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Thran Spider

Artifact Creature — Spider3 generic mana

The symmetry here is the tell. Handing your opponent a Powerstone token when you enter looks like a mistake until you remember what Powerstones can and cannot do: they make colorless mana that pays for artifacts and activated abilities but not for casting most spells. So the giveaway is a hedged one. You get a ramp rock that this spider is already positioned to use (its own 7 generic mana artifact-dig ability, the wider artifact plan around it), while the opponent gets a token that is dead weight in a creature deck and only live in the same kind of construction you are running. The reach body is the other half of the design: a 2/4 wall that blocks fliers and holds the ground while the Powerstone accrues toward the seven-mana activation, a self-contained value engine that stalls the board and refills the hand at the same time. The card is a compact statement of what Powerstones were built to be: mana that is worth something only if you have already committed to the artifact axis, so the seemingly generous split is really an asymmetry disguised as a fair trade. Every line on it points the same direction, toward a grindy artifact midrange where a wall that draws you gas is exactly the tempo you want.

Thran Spider (bro)
BRO · #254rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.26
Foil: $0.39
Oracle Text

Rules text

Reach When this creature enters, you and target opponent each create a tapped Powerstone token. 7 generic mana: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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