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◇ Catalog #255

Giant Spider

8ed·#255·common·nonfoil

Illus. Randy Gallegos

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Jul '03

23 yr ago

Value

$0.09+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.09 · low $0.08

NM$0.09

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.08–$0.10modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.14low $0.04range 250.0%n 54

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #18,964 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.09

Gameplay

Creature — Spider

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Watching the spider's web —Llanowar expression meaning "focusing on the wrong thing"

2/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2008-04-01wotc

This card now uses the Reach keyword ability to enable the blocking of flying creatures. This works because a creature with flying can only be blocked by creatures with flying or reach.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.09. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.14 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 8ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #255 of *Eighth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2003 Eighth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Spider, color identity green, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{G} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Reach.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #18,964 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Randy Gallegos. Rarix catalogs 746 other cards credited to this artist.