Deck & Commander Strategies
Gwen Stacy // Ghost-Spider
Grow Gwen Stacy by casting cards exiled through her ability, increasing her counters and combat damage potential, aiming to chunk opponents down with a large evasive creature.
Peter Parker // Amazing Spider-Man
Use webslinging to cheat legendary creatures into play and generate card advantage, deploying big threats to outvalue and overrun opponents.
J. Jonah Jameson
Generate Treasure tokens through attacking and abilities, fueling a mono-red artifact synergy deck to control the board and deal incremental damage.
Cosmic Spider-Man
Play numerous spiders and buff them with Cosmic Spider-Man’s ability to grant multiple keywords, then swing aggressively with a lifelink and haste enabled board to gain life and deal lethal damage.
Gameplay Insights
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Shelby’s use of J. Jonah Jameson to generate multiple Treasure tokens each combat allowed for repeated casting and activation of artifact synergies, applying steady pressure.
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Matt’s Gwen Stacy deck effectively leveraged exiling lands and spells to quickly grow his commander’s counters, enabling significant commander damage.
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Sam’s Cosmic Spider-Man turn was a major turning point, granting all spiders multiple combat keywords and creating a massive lifelinking, flying, trample horde that swung for lethal damage and gained substantial life.
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Chandler’s webslinging enabled casting powerful legendary creatures like Prime Speaker Zegana and utilizing Swiftfoot Boots to protect them and maintain offensive pressure.
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The synergy between casting and exiling in Gwen Stacy and the token generation plus artifact utilization in J. Jonah Jameson’s deck created multiple layers of incremental advantages that shaped the board state.
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The use of Spider-Man Infestation and Web of Life and Destiny by Sam allowed for convoke and untapping creatures, enabling explosive turns with multiple spider casts and combat phases.
Notable Cards
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Gwen Stacy // Ghost-Spider
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J. Jonah Jameson
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Cosmic Spider-Man
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Esper Sentinel
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Bloom Tender
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Prime Speaker Zegana
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Broadside Bombardiers
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Superior Spider-Man
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Spider-Man India
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Web of Life and Destiny
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Miles Morales // Ultimate Spider-Man
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a dynamic Spider-Man themed EDH multiplayer match with four players piloting unique spider-related commanders, each employing different strategies.
Early turns saw development of board presence with ramp and small creatures, and Shelby's mono-red artifact deck leveraging Treasure tokens to generate value and apply pressure.
Matt's Gwen Stacy // Ghost-Spider deck focused on exiling cards to grow his commander, steadily increasing its power through casting exiled spells and combat damage.
Chandler's Peter Parker // Amazing Spider-Man deck aimed to establish board control with legendary creatures and card advantage, while Sam's Cosmic Spider-Man deck sought to flood the board with spiders, buff them with powerful keywords, and overwhelm opponents in combat.
