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Penumbra Spider

Multiverse ID: 118899

Penumbra Spider

Comments (8)

holgir
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (5 votes)
For a slightly more specific mana cost than featured on Giant Spider, you get a much better version here. This took over the casual role of the solid reach creature for CMC 4 in green while the cla.ssic is completely relegated to limited play, where it is still a very viable early pick.
Dark_Raider
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (4 votes)
This is just one of those cards I always used to hate, because when I'd finally gotten rid of it, guess what? IT'S STILL THERE! Oh the agony! D:
That said, now that I own it myself (and, mind you, have gotten a good bit better at deckbuilding) I can safely say that this is one of those cards that's just a powerhouse in limited, and very decent in a casual deck, but nothing more.
4/5 for nostalgia's sake. And because the mechanic is cool, flavorwise.
Neutralion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
I love penumbras.... i just love them all four.
metalevolence
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (7 votes)
Run with swarmyard. WHY WON'T THEY DIE
Baconradar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Love this card. My favourite nostalgia card from time spiral in fact.

You have to understand what this card did to limited. It was nuts.
SkyknightXi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Obliquely confirmed by revealed tokens to be in Modern Masters.
Missile_Penguin
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Nearly every card in Time Spiral block was a throwback to at least one previously printed card.

This card references both Giant Spider and the Penumbra creatures from Apocalypse.
Tamerlein
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm tempted of putting this card in my unpowered cube, but I'm legitimately afraid of it being too powerful. It's two Giant Spiders for a small change in the mana cost! That's seriously insane! Not quite constructed playable, but I'm surprised that it isn't at least considered more.

4.5/5