Marvel's Spider-Man (SPM)

What players think

The format is seen as slow: games stall, big bodies and fliers matter, and value engines outweigh tempo. (villains) and (web-slinging) are judged the best decks; white has the most reliable removal, while red is seen as the weakest, which weighs on (mayhem) and (mana value 4+). Opinions differ on removal, weak overall for some, and on red, which others find useful. (modified) is seen as decent but reliant on its archetype cards. Mayhem was praised as powerful at launch, then judged disappointing after a few games.

Colour pairs

Pair	Archetype	Mechanic
	Modified Creatures	Modified
	Web-slinging	Web-slinging
	Connive and Villains	Connive
	Mayhem	Mayhem
	Big Spells	Mana value 4 or greater

Archetypes: the gold uncommons

• Modified Creatures

  Modified

  • 

    51. Sun-Spider, Nimble Webber

    6.5
  • 

    126. SP//dr, Piloted by Peni

    5.0
  • 

    137. Wraith, Vicious Vigilante

    4.8

• Connive and Villains

  Connive

  • 

    58. Prowler, Clawed Thief

    6.3
  • 

    159. Vulture, Scheming Scavenger

    4.2
  • 

    42. Morbius the Living Vampire

    6.6

• Mayhem

  Mayhem

  • 

    143. Scarlet Spider, Kaine

    4.6
  • 

    162. Green Goblin, Revenant

    4.0
  • 

    125. Shriek, Treblemaker

    5.0

• Big Spells

  Mana value 4 or greater

  • 

    148. Rhino, Barreling Brute

    4.4
  • 

    122. Kraven, Proud Predator

    5.0
  • 

    77. Rhino's Rampage

    5.9

• Web-slinging

  Web-slinging

  • 

    62. Spider-Man India

    6.2
  • 

    107. Web-Warriors

    5.4
  • 

    21. Spider-Girl, Legacy Hero

    7.4

Mechanics of the set

• Web-slinging

  You may cast the spell for its web-slinging cost if you also return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand.

• Mayhem

  You may cast the card from your graveyard for its mayhem cost if you discarded it this turn.

• Modified

  A creature is modified if it has Equipment, an Aura you control or a counter on it.

• Connive

  Draw a card, then discard a card; if you discarded a nonland card, the creature gets a +1/+1 counter.

• Villains

  Villain is a creature type; several cards reward the Villains you control, cast or get back from the graveyard.

• Mana value 4 or greater

  Several cards reward casting a spell with mana value 4 or greater, or controlling a permanent with that value.

The best cards

By colour

To remember

• Equipment and Auras count towards modified creatures: six cards of the set mention it, so take a few before settling on white-blue.
• Nine cards have web-slinging and twelve have mayhem: keep cheap creatures to return, and ways to discard for mayhem.
• The type of your creatures matters as much as their colours: 50 cards are Villains and 39 are Spiders.
• Keep ways to deal with big creatures: Spectacular Tactics, Web Up and Venom's Hunger are commons that do it.