The world of Magic: The Gathering has collaborated with many iconic nerdy franchises, from the universe of Final Fantasy to the realms of Avatar: The Last Airbender. But one of the brand’s most popular upcoming collabs is Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man. With excitement for Spider-Man’s arrival to Magic: The Gathering growing by the minute, it’s our honor to exclusively reveal four new cards from this set featuring the friendly neighborhood wallcrawler and his mortal enemies.
We Reveal 4 New Cards From the Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man Set
All four of these new Spider-Man Magic cards are full-art cards that are reprints of classic cards—now arriving in a Spidey incarnation. You can play these cards in all manner of formats, but particularly Modern and Commander, which are the two most popular. Let’s dive into our four new cards from Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man.
The Feed the Swarm Magic Card Honors a Buzzy 1970s Marvel Comics Villain
This Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man card is a reprint of a classic card that first appeared in the Zendikar Rising set back in 2020. The imagery adapts the cover of Spectacular Spider-Man #36 (1979), with artwork by Ed Hannigan and Pablo Marcos. It’s all about showcasing the underappreciated (and weird) Spidey villain Swarm, who, as his name suggests, is a villain made of thousands of bees. Swarm originated as a villain for Marvel’s Champions team before moving on to becoming an adversary for Peter Parker. And now, you’ll have Swarm in your hands to battle it out on a tabletop.
The Silkguard Magic Card Spotlights the Heroic Silk a.k.a. Cindy Moon
Peter Parker isn’t the only person who got bitten by a radioactive spider as a teenager at Midtown High School. His classmate, Cindy Moon, did as well! She gained similar powers and later became the heroine Silk. Cindy starred in her own Marvel series and remains a big part of the comic Spider-Verse today. The original Silk art in this Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man card is by artist Dave Johnson. It replaces a giant silkworm creature with Cindy, and is an adaptation of another reprint of a card from 2022’s Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.
Savage Beating Magic Card Shows a Battle Royale Between Spider-Man and Venom
Before he was an antihero starring in his own franchise, Venom was one of Spider-Man’s deadliest foes. Future Spawn creator Todd McFarlane made the character wildly popular, and he drew this card’s cover art, which is from Amazing Spider-Man #316. It features the alien symbiote and Eddie Brock giving Spider-Man a, well, savage beating. This is a reprint of a Magic: The Gathering card from 2004’s Darksteel. The Entwine mechanic, which lets you utilize both card effects, feels perfectly suited to the character of Venom, a human controlled by an alien parasite.
Tangle Magic Card Shows Spider-Man in His Most Modern Marvel Comics Incarnation
This Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man card features some very recent Spider-Man art from the comics. It showcases the variant cover art from 2022’s Amazing Spider-Man #6 by Humberto Ramos. That was actually the 900th overall issue of Amazing Spider-Man. This card first appeared in 2000’s Invasion, and it’s perfect for Spider-Man’s webbing because its effect prevents combat damage. It also prevents the creature from attacking next turn, as if caught in his web. What’s more Spider-Man than that?
More About Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man
The Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man will release on September 26. For more information on this set, its products, and how to pre-order your copy, head on over to the official Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man website right now.
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