Mirkwood Spider
Mirkwood Spider: Creature - Spider, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {G}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Spider
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 178
- Artist
- Alexander Ostrowski
- Commander rank
- 5,792 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Deathtouch
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About Mirkwood Spider
Mirkwood Spider is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green creature from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 178 in that set, with art by Alexander Ostrowski. It costs {G} (one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks, target legendary creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Far and wide Shelob's lesser broods spread from glen to glen, to Dol Guldur and the fastnesses of Mirkwood.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mirkwood Spider by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Mirkwood Spider
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #629 | Common | 2023 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.