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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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Forgotten Ancient
65% of 37 decks +60% synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
54% of 37 decks +52% synergy
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
51% of 37 decks +51% synergy
Master Biomancer
54% of 37 decks +50% synergy
Generous Patron
49% of 37 decks +48% synergy
Karn's Bastion
54% of 37 decks +47% synergy
Cold-Eyed Selkie
54% of 37 decks +46% synergy
Necroskitter
43% of 37 decks +43% synergy
Tezzeret's Gambit
46% of 37 decks +42% synergy
Blowfly Infestation
41% of 37 decks +40% synergy
Top Cards
Cultivate
65% of 37 decks +22% synergy
Beast Within
49% of 37 decks +20% synergy
Rampant Growth
43% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
41% of 37 decks +33% synergy
Persistent Constrictor
40% of 25 decks +39% synergy
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
39% of 33 decks +39% synergy
Nest of Scarabs
38% of 37 decks +37% synergy
Farseek
38% of 37 decks -7% synergy
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
38% of 37 decks +36% synergy
Obelisk Spider
38% of 37 decks +37% synergy
Game Changers
Consecrated Sphinx
5% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Creatures
Invisible Stalker
35% of 37 decks +31% synergy
Evolution Sage
35% of 37 decks +27% synergy
Toxrill, the Corrosive
35% of 37 decks +32% synergy
Tetzimoc, Primal Death
32% of 37 decks +32% synergy
Thrummingbird
32% of 37 decks +25% synergy
Spitting Dilophosaurus
31% of 35 decks +31% synergy
Vashta Nerada
30% of 37 decks +29% synergy
Champion of Lambholt
30% of 37 decks +28% synergy
Blighted Agent
30% of 37 decks +28% synergy
Silent Hallcreeper
28% of 25 decks +24% synergy
Giggling Skitterspike
28% of 25 decks +26% synergy
Incubation Druid
27% of 37 decks +23% synergy
Altered Ego
27% of 37 decks +25% synergy
Fathom Mage
27% of 37 decks +22% synergy
Spawnwrithe
27% of 37 decks +26% synergy
Dreamtide Whale
25% of 28 decks +21% synergy
Renata, Called to the Hunt
24% of 37 decks +24% synergy
Spark Double
24% of 37 decks +19% synergy
Sludge Monster
22% of 37 decks +21% synergy
Wickerbough Elder
22% of 37 decks +21% synergy
Elusive Otter
22% of 37 decks +21% synergy
Biophagus
22% of 37 decks +20% synergy
Evolution Witness
21% of 28 decks +16% synergy
The Mimeoplasm
19% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Willbreaker
19% of 37 decks +19% synergy
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
19% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Clever Impersonator
19% of 37 decks +17% synergy
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
19% of 16 decks +18% synergy
Naga Fleshcrafter
19% of 16 decks +16% synergy
Progenitor Mimic
16% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Plaxcaster Frogling
16% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Contaminant Grafter
16% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Cankerbloom
16% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Evil Twin
16% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Biovisionary
16% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Scurry of Squirrels
15% of 26 decks +15% synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
14% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Viridian Joiner
14% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Auton Soldier
14% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Scute Swarm
14% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14% of 37 decks +11% synergy
Birds of Paradise
14% of 37 decks -17% synergy
Gyre Sage
14% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Warden of the Grove
13% of 15 decks +11% synergy
Agent Frank Horrigan
12% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Yathan Tombguard
12% of 17 decks +12% synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
12% of 26 decks +6% synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
11% of 27 decks +10% synergy
Plague Stinger
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Bloated Contaminator
11% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Instants
Revitalizing Repast
39% of 28 decks +31% synergy
Counterspell
35% of 37 decks +0% synergy
Arcane Denial
32% of 37 decks +18% synergy
Putrefy
30% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Return of the Wildspeaker
27% of 37 decks +24% synergy
Negate
24% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Grim Affliction
24% of 37 decks +24% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
24% of 37 decks -11% synergy
Atomize
24% of 33 decks +14% synergy
Growth Spiral
22% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Repulsive Mutation
21% of 33 decks +16% synergy
Snakeskin Veil
19% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Heroic Intervention
19% of 37 decks -2% synergy
Prologue to Phyresis
19% of 37 decks +17% synergy
Double Major
19% of 37 decks +17% synergy
Experimental Augury
16% of 37 decks +14% synergy
Inspiring Call
16% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Mutational Advantage
15% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Sink into Stupor
14% of 28 decks +7% synergy
See Double
14% of 37 decks +13% synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14% of 37 decks -6% synergy
Vraska's Fall
14% of 37 decks +12% synergy
Tear Asunder
14% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Reality Shift
14% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Slip Out the Back
14% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Reject Imperfection
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Gaea's Gift
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Stubborn Denial
11% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Sultai Charm
11% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Fuel for the Cause
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Nature's Claim
11% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Theoretical Duplication
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Frantic Search
8% of 37 decks +1% synergy
Not of This World
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Infectious Bite
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Tainted Strike
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Simic Charm
8% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Steady Progress
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Golgari Charm
8% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Fell the Profane
7% of 28 decks +0% synergy
Ripples of Potential
6% of 35 decks +2% synergy
Whisper of the Dross
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Plasm Capture
5% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Wrap in Vigor
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Krosan Grip
5% of 37 decks +1% synergy
Fact or Fiction
5% of 37 decks +0% synergy
Dissipate
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Dark Ritual
5% of 37 decks -7% synergy
Wicked Slumber
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Sorceries
Unnatural Restoration
35% of 37 decks +31% synergy
Kodama's Reach
35% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Nature's Lore
27% of 37 decks -1% synergy
Infectious Inquiry
24% of 37 decks +23% synergy
Three Visits
22% of 37 decks -3% synergy
Rishkar's Expertise
19% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Drown in Ichor
19% of 37 decks +17% synergy
Villainous Wealth
19% of 37 decks +0% synergy
Season of Gathering
19% of 27 decks +18% synergy
Contentious Plan
14% of 37 decks +12% synergy
Scarscale Ritual
14% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Phyresis Outbreak
14% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Read the Bones
14% of 37 decks +12% synergy
Harmonize
14% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Toxic Deluge
11% of 37 decks -8% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
11% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Rite of Replication
11% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Doppelgang
9% of 33 decks +6% synergy
Vat Emergence
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Windfall
8% of 37 decks -0% synergy
Gaze of Granite
8% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Incremental Blight
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Painful Truths
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Clone Legion
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Carnivorous Canopy
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Season of Weaving
7% of 27 decks +7% synergy
Ponder
5% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Expand the Sphere
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Spread the Sickness
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Croaking Counterpart
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Culling Ritual
5% of 37 decks -9% synergy
Stolen Identity
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Triumph of the Hordes
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Tempt with Discovery
5% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Soul's Majesty
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Tempt with Reflections
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Hunted by The Family
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Liliana's Influence
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Night's Whisper
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Decree of Pain
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Reanimate
5% of 37 decks -16% synergy
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Distant Melody
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Vivisurgeon's Insight
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Ravenform
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
35% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Contagion Clasp
30% of 37 decks +26% synergy
Mirror Box
16% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Contagion Engine
16% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Mirage Mirror
14% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Helm of the Host
14% of 37 decks +12% synergy
Lightning Greaves
14% of 37 decks -9% synergy
Cauldron of Souls
11% of 37 decks +11% synergy
The Great Henge
11% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Agent's Toolkit
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
8% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Herald's Horn
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
The Ozolith
5% of 37 decks -2% synergy
Blade of Selves
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Lux Cannon
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Enchantments
Hadana's Climb
27% of 37 decks +25% synergy
Innkeeper's Talent
22% of 27 decks +18% synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
22% of 37 decks +19% synergy
Primal Empathy
19% of 37 decks +17% synergy
Inexorable Tide
19% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Hollowmurk Siege
19% of 16 decks +13% synergy
Fight Rigging
16% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Simic Ascendancy
16% of 37 decks +11% synergy
Crumbling Ashes
11% of 37 decks +11% synergy
Garruk's Uprising
11% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Glistening Oil
11% of 37 decks +11% synergy
Master Chef
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Bred for the Hunt
11% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Black Market
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Tolarian Contempt
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Hardened Scales
8% of 37 decks -3% synergy
Dismiss into Dream
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Flourishing Defenses
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Copy Land
7% of 28 decks +6% synergy
Vraska Joins Up
6% of 32 decks +4% synergy
Kindred Discovery
5% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Reconnaissance Mission
5% of 37 decks +2% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
5% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Sadistic Obsession
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Greed
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Cartouche of Ambition
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Extravagant Replication
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Elven Chorus
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Guardian Project
5% of 37 decks -6% synergy
Vesuvan Duplimancy
5% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Wild Growth
5% of 37 decks -2% synergy
Mirrormade
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Mystic Remora
5% of 37 decks -12% synergy
Veiled Crocodile
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Reflections of Littjara
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Colossal Majesty
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Evolutionary Escalation
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Planeswalkers
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
16% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Oko, the Trickster
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Oko, Thief of Crowns
5% of 37 decks +1% synergy
Vivien Reid
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Liliana, Death Wielder
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Utility Lands
Nesting Grounds
38% of 37 decks +31% synergy
Bojuka Bog
30% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Llanowar Reborn
27% of 37 decks +26% synergy
Rogue's Passage
24% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
22% of 37 decks +20% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
19% of 37 decks -1% synergy
Thespian's Stage
19% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Novijen, Heart of Progress
19% of 37 decks +18% synergy
Reliquary Tower
16% of 37 decks -13% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14% of 37 decks -4% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Drannith Ruins
11% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Temple of the False God
8% of 37 decks -3% synergy
Shifting Woodland
7% of 28 decks -6% synergy
Alchemist's Refuge
5% of 37 decks +0% synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Vesuva
5% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Tectonic Edge
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
5% of 37 decks -16% synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
5% of 37 decks -11% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
78% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Sol Ring
76% of 37 decks -6% synergy
Fellwar Stone
24% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
19% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Replicating Ring
19% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
16% of 37 decks +1% synergy
Talisman of Dominance
16% of 37 decks +0% synergy
Glistening Sphere
14% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Talisman of Curiosity
14% of 37 decks -3% synergy
Commander's Sphere
11% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Chromatic Lantern
11% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
11% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Thought Vessel
11% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Mind Stone
11% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Simic Signet
8% of 37 decks -3% synergy
Dimir Signet
8% of 37 decks -2% synergy
Victory Chimes
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Staff of Compleation
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Astral Cornucopia
5% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Golgari Signet
5% of 37 decks -5% synergy
Machine God's Effigy
5% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Pentad Prism
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Swamp
100% of 37 decks +11% synergy
Island
100% of 37 decks +10% synergy
Forest
100% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Exotic Orchard
70% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Opulent Palace
54% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Yavimaya Coast
41% of 37 decks +12% synergy
Sunken Hollow
41% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
39% of 28 decks +31% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
35% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Hinterland Harbor
35% of 37 decks -9% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
32% of 37 decks -11% synergy
Zagoth Triome
30% of 37 decks -9% synergy
Temple of Mystery
27% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Drowned Catacomb
27% of 37 decks -6% synergy
Dreamroot Cascade
27% of 37 decks +1% synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
24% of 37 decks +6% synergy
Breeding Pool
22% of 37 decks -23% synergy
Temple of Deceit
22% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
22% of 37 decks -24% synergy
Evolving Wilds
22% of 37 decks -6% synergy
Path of Ancestry
22% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Rejuvenating Springs
22% of 37 decks -11% synergy
Watery Grave
22% of 37 decks -22% synergy
Foreboding Landscape
21% of 28 decks -2% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19% of 37 decks -5% synergy
Vineglimmer Snarl
19% of 37 decks +13% synergy
Underground River
19% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Temple of Malady
19% of 37 decks -2% synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
16% of 37 decks -3% synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
16% of 37 decks -5% synergy
Myriad Landscape
16% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
16% of 37 decks +0% synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
16% of 37 decks +11% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
16% of 37 decks -14% synergy
Flooded Grove
16% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Deathcap Glade
16% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Viridescent Bog
15% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Sink into Stupor
14% of 28 decks +7% synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
14% of 37 decks -4% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
14% of 37 decks -21% synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14% of 37 decks +11% synergy
Choked Estuary
14% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Twilight Mire
14% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Polluted Delta
14% of 37 decks -21% synergy
Undercity Sewers
12% of 33 decks -4% synergy
Overflowing Basin
12% of 33 decks -1% synergy
Underground Mortuary
12% of 33 decks -6% synergy
Tainted Isle
11% of 37 decks +2% synergy
Darkbore Pathway
11% of 37 decks +5% synergy