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Arachne, Psionic Weaver
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero · {2}{W} · White commander
What Arachne, Psionic Weaver actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · taxSpells of the chosen type cost {1} more to cast.
- Keyword · web-slingingweb-slinging
- AbilityAs Arachne enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose a card type other than creature.
What an Arachne, Psionic Weaver deck needs
Plays as creature stax. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures — its tax names a noncreature type, so a creature-heavy deck plays under it
- creatures with enter triggers to return and recast with web-slinging
- stax pieces and hatebears
The Arachne, Psionic Weaver deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 10× A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 4× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 24× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
Best cards for Arachne, Psionic Weaver
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
- Authority of the Consuls1 mana
- Ghostly Prison3 mana
- Blind Obedience2 mana
- Drannith Magistrate2 mana
- Deafening Silence1 mana
- Grafdigger's Cage1 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Cursed Totem2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Mentor of the Meek3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Cleric Class1 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Mirror Entity3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Hazoret's Monument3 mana
- Rhonas's Monument3 mana
- Twinning Staff3 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Loran of the Third Path3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Helpful Hunter2 mana
- Loyal Warhound2 mana
- Wall of Omens2 mana
Combos with Arachne, Psionic Weaver
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Arachne, Psionic Weaver is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Arachne, Psionic Weaver + Spider-Man, Web-Slinger + We Ride At Dawn75 decks
- Arachne, Psionic Weaver + Spider-Man, Web-Slinger + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn39 decks
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