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Josh Nelson
Sep 8, 2025
The Top 10 Non-Marvel Spiders in Magic: The Gathering
Spiders are some of the most true-to-reality creatures in Magic: The Gathering. Let's look at the top 10 best Spiders in the game!
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Master Biomancer
61% of 59 decks +57% synergy
Forgotten Ancient
53% of 59 decks +48% synergy
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
39% of 59 decks +37% synergy
Tezzeret's Gambit
41% of 59 decks +37% synergy
Contagion Clasp
39% of 59 decks +35% synergy
Primal Empathy
36% of 59 decks +34% synergy
Sultai Charm
41% of 59 decks +33% synergy
Tetzimoc, Primal Death
34% of 59 decks +33% synergy
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
34% of 59 decks +33% synergy
Plague Stinger
34% of 59 decks +33% synergy
Top Cards
Cultivate
56% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Rampant Growth
54% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Putrefy
42% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Thrummingbird
39% of 59 decks +32% synergy
Cold-Eyed Selkie
39% of 59 decks +31% synergy
Growth Spiral
37% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Blighted Agent
34% of 59 decks +32% synergy
Negate
32% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Grim Affliction
32% of 59 decks +32% synergy
Renata, Called to the Hunt
32% of 59 decks +31% synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Creatures
Fertilid
31% of 59 decks +29% synergy
Fathom Mage
29% of 59 decks +24% synergy
Evolution Sage
29% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Merfolk Skydiver
27% of 59 decks +27% synergy
Cankerbloom
27% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Invisible Stalker
24% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Wickerbough Elder
24% of 59 decks +23% synergy
Undercover Operative
22% of 59 decks +21% synergy
Clone
22% of 59 decks +21% synergy
Altered Ego
22% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Flux Channeler
22% of 59 decks +19% synergy
Generous Patron
22% of 59 decks +21% synergy
Obelisk Spider
22% of 59 decks +22% synergy
Spinebiter
20% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Tainted Observer
20% of 59 decks +19% synergy
Evil Twin
20% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Biovisionary
20% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Blight Mamba
20% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
19% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
19% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Loyal Guardian
19% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
19% of 59 decks +11% synergy
Plaxcaster Frogling
19% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
19% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Evolution Witness
19% of 43 decks +13% synergy
Voidwing Hybrid
17% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Rot Wolf
17% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Viridian Corrupter
17% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Champion of Lambholt
17% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Ichor Rats
17% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Mirror Image
17% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Copycrook
17% of 42 decks +16% synergy
Homunculus Horde
16% of 25 decks +15% synergy
Pollenbright Druid
15% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Viridian Joiner
15% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Progenitor Mimic
15% of 59 decks +14% synergy
Glistener Elf
15% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Flesh-Eater Imp
15% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Dreamtide Whale
15% of 41 decks +11% synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Flensermite
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Mirrorhall Mimic
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Vizier of Many Faces
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Body Double
14% of 59 decks +12% synergy
Cryptoplasm
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Blightbelly Rat
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Warden of the Grove
12% of 8 decks +10% synergy
Yathan Tombguard
12% of 8 decks +12% synergy
Naga Fleshcrafter
12% of 8 decks +10% synergy
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
12% of 25 decks +10% synergy
Instants
Snakeskin Veil
22% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Inspiring Call
22% of 59 decks +11% synergy
Prologue to Phyresis
20% of 59 decks +19% synergy
Experimental Augury
20% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Reject Imperfection
19% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Infectious Bite
19% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Vraska's Fall
19% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Repulsive Mutation
17% of 53 decks +12% synergy
Whisper of the Dross
17% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Fuel for the Cause
17% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Beast Within
15% of 59 decks -14% synergy
Cackling Counterpart
15% of 59 decks +14% synergy
Reality Shift
14% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Serum Snare
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Return of the Wildspeaker
12% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Steady Progress
12% of 59 decks +11% synergy
Hunter's Insight
12% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Virulent Wound
12% of 59 decks +12% synergy
See Double
10% of 59 decks +9% synergy
Deathsprout
10% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Tainted Strike
10% of 59 decks +9% synergy
Counterspell
10% of 59 decks -25% synergy
Theoretical Duplication
10% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
9% of 43 decks +1% synergy
Essence Capture
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Memory Plunder
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Infernal Grasp
8% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Krosan Grip
8% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Golgari Charm
8% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Return to Nature
8% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Gift of the Viper
7% of 41 decks +6% synergy
Gaea's Gift
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Mirror Match
7% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Nature's Claim
7% of 59 decks +2% synergy
Murder
7% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Simic Charm
7% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Double Major
7% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Blood Curdle
7% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Splendid Agony
7% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Pistus Strike
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5% of 59 decks -15% synergy
Brainstorm
5% of 59 decks -2% synergy
Frantic Search
5% of 59 decks -2% synergy
Titanic Growth
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Harrow
5% of 59 decks -6% synergy
Supplant Form
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Invigorate
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Planar Incision
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
5% of 59 decks -31% synergy
Fact or Fiction
5% of 59 decks -0% synergy
Sorceries
Kodama's Reach
31% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
25% of 59 decks +23% synergy
Contentious Plan
24% of 59 decks +22% synergy
Villainous Wealth
24% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Thirsting Roots
22% of 59 decks +21% synergy
Drown in Ichor
20% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Farseek
19% of 59 decks -26% synergy
Infectious Inquiry
19% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Unnatural Restoration
17% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Expand the Sphere
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Quasiduplicate
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Repudiate // Replicate
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Courage in Crisis
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Urban Evolution
12% of 59 decks +9% synergy
Vivisurgeon's Insight
12% of 59 decks +12% synergy
Croaking Counterpart
10% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Sakashima's Will
10% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Spread the Sickness
10% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Painful Truths
10% of 59 decks +9% synergy
Stolen Identity
10% of 59 decks +9% synergy
Neoform
10% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Smell Fear
10% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Rite of Replication
10% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Vat Emergence
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Incremental Blight
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Clone Legion
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Caress of Phyrexia
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Explore
8% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Aggressive Biomancy
7% of 41 decks +6% synergy
Fangs of Kalonia
7% of 41 decks +6% synergy
Gaze of Granite
7% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Find // Finality
7% of 59 decks +2% synergy
Search for Tomorrow
7% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Carnivorous Canopy
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Give // Take
7% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Impede Momentum
7% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Overwhelming Stampede
7% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Mythos of Brokkos
5% of 59 decks +2% synergy
Victimize
5% of 59 decks -8% synergy
Read the Bones
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Casualties of War
5% of 59 decks -3% synergy
Many Partings
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Dig Up
5% of 59 decks +3% synergy
Artful Dodge
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Tempt with Discovery
5% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Migration Path
5% of 59 decks +3% synergy
Rishkar's Expertise
5% of 59 decks +3% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
20% of 59 decks -5% synergy
Mimic Vat
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Mirage Mirror
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Sculpting Steel
10% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Fireshrieker
8% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Mirror Box
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Agent's Toolkit
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Ecologist's Terrarium
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Throne of Geth
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
5% of 59 decks +2% synergy
Contagion Engine
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Enchantments
Simic Ascendancy
27% of 59 decks +22% synergy
Aqueous Form
19% of 59 decks +12% synergy
Corrupted Conscience
19% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Phyresis
17% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Nest of Scarabs
15% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Fight Rigging
15% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Master Chef
15% of 59 decks +14% synergy
Retreat to Kazandu
15% of 59 decks +14% synergy
Metamorphic Alteration
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Extravagant Replication
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Inexorable Tide
8% of 59 decks -0% synergy
Garruk's Uprising
8% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Bred for the Hunt
8% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Mirror Mockery
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
New Horizons
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Hadana's Climb
8% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Reflections of Littjara
8% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Evolutionary Escalation
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Flourishing Defenses
7% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Long List of the Ents
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Sultai Ascendancy
5% of 59 decks +0% synergy
Roaring Earth
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Cartouche of Ambition
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Feast on the Fallen
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Song of Freyalise
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Grafted Growth
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Wild Growth
5% of 59 decks -2% synergy
Tolarian Contempt
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Rancor
5% of 59 decks -0% synergy
Deathreap Ritual
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Colossal Majesty
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Planeswalkers
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
20% of 59 decks +20% synergy
Oko, the Trickster
7% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
34% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Llanowar Reborn
29% of 59 decks +28% synergy
Novijen, Heart of Progress
14% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Nesting Grounds
14% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
12% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Bojuka Bog
10% of 59 decks -15% synergy
Temple of the False God
10% of 59 decks -1% synergy
Karn's Bastion
8% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Thespian's Stage
8% of 59 decks +3% synergy
Dreadship Reef
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5% of 59 decks +3% synergy
Mortuary Mire
5% of 59 decks -4% synergy
Lumbering Falls
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Reliquary Tower
5% of 59 decks -24% synergy
Mishra's Factory
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
58% of 59 decks -25% synergy
Arcane Signet
51% of 59 decks -21% synergy
Simic Signet
32% of 59 decks +21% synergy
Golgari Signet
27% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
19% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Commander's Sphere
17% of 59 decks +9% synergy
Dimir Signet
17% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Replicating Ring
8% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Talisman of Curiosity
8% of 59 decks -8% synergy
Sultai Banner
8% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Zagoth Crystal
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
7% of 59 decks -9% synergy
Fellwar Stone
7% of 59 decks -8% synergy
Bounty Board
6% of 48 decks +6% synergy
Astral Cornucopia
5% of 59 decks +2% synergy
Pentad Prism
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Lands
Swamp
95% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Forest
95% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Island
95% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Command Tower
73% of 59 decks -17% synergy
Opulent Palace
64% of 59 decks +12% synergy
Evolving Wilds
63% of 59 decks +35% synergy
Exotic Orchard
54% of 59 decks -1% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
53% of 59 decks +28% synergy
Temple of Mystery
37% of 59 decks +18% synergy
Sunken Hollow
36% of 59 decks -1% synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
34% of 59 decks +15% synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
31% of 59 decks +13% synergy
Jungle Hollow
29% of 59 decks +22% synergy
Temple of Malady
29% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Temple of Deceit
25% of 59 decks +9% synergy
Foreboding Landscape
24% of 41 decks +1% synergy
Myriad Landscape
24% of 59 decks +10% synergy
Path of Ancestry
24% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Thornwood Falls
24% of 59 decks +17% synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
22% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Yavimaya Coast
22% of 59 decks -7% synergy
Dismal Backwater
22% of 59 decks +16% synergy
Simic Guildgate
17% of 59 decks +11% synergy
Littjara Mirrorlake
15% of 59 decks +14% synergy
Vineglimmer Snarl
14% of 59 decks +8% synergy
Golgari Guildgate
14% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
12% of 59 decks -6% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
10% of 59 decks -21% synergy
Rimewood Falls
10% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Dimir Guildgate
10% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Choked Estuary
10% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
9% of 43 decks +1% synergy
Woodland Chasm
8% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Hinterland Harbor
8% of 59 decks -36% synergy
Thriving Grove
8% of 59 decks +7% synergy
Blighted Woodland
7% of 59 decks +3% synergy
Tangled Islet
7% of 59 decks +2% synergy
Vivid Marsh
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Foul Orchard
7% of 59 decks +6% synergy
Thriving Moor
7% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Flooded Grove
7% of 59 decks -5% synergy
Tainted Wood
7% of 59 decks -4% synergy
Thriving Isle
7% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
7% of 59 decks -36% synergy
Hall of Oracles
5% of 59 decks +5% synergy
Vivid Creek
5% of 59 decks +4% synergy
Ice Tunnel
5% of 59 decks +1% synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5% of 59 decks -2% synergy
Snow-Covered Forest
5% of 59 decks -2% synergy