So Many Spiders

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Counters Delirium Infect Reach Spider Tokens

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Sorcery (19)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Spider Spawning
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Urborg Repossession
• 1x Wildest Dreams

Instant (11)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Fog
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Sudden Reclamation
• 1x Tear Asunder
• 1x Terrifying Presence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Lolth, Spider Queen

Artifact (17)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Cryptic Gateway
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Jalum Tome
• 1x Medicine Bag
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (28)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 12x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Strip Mine
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Woodland Chasm

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Curse of Clinging Webs
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Dense Foliage
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Hidden Spider
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Vessel of Nascency
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Creature (8)

• 1x Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1x Blightwidow
• 1x Brood Weaver
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Penumbra Spider
• 1x Rotwidow Pack
• 1x Skyfisher Spider
• 1x Twin-Silk Spider

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The new-and-improved So Many Spiders, now with more spiders.

Preface

The premise of this deck is to use Ishkanah, Grafwidow's Delirium effect to create a large (potentially infinite) number of spiders. These spiders are individually weak, but strong in numbers, like a flock of angry quail. We'll be discarding/self-milling in order to get the required four card types among cards in our graveyard quickly. In order to do this, we have Jalum Tome, Medicine Bag, Phyrexian Altar, Commune with the Gods, Nyx Weaver, Diabolic Intent, Geier Reach Sanitarium and Vessel of Nascency, as well as a few sac/fetch lands.

When our graveyard is sufficiently juicy, we're going to create so many spiders. Which brings us to;

Strategy

Gaze upon the glory of infinite spooders, and despair.

Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle is our primary infinite combo. Sacrificing Ishkanah and a spider token to Ashnod's Altar gives us {4}, which we use to pay for Nim Deathmantle's ability, resurrecting Ishkanah and creating another three spider tokens (more if you have any token doublers on the board). Since neither artefact is tapped for this, we can create literally infinite spiders on a single turn.

Cloudstone Curio + Cryptic Gateway is an alternate infinite combo. We cast Ishkanah, triggering her Delirium and creating three spider tokens, then use Cloudstone Curio to immediately take her back to our hand when her spider tokens enter. Cryptic Gateway allows us to then tap two of those spider tokens to cast Ishkanah again for free. We then rinse and repeat for infinite li'l spiders. The only drawback to this combo is that 2/3rds of the spider tokens we create will be tapped once we're finished.

Altar of the Brood + Doubling Season/Parallel Lives will very quickly mill our opponents' entire library, as they're milling one card for every spider token that we create. If Altar of the Brood is in play when either of our infinite combos trigger, our opponents will be milled out before we can even attack with our spider army.

Defence

Ensnaring Bridge, Crawlspace, and Dense Foliage - as well as all of our creatures having reach - can make us an unappealing target.

Arachnogenesis, Fog, and Terrifying Presence are our fogs.

Board-Wipes

Kindred Dominance is our sole board-wipe, killing everything with fewer than eight legs. Assuming you choose 'spider' when you cast it. Which is recommended.

Notes

It's worth remembering that for Ishkanah's Delirium to trigger when you cast her, you need "four or more card types among cards in your graveyard". Some cards in this deck have more than one type - for example, Nyx Weaver counts as both an Enchantment and a Creature. Keep this in mind as it can help you set up your graveyard for Delirium even more quickly.

This deck is a constant work-in-progress by a casual player and stubborn spider tribal main, who is determined to make spider tribal viable. It's not going to be a very competitive deck, but it is fun to play. I hope you like it, and any suggestions are welcome.

Top Ranked	Achieved #97 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #88 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Infect 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Spider 1/2 G, Spider 2/4 B
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