Spider-Man, New Champion

MSC · rare · Released 2026-06-26

Power

brawl

tier-1Niche payoff

commander

tier-1Niche payoff

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

incremental

minor value alone

build around

needs a shell

scales

scales up

flexible

multiple modes

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:

burnwheelsspellslinger

negative:

controlmill

Roles

burn-payoffdiscard-outletaggressive-creatureping-damage

Risks

requires-hand-densityconditional-triggerremoval-magnet

Mechanics

—

Typal

synergy:

humanspider

anti:

—

Structural

triggered-ability

Rationale

3cmc 3/3 reach legendary — whenever you discard one or more cards, deals that many damage to any target. Strong in wheels and discard-heavy red shells where each wheel (7 cards discarded) equals 7 damage to any target or creature; combines with Sunbird's Invocation, Faithless Looting, and wheel effects. A must-answer threat in Brawl given its free damage output every time you cycle or wheel.

Learnings (2)

Each discard trigger counts total cards discarded in one event — a single Wheel of Fortune discarding 7 cards fires one trigger dealing 7 damage, not seven separate 1-damage triggers. This matters for damage-doubling effects (only one trigger to double) and for ward/hexproof.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
As a legendary 3/3 for 3R that deals damage equal to cards discarded, Spider-Man pairs best with mass discard effects (wheels) rather than one-at-a-time discard outlets — a single Windfall in a hand-heavy game can close out a game from full life in Brawl.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

EDHREC rank: #26,827