San Diego ComicCon 2025 is here, and with it come the fresh Spider-Man spoilers we were promised. We’ve already seen a solid batch of cards from the upcoming set, and the hype train doesn’t seem to be slowing down. We also got to see the full range of MTG Spider-Man action figure promos. This range was leaked back in June, and confirmed via images yesterday. Now we know what all of the available promos are, too.
There are four promos in total, each of which will come bundled with an action figure of the same character. The first of these is Spectacular Spider-Man, which we actually already covered yesterday. The rest, barring one reprint, are all-new cards. For those concerned about the potential for these figures to become scalper magnets, some reassuring news: all of the promos included here, with one reprint exception, will also feature in the main set. If you miss out on a pre-order for these figures, you’ll still be able to snap up the cards elsewhere.
Anti-Venom, Horrific Healer
- Mana Value: WWWWW
- Type: Legendary Creature – Symbiote Hero
- Rarity: Promo
- Card Text: When Anti-Venom enters, if he was cast, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
If damage would be dealt to Anti-Venom, prevent that damage and put that many +1/+1 counters on him.- Stats: 5/5
The first, and most interesting, of the MTG Spider-Man action figure promos is definitely Anti-Venom. This is a remarkable card in a number of ways. For starters, this is the first card in Magic history to require five white mana to cast. Phyrexian Vindicator came close at four, but this is the new bar. Unless you’re playing a very pricey mana base or something like Riftstone Portal, you won’t be playing this outside of Mono-White.
Speaking of Phyrexian Vindicator, this card has a similar ability. If it would take damage, it instead gains that many +1/+1 counters. That’s not quite as sexy as redirecting damage like Vindicator, but it does make Anti-Venom a hard-to-kill, ever-scaling threat. Against combat-focused decks or those without hard removal, this is going to be an absolute pain to deal with.
Perhaps the best thing about Anti-Venom is the fact that it’s also a reanimation spell. Provided you cast it from your hand, you can bring back any creature, no strings attached. Working on cast and not entry is a huge bummer, but this is still a very powerful ability. Unconditional reanimation costs around four mana on average, so getting a 5/5 in the bargain for just one more feels solid.
All of that said, I’m struggling to picture a home for Anti-Venom right now. That mana cost is so restrictive that it really limits the card’s options. It might slot into Standard Mono-White Token Control as a late-game finisher, but that deck doesn’t run a ton of creatures for you to reanimate. Commander play is more likely, possibly even in the command zone, but there are a lot of better, easier-to-cast options out there.
Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
- Mana Value: 3
- Type: Legendary Artifact Creature – Spider Hero
- Rarity: Promo
- Card Text: Vigilance.
Tap: Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature and/or Vehicle you control.
2, Remove two +1/+1 counters from among artifacts you control: Draw a card.- Stats: 2/3
The other new card among the MTG Spider-Man action figure promos is Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade. This one looks a lot more playable than Anti-Venom, both in terms of mana cost and abilities.
For starters, this is a Steel Overseer with much better stats and Vigilance for just one more mana. While not super-exciting in 2025, this is still a solid card in go-wide artifact decks in Commander. Any deck that runs Overseer will almost certainly want this, especially since Vigilance lets it attack and place counters in the same turn cycle. Iron Spider also hits un-crewed Vehicles, which gives it an extra edge if you’re running those.
The more exciting part of Iron Spider is the draw ability. Removing two counters is trivial with that tap ability, and having access to instant-speed draw on tap is fantastic. The card also seems like a great infinite mana outlet for combo decks. With a card like Marketback Walker, you can draw as many cards as you want this way, allowing you to find your Walking Ballista or Torment of Hailfire to finish things off.
While running a colorless Commander is generally seen as a self-imposed challenge, Iron Spider serving as a combo piece might make it viable. The fact that it’s an artifact is also great for Mox Opal and the like, helping you get to your infinite mana engine online sooner. Outside of Commander I don’t expect this one to see much play. The artifact decks in Standard right now aren’t hugely creature-focused, and it’s a bit too inefficient for older formats.
Notably, Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade plays very well with the new Pinnacle Emissary, buffing all the Drones that creature will generate. If Iron Spider does see Standard play, this is perhaps its only shot.
Colonel John Jameson//Man-Wolf
- Colonel John Jameson (Huntmaster of the Fells)
- Mana Value: 2RG
- Type: Creature – Human Werewolf
- Rarity: Promo
- Card Text: Whenever this creature enters or transforms into Colonel John Jameson, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token and you gain 2 life.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform this creature.- Stats: 2/2
- Man-Wolf (Ravager of the Fells)
- Type: Creature – Werewolf
- Card Text: Trample.
Whenever this creature transforms into Ravager of the Fells, it deals 2 damage to target opponent or planeswalker and 2 damage to up to one target creature that player or that planeswalker’s controller controls.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform this creature.- Stats: 4/4
The last of the MTG Spider-Man action figure promos is, interestingly enough, a reprint. This is a re-skinned version of Huntmaster of the Fells//Ravager of the Fells, in the image of J. Jonah Jameson’s lesser-known son and his lupine alter-ego.
Huntmaster is a bit of an iconic card, but largely because of how good it used to be. Back in original Innistrad Standard, it was a powerhouse, and one of the premier Midrange threats in the format. It was a card you could just play and expect to generate value for you over time. Nowadays, however, it’s yet another victim of Magic’s relentless power creep.
While the card still sees a bit of play in Commander, mostly in Werewolf Typal decks, Huntmaster of the Fells is a far cry from its heyday. There are just more reliable and powerful cards in the game now. With how refined modern Commander decks are, and how easily they cast spells, it’s pretty unlikely this will ever flip in a given game, too.
This mediocrity is reflected in the card’s current price. Even the high-end bling versions of the card, the From the Vault and Secret Lair printings, are less than $5. Regular copies can be had for around $0.20. This isn’t a particularly high-value reprint, then, but it is at least interesting. Huntmaster has some history to it, and the new artwork is pretty striking. It’s strange that Wizards chose to include a card not from the Spider-Man set in this promo line, mind you. Clearly John Jameson and Man-Wolf were cuts too deep to make the main set themselves.
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