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Plated Spider
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Beatdown Box SetBTD · #59
- Card type
- Creature — Spider
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.21 € · 0.37 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Ron Spencer
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2000-10-01
Flavour text
Most spiders wait patiently for their prey to arrive. Most spiders aren't forty feet tall.
Rulings
This card now uses the Reach keyword ability to enable the blocking of flying creatures. This works because a creature with flying can only be blocked by creatures with flying or reach.
