron of Souls</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Five mana is a bit high when it comes to protecting creatures, but when that protection doubles as reanimation, the cost is just right. Giving any creatures you want persist so that they survive most wrath effects an opponent might play and allowing you to have those creatures enter the battlefield yet again makes<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cauldron of Souls" href="#" target="_blank">Cauldron of Souls</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> a superstar in the deck. With <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spider-Man, Miles Morales" href="#" target="_blank">Spider-Man, Miles Morales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> at the head of this deck, the Cauldron is also a reusable effect thanks to the +1/+1 and 1/-1 counters cancelling one another out.</p>
<h2>Wrap Up</h2>
<p>When I first saw the spoiler for this card, I instantly knew this card needed a closer look. For a welcome deck card to have such a powerful ability on it, and have a great stat line combining power/toughness and abilities, I was honestly shocked. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spider-Man, Miles Morales" href="#" target="_blank">Spider-Man, Miles Morales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is one of my favorite cards so far from the upcoming <em>Spider-Man</em> set, and I hope to see it at many tables in the future.</p>
<p>It will, when the dust settles, be a card found in 99 or more decks than it will be in the command zone, but that doesn't diminish my excitement to see it in play. Trying to focus on ETB and blink abilities in mono-green was a fun twist on deck building, and it was interesting to focus on an aspect of green that is near the bottom of the color-pie barrel, but I also want to know what you think.</p>
<p>Who is your favorite hero or villain from the <em>Spider-Man</em> franchise? What characters are you still excited to see as more of the set is spoiled? And who are you building around when the set comes out? Let me know here or over at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nicnax96.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>. Keep your eyes out for even more content for the upcoming UB sets, and whether it's web-slinging or waterbending, know that with great deckbuilding power comes great deckbuilding responsibility.</p>
<h2>Decklist</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Tech The Deck - Spider-Man, Miles Morales" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Spider-Man, Miles Morales
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Acidic Slime
*1 Ancestral Statue
*1 Avatar of Growth
*1 Bane of Progress
*1 Bramble Sovereign
*1 Canoptek Scarab Swarm
*1 Craterhoof Behemoth
*1 Defiler of Vigor
*1 Delighted Halfling
*1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
*1 Duplicant
*1 Eternal Witness
*1 Farhaven Elf
*1 Fierce Empath
*1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
*1 Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
*1 God-Eternal Rhonas
*1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
*1 Hornet Queen
*1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
*1 Llanowar Elves
*1 Meteor Golem
*1 Outcaster Trailblazer
*1 Overlord of the Hauntwoods
*1 Reclamation Sage
*1 Regal Behemoth
*1 Regal Force
*1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
*1 Solemn Simulacrum
*1 Spider-Man, Brooklyn Visionary
*1 Surrak and Goreclaw
*1 Temur Sabertooth
*1 Terastodon
*1 Timeless Witness
*1 Titan of Industry
*1 Topiary Stomper
*1 Vaultborn Tyrant
*1 Wood Elves
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Beast Within
*1 Heroic Intervention
*1 Return of the Wildspeaker
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Cauldron of Souls
*1 Conjurer&#039;s Closet
*1 Emerald Medallion
*1 Golden Argosy
*1 Helm of the Host
*1 Herd Heirloom
*1 Panharmonicon
*1 Rhonas&#039;s Monument
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Strionic Resonator
*1 The Great Henge
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Concordant Crossroads
*1 Elemental Bond
*1 Garruk&#039;s Uprising
*1 Guardian Project
*1 Kraven&#039;s Last Hunt
*1 Song of the Dryads
[/Enchantments]
[Sorceries]
*1 Finale of Devastation
*1 Last March of the Ents
*1 Nature&#039;s Lore
*1 Rishkar&#039;s Expertise
*1 Three Visits
*1 Traverse the Outlands
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
*1 Arid Archway
*1 Castle Garenbrig
*1 Command Tower
*1 Endless Sands
*1 Evendo, Waking Haven
*20 Forest
*1 Guildless Commons
*1 Horizon of Progress
*1 Jungle Basin
*1 Mosswort Bridge
*1 Myriad Landscape
*1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
*1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
*1 Sanctum of Eternity
*1 Talon Gates of Madara
*1 Winding Canyons
[/Lands]"></span></div>


miles morales

Miles Morales // Ultimate Spider-Man Commander Deck Tech

Spider-Man, Miles Morales Commander Deck Tech