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Spider-Gwen, Free Spirit

Spider-Gwen, Free Spirit

Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero

Spider-Gwen wants a deck that throws away its own cards on purpose for a reward. It also works in a deck built around Heroes, Humans or Spiders.

  • Mana cost2 genericred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 3
  • RarityCommon

Reach

Whenever Spider-Gwen becomes tapped, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

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Cards That Fit Spider-Gwen, Free Spirit

Picked for what they do in Spider-Gwen's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Spider-Gwen's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Spider-Gwen, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryRPlayers write colors as letters: R for red.Madness/DiscardDiscard decks throw away their own cards on purpose and play cards that reward each discard. Cards with madness can even be cast for a different, usually cheaper, cost at the moment you discard them.Open the Madness/Discard pageLootingDraws and discards in the same breath. Faithless Looting, Frantic Search. It does not gain you cards. It improves the ones you have, and fills your graveyard on purpose, which is exactly what a reanimator card like Animate Dead wants.Open the Looting pageSelf-DiscardDiscards your own cards as a cost or an effect. Filling your own graveyard on purpose is the point: it feeds cards that bring things back, madness and channel abilities, and some cards are worth more there than in hand. Faithless Looting, Boseiju, Who EnduresOpen the Self-Discard pageSpidersSpiders are mostly green, and most have reach, which lets them block flying creatures. Magic's Spider-Man cards count too.Open the Spiders pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw page