Ancient Spider

Creature — Spider

First strike, reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (14)

DemonDragonJ on Commander Masters Previews and Speculation

10 months ago

Reprints of Augury Adept and Tidal Barracuda would be nice, and I also would like to see Ancient Spider and Tempest Drake reprinted in the new border style, as well. Also, given that Thunder Spirit is on the reserved list (which makes no sense, at all), I wish that WotC would reprint Sky Spirit more frequently, since it is such a nice and elegant creature.

DemonDragonJ on Double Masters 2022 Predictions and …

2 years ago

Double Masters 2022 will not be released for several months, yet, but I am so excited about it that I wish to begin speculating about it, now. The first Double Masters set was wonderful and contained many great cards, so I have high expectations for the second set, as well, and I am certain that WotC realizes that the players are highly anticipating this set, as well.

Another reprint of Doubling Season would certainly be nice, as that is such an awesome card that it will always be expensive unless it is reprinted frequently, but I know that WotC is not likely to reprint it again, so soon after reprinting it in the first Double Masters set, so reprints of both Anointed Procession and Parallel Lives would also be greatly appreciated.

Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, Dockside Extortionist, Edgar Markov, Exquisite Blood, Reflecting Pool, and Vedalken Orrery are all very expensive, so definitely need to be reprinted, in my mind.

Ancient Spider, Book of Rass, Dromar, the Banisher, Fungal Shambler, and Mystic Remora are not especially expensive, but have never been reprinted in the modern card frame, so it would be nice to see them reprinted with it. Similarly, Oloro, Ageless Ascetic and Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis were originally printed in the modern frame, but not the Magic 2015 version of that frame, so I would like to see them reprinted with it.

Chromatic Lantern and Privileged Position are not too expensive, but definitely still should be reprinted, to keep them available and affordable.

I definitely would like to see Absorb, Recoil, and Undermine reprinted, preferably downgraded to uncommons, since I do not feel that they should be rares by today’s standards, and further reprints of Mind Stone, Thought Vessel, Thran Dynamo, and Gilded Lotus would also be nice, as well. Arcane Signet and Commander's Sphere are not expensive, but they are difficult to obtain in foil, so reprints in this set would help with that, but that is not likely to happen, since this is not a Commander set.

What does everyone else say about this? What are your hopes and prediction for Modern Masters 2022?

shadow63 on Vorthos query: blue mana spiders?

4 years ago

Ancient Spider Pale Recluse

DemonDragonJ on Modern Horizons Announced

5 years ago

Ancient Spider would be a great reprint, preferably demoted to an uncommon.

Fire Covenant is a card that has been forgotten, but I feel that it would be great with new artwork.

DemonDragonJ on Ultimate spoiler season

5 years ago

Another card that I really wish to see reprinted is Ancient Spider, and this would have been a great set in which to reprint it, preferably demoted to an uncommon. For only a slightly stricter casting cost over Giant Spider, it is generally superior to that card in every way.

JuQ on

6 years ago

I love the idea of the Spider tribal, but there are so many weak cards you would have to use... You could add Arachnogenesis and Spider Spawning for completion.

You could consider changing commander to Doran, the Siege Tower as honorific spider lord to capitalize on the spiders' high tougness, you would have access to two additional not too bad spiders (Ancient Spider, Pale Recluse) and stuff like Wave of Reckoning and Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

Arachnus Spinner (+Arachnus Web) is a badass spider I always wanted to run.

Four of your cards create tokens and another for of your cards place +1/+1 counters on your dudes (not counting Reyhan), Doubling Season and Hardened Scales are underused in this deck. Those cards are amazing when the whole deck is built around counters or tokens.

DemonDragonJ on Iconic Masters Announced

6 years ago

I would very much like to see a reprint of Ancient Spider, preferably as an uncommon, since that is a very nice creature that has been largely forgotten due to not having ever been reprinted.

DemonDragonJ on Amonkhet Spoilers and Speculation.

7 years ago

Some of those cards a very nice, especially the reprints. While the reprint of Giant Spider is nice, I would much rather see Ancient Spider, as there is no better set in which to reprint it than this one, and the latter is better than the former in almost every way.