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Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly

Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly

Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero · {1}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander

Web-slinging {R}{G} (You may cast this spell for {R}{G} if you also return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand.) Trample Sensational Save — If Scarlet Spider was cast using web-slinging, he enters with X +1/+1 counters on him, where X is the mana value of the returned creature.
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What Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly actually does

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What a Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly deck wants

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Best cards for Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly

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A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Spiders-Man, Heroic Horde2 mana
  2. Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly3 mana
  3. Spider-Man, Brooklyn Visionary5 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
  3. Cankerbloom2 mana
  4. Thirsting Roots1 mana
  5. Evolution Sage3 mana
  6. Mossborn Hydra3 mana
  7. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  8. Fangs of Kalonia2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Beast Within3 mana
  3. Nature's Claim1 mana
  4. Crush1 mana
  5. Emerald Charm1 mana
  6. Shrink1 mana
  7. Naturalize2 mana
  8. Origin of Metalbending2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Simplify1 mana
  5. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  6. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  7. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  8. Tectonic Break2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Celestial Reunion1 mana
  4. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  5. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  6. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  7. Chord of Calling3 mana
  8. Eldritch Evolution3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Skullclamp1 mana
  2. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  3. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  6. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  7. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  8. Elemental Bond3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  3. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  4. Cryptothrall4 mana
  5. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  6. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  7. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  8. Asceticism5 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  7. Crop Rotation1 mana
  8. Delighted Halfling1 mana

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