Itsy Bitsy Spiders

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Budget Infinite Combo Multiplayer

Squirrel_of_War

Land (33)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blighted Fen
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 5x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (9)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Veil of Summer

Creature (23)

• 1x Acid Web Spider
• 1x Arachnoid
• 1x Arachnus Spinner
• 1x Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1x Blightwidow
• 1x Chainweb Aracnir
• 1x Graverobber Spider
• 1x Hatchery Spider
• 1x Jungle Weaver
• 1x Juvenile Gloomwidow
• 1x Kessig Recluse
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Oran-Rief Recluse
• 1x Penumbra Spider
• 1x Rotwidow Pack
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Spitting Spider
• 1x Sporecap Spider
• 1x Sporeweb Weaver
• 1x Stingerfling Spider
• 1x Sweet-Gum Recluse
• 1x Watcher in the Web

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Arachnus Web
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Font of Fertility
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Sinister Concoction
• 1x Steely Resolve
• 1x Vessel of Nascency
• 1x Wound Reflection

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Cryptic Gateway
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Horizon Spellbomb
• 1x Horn of Ramos
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Spider Spawning
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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Creature (8)

• 1x Deadly Recluse
• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Hitchclaw Recluse
• 1x Mammoth Spider
• 1x Netcaster Spider
• 1x Rib Cage Spider
• 1x Tangle Spider
• 1x Twin-Silk Spider

Instant (1)

• 1x Dark Bargain

Artifact (7)

• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Golgari Cluestone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Orazca Relic
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Kindred Dominance

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Land (2)

• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Verdant Catacombs

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Everything they see is considered food - and with that many eyes, they aren't liable to miss much.

My playgroup decided to all build tribal decks specifically to play against each other.

The Rules

1. Each player must choose a different tribe.

2. The deck must include only creatures of the chosen tribe. More than one creature type is okay as long as one of them is the chosen tribe. The commander doesn't have to be same tribe if there isn't a legendary of the chosen tribe available. There are exceptions to this rule, creatures that have the chosen tribe name in the text box are also ok. Example: Grave Titan is not a Zombie but he is allowed in a Zombie tribal because it says “Zombie” in his text box. Another exception is if the player argues a creatures inclusion due to extreme amounts of flavor.

3. No single card costing more than $25.00 except the general. It doesn't have to, but can. (TCG low, non-foil)

4. No Coat of Arms

The Meta

Squirrel_of_War

- Spiders are my main tribal, Spirits are my backup.

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Commander / EDH* Squirrel_of_War

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Montoya_7

Zombies

throbz

- Kozilek, Butcher of Truth - Eldrazi - also has Talrand, Sky Summoner - Drakes

wootwoot

- Azami, Lady of Scrolls - Wizards

Krosancliffhanger

Uril, the Miststalker - Beasts

Contraband00

- Ulrich of the Krallenhorde   - Werewolves

GrahamCracker

- Rafiq of the Many - Knights

Deck Strategy

Eaten by Spiders

This strategy is based around Ishkanah's second ability. The first order of business is to make infinite spiders. There are a few ways to do this.

1. You need to have Ashnod's Altar and Nim Deathmantle on the battlefield AND delirium must be enabled. Cast Ishkanah, sac her and a spider token to Ashnod's Altar sending Ishkanah to the graveyard. Use the you just made to activate Nim Deathmantle and reanimate Ishkanah. Repeat for infinite spiders. Be careful while doing this because you are temporarily vulnerable to instant speed graveyard hate.
2. You need to have Cloudstone Curio and Cryptic Gateway on the battlefield AND delirium must be enabled. Cast Ishkanah, when the spider tokens enter the battlefield return her to your hand. Tap two spider tokens to activate the gateway putting Ishkanah back into play. Repeat for infinite spiders.

The next order of business is pay to kill a player. If you have Cryptolith Rite on the battlefield you can kill everyone by activating the ability multiple times. If you have Illusionist's Bracers equipped to Ishkanah you can kill two players per activation.

Swarm Strategy (AKA the “Turn Sideways” strategy)

The main focus of this strategy is to get out as many spiders as possible, drop Cover of Darkness and Assault Formation and overwhelm your opponents.

Infect

Blightwidow is the only infect creature in the deck. I included it as an emergency win condition against extreme life gain. Add Assault Formation to speed things up.

Voltron Strategy

This one is probably not the best strategy. In fact, it's the worst. Assault Formation will help speed up the process.

Awesome Synergies

This section is to point out the cards that should go in every Ishkanah, Grafwidow deck.

• Vessel of Nascency - The best self mill in (at least for a Delirium deck), I get 3 cards in the yard and get 1 permanent card in my hand and an enchantment in the graveyard to help enable Delirium.
• Cards with multiple card types such as: Nyx Weaver, Arachnoid, Tree of Tales, Vault of Whispers, and Bow of Nylea.

These all speed up the Delirium trigger and allow me to get to Delirium with only 2 or 3 cards.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #25 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 4 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Spider 1/2 G, Spider 2/4 B
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