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Obelisk Spider
USD $4.96
EUR €3.14

Obelisk Spider

{1}{B}{G}

Creature — Spider

Reach

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

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Reach
Set
The List (PLST #HOU-141)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
3
Released
2019-11-07
Artist
YW Tang
EDHREC rank
#4,842
Colour identity
{B}{G}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.06
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 2

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons+Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+Obelisk Spider
{B}{G}
Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's controlInfinite -1/-1 countersLockNear-infinite card drawNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite creature sacrifice triggersNear-infinite death triggersNear-infinite draw triggersNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite lifeloss
Channeler Initiate+Sinking Feeling+Obelisk Spider
{B}{G}{U}
Infinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2017-04-18

    If a creature with wither or infect deals damage to a creature, the controller of the creature with wither or infect puts that many -1/-1 counters on the second creature.

  • 2017-07-14

    Because damage remains marked on a creature until it’s removed as the turn ends, the counter Obelisk Spider’s first triggered ability puts on a creature may cause previously marked damage to become lethal.

  • 2017-07-14

    If Obelisk Spider deals combat damage to a creature at the same time Obelisk Spider is dealt lethal damage, its first triggered ability will put a -1/-1 counter on the other creature. However, because Obelisk Spider has left the battlefield before that ability resolves, its last ability won’t trigger.

  • 2017-07-14

    If Obelisk Spider deals combat damage to a creature but that creature isn’t on the battlefield as Obelisk Spider’s first triggered ability resolves, most likely because Obelisk Spider killed that creature already, that ability won’t put a -1/-1 counter on it.

  • 2017-07-14

    If you put one or more -1/-1 counter on each of multiple creatures at the same time, Obelisk Spider’s last ability triggers once for each of those creatures.

  • 2017-07-14

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, Obelisk Spider’s last ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.

  • 2017-07-14

    Obelisk Spider’s first triggered ability puts only one -1/-1 counter on the creature, no matter how much combat damage it dealt.

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