
Arachne, Psionic Weaver
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero
Web-slinging (You may cast this spell for
if you also return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand.)
As Arachne enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose a card type other than creature.
Spells of the chosen type cost more to cast.
3 / 3
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 2
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Spider-Man, Web-Slinger
- Spider-UK
- Charitable Levy
- Oketra's Monument
- Blind Obedience
- Adagia, Windswept Bastion
- Relic of Legends
- Amazing Spider-Girl
- Defiler of Faith
- Solitude
- The Seriema
- Aetherflux Reservoir
- Starfield Shepherd
- Aven Interrupter
- Witch Enchanter
- Witch Enchanter
- Web Up
- Ambrosia Whiteheart
- Moonsilver Key
- Loran of the Third Path
- Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- God-Eternal Oketra
- Windborn Muse
- Aura of Silence
- Weathered Wayfarer
- Springleaf Drum
- Lightstall Inquisitor
- Drannith Magistrate
- Holdout Settlement
- Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
- Ephemerate
- Nurturing Pixie
- Tax Collector
- Archivist of Oghma
- Aunt May
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- Spirited Companion
- Anointed Peacekeeper
- Tataru Taru
- Sanctum of Eternity
- City Pigeon
- Scavenger Grounds
- Cloudstone Curio
- Cemetery Protector
- Sunpearl Kirin
- Petrified Hamlet
- Emergence Zone
- Airbender Ascension
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Gideon's Intervention
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Plains
- Sol Ring
- Pearl Medallion
- Oketra's Monument
- Swords to Plowshares
- Spider-Man, Web-Slinger
- Path to Exile
- Spider-UK
- Loran of the Third Path
- Witch Enchanter
- Witch Enchanter
- Blind Obedience
- Adagia, Windswept Bastion
- Charitable Levy
- Arcane Signet
- Esper Sentinel
- Authority of the Consuls
- Ghostly Prison
- Defiler of Faith
- Aetherflux Reservoir
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Reprieve
- Weathered Wayfarer
- Ephemerate
- Solitude
- Relic of Legends
- Starfield Shepherd
- Knight of the White Orchid
- Aven Interrupter
- Amazing Spider-Girl
- Soul Warden
- Archivist of Oghma
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- The Seriema
- Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- Generous Gift
- Tocasia's Welcome
- Land Tax
- Minas Tirith
- Windborn Muse
- Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- Spirited Companion
- Drannith Magistrate
- Gleaming Splendor
- Windbrisk Heights
- Moonsilver Key
- Scavenger Grounds
- Web Up
- Mother of Runes
- Ambrosia Whiteheart
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-09-19
Card types other than creature include artifact, battle, enchantment, instant, kindred, planeswalker, and sorcery. Technically, you could also choose land, but lands are never cast, so doing so would have no effect. (The same is true for card types that don't appear in most games, like plane or scheme.)
- 2025-09-19
If any permanent has an ability that triggers when the permanent you return leaves the battlefield, that ability will be put on the stack after you finish casting the spell, and it will resolve before that spell.
- 2025-09-19
The creature you return must be tapped at the time you pay costs, but doesn't necessarily need to be tapped before you start casting the spell. For example, if you tap a creature with a mana ability to pay part of the spell's web-slinging cost, you could also return that creature to your hand to pay the cost.
- 2025-09-19
Web-slinging represents an alternative cost. If another effect allows you to play a card for a different alternative cost, including "without paying its mana cost," you can't also choose to pay its web-slinging cost. If any additional costs from other sources are applied, you must pay those.
- 2025-09-19
You can't choose a subtype, such as creature types like Spider or Hero, artifact types like Treasure or Food, or enchantment types like Aura.
- 2025-09-19
You must follow all normal timing rules when casting a spell with web-slinging. For creatures, that usually means you must cast it during a main phase of your turn while the stack is empty.