Prerelease events for the Spider Man MTG set are almost here. As usual, this event will be players’ first opportunity to get hands-on with the latest set. On top of this, Friday, September 19th, will also mark the date that Spider Man becomes legal in all formats. This means players will soon be able to start cracking packs for the cards they want.
Whether you’re playing in prerelease events or planning to open packs, there are plenty of cards to look out for. MTG Spider Man might not be the most powerful set in existence, but it does have some expensive cards. Between soon-to-be staples for Commander and constructed formats, there’s definitely money to be made.
With this in mind, it’s well worth looking out for the most expensive MTG Spider Man cards this Friday. If you get lucky, a single card could easily end up paying for your pack, or even your event.
Watch Out for Presale Prices
Before we get into the list properly, it’s worth noting that we’re still in the presale period. Until the MTG Spider Man set is officially released on September 26th, prices will likely fluctuate heavily. Typically, once a set has been officially released, prices tend to crash a great deal as supply floods the market.
On top of this, relying on TCGplayer’s market price during the presale period can be rather unreliable. Since cards are listed at insane premiums, early sales warp the average market price. Due to this, we’ll currently be looking at the price of new listings, rather than the average market price.
With that in mind, it’s finally time to dive into the most expensive MTG Spider Man cards.
5 | Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector
Price: $15
While we didn’t make the cut for our list of best Commanders, or even cards for the 99, Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector is seriously strong. Within Jund graveyard-focused decks, this card is going to be a literal monster. While things might not start off too strong with Eddie Brock, Venom, Lethal Protector’s ability is insane.
This Venom variant might cost six mana to play, but for that cost, you get to cheat permanents into play and draw cards in one. While you do have to sacrifice a creature to get this effect, it’s still useful at worst and abuseable at best. At worst, you’ll get a decent amount of card draw while replacing a threat on the board with one from your hand. At best, you can sacrifice something you’ve cheated in for tons of draw while cheating in something else.
While Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector is definitely powerful, it remains to be seen how much they’ll be played. Currently, Eddie is the third most popular Commander from Spider Man, according to EDHREC, but he might not see tons of play beyond that. Due to this Jund color identity, the number of decks that could use Eddie will be somewhat limited.
4 | Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
Price: $21
If you ask us, Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is the best Commander option from the MTG Spider Man set. Offering a cheap unbolockable body that can easily loot and grow, Norman Osborn is pretty powerful in his own right. Even if you never flip this card, there’s good reason to build around him or include him in a deck.
That said, things do get much better when Green Goblin hits the field. If you’re able to consistently get nonland cards in your graveyard, Green Goblin is a potent cost reduction engine. Thankfully, being Grixis, there are plenty of tools to enable this compelling game plan.
Beyond just synergizing with its own Madness-providing ability, Green Goblin also works wonders with abilities like Flashback and Harmonize. In theory, this could allow it to become a staple in Commander, but its color identity does make things difficult. Being a three-color card, the number of decks that can easily slot in Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is fairly limited. At worst, this will just be an Underworld Breach Commander that’s cEDH viable, which is incredibly strong.
Despite this potentially damning downside, Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is still an expensive MTG card. As time goes on, there’s little doubt this card should retain its position as one of the most expensive MTG Spider Man cards.
3 | Gwenom, Remorseless
Price: $23
While arguably not as powerful as Norman Osborn // Green Goblin, Gwenom, Remorseless is still an immensely powerful MTG card. She might be somewhat expensive, but getting to cast spells for life in Commander is dangerously good. With 40 life to play with, you can cheat in any game-ending threat you like, if you get lucky.
While this ability is very powerful, Gwenom, Remorseless isn’t perfect. For starters, she needs to attack to activate her main ability. Thankfully, this shouldn’t always spell disaster, since she has Deathtouch, but it’s nonetheless a major risk. On top of this, if you’re using her as your Commander, her mono black color identity can be rather limiting.
Despite these restrictions, Gwenom, Remorseless is currently one of the most expensive MTG Spider Man cards. This could be due to her color identity making her better for the 99 of decks, or it could be waifu tax. It might seem silly, but MTG players have been known to covet cards with desirable art. Potentially, this might be exactly what’s happening here, or Gwenom may simply be overpriced.
2 | Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
Price: $29
Currently, Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer is the most popular Commander option from the MTG Spider Man set, according to EDHREC. While the card does have potential, we’re definitely not blown away by it. Outside of mono white Commander decks, this card is likely going to struggle to find a home due to its cost.
Despite this major downside, within mono white decks, Anti-Venom and Horrifying Healer can be a real menace. Not only can he reanimate any creature from your graveyard, no strings attached, but he’s difficult to remove, too. Damage-based removal will only make Anti-Venom stronger, which can easily turn him into a game-ending threat.
Beyond just tanking damage, damage redirection works wonders with Anti-Venom. With Great Power…, Pariah, and Pariah’s Shield all speed up Anti-Venom’s scaling significantly. In theory, this could easily have him swinging in for lethal amounts of Commander damage. While this is definitely exciting, once again, Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer isn’t perfect.
As much as white has a decent amount of creature protection, removal is plentiful in Commander. A single Swords to Plowshares would set Anti-Venom back to square one, which is potentially devastating. That said, you would get to cast him again, allowing you to reanimate something else.
Either way, Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer is currently one of the most expensive MTG cards in the Spider Man set. Just how long it will stay this way, however, remains to be seen.
1 | The Soul Stone
Price: $77
Finally, we’re onto the big ticket item. Currently, The Soul Stone is easily the most expensive MTG Spider Man card, and it’s not even close. Worryingly, while presale prices are typically inflated, The Soul Stone could deserve this price long term.
As easily the set’s best card for the 99 of Commander decks, The Soul Stone is a true staple. At the very least, this is a cheap, indestructible mana rock that a great deal of black decks can utilize. Even if you don’t think about Harnessing it, this is more than enough to make this card playable.
Should you get enough mana to Harness it, this card becomes even more obscene. Each turn, you’ll get no strings attached reanimation, which is brutal to play against. Thanks to The Soul Stone’s built-in protection, there’s a good chance you’ll easily get your money’s worth with this ability, too. This just makes the card even more of an easy auto-include within black-aligned Commander decks.
Notably, while base variants of The Soul Stone are selling for $77, it gets a lot more expensive than that. Borderless copies of this card are being listed for $2000, and a copy has even sold at that price. As if that somehow wasn’t enough, there’s also the Cosmic Foil variant, which is even rarer than most serialized cards.
By all accounts, The Soul Stone is easily the most expensive MTG Spider Man card.
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