The 32 Most Expensive and Must-Have Cards in Marvel’s Spider-Man

Last updated on November 22, 2025

Parallel Lives | Illustration by Jim Cheung & Justin Ponsor

Greetings, guys! Marvel’s Spider-Man is just around the corner, and many of you will be opening sealed MTG product at your local Prereleases or just buying some boosters here and there. I’m here to help you identify the most valuable Spider-Man cards. Let’s talk about the different offerings we can find in the whole Marvel’s Spider-Man MTG line-up:

• Marvel’s Spider-Man (SPM) is the main Standard-legal Spider-Man set, and this one is smaller than your average MTG set, with over 193 draftable cards (including basics). You can find these in Play boosters and Collector boosters.
• We also have 40 cards from Marvel Universe (MAR) (sometimes called Source Material), which are reprints of staples like Counterspell, Reanimate, and Reprieve, but using full comic book art from the comics. They’re a typical bonus sheet, and they’ll appear in Play and Collector boosters, but only those already Standard-legal will be playable in the format, like Shock or Rest in Peace.
• Marvel’s Spider-Man Eternal (SPE) is a smaller collection of 26 cards, and these are not Standard-legal cards, but Eternal playable (Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Cube). These are available in Welcome Decks, Collector boosters, and the Spider-Man Scene Box only, which limits their supply (and raises their price tag, too!).

With that in mind, let’s jump to the most expensive cards, with price and set indication on each one. I’ll always reference the cheaper version of the card, so keep in mind that foils and other treatments like borderless or alternate art can make this price twice as high, or even more.

Prices were taken from TCGplayer on Thursday, Sept. 18th and are subject to drastic changes.

#32. Doctor Octopus, Master Planner (SPM) – $18

Doctor Octopus, Master Planner looks like a nice top-deck that you can immediately cast to draw up to eight cards. It’s also the best playoff for running villains if you manage to cast it and it survives, and the villain theme has plenty of support. And ramping into this card isn’t a bad prospect, either.

#31. Impostor Syndrome (SPM) – $18

Yep, the famous Spider-Man meme is now eternalized in a Magic card. In everybody’s favorite casual format, where you’re allowed to cast do-nothing 6-mana enchantments like Impostor Syndrome, there are plenty of ways to exploit this card, including legends-matter decks, blink decks, or decks that thrive on saboteur abilities. I attack you with my Mulldrifter. Care to block?

#30. Savage Beating (MAR) – $19

If there’s something that Spider-Man is used to at this point, it's receiving Savage Beatings. This card is a solid one in red extra combat decks, and it hasn’t been reprinted that many times since the original Darksteel, retaining a $10 value. This art is such a killer choice.

#29. Terminate (MAR) – $20

Maximum Carnage is one of my favorite comic book stories, and this art is killing it. Terminate is such a classic, simple card, and versatile. The card sees plenty of play in Cube, Commander, and even Pauper, and I think this value will hold or even go higher based on players' demand.

#28. Mindbreak Trap (MAR) – $20

Mindbreak Trap is a very interesting sideboard card to fight storm combo decks. It also allows you to fight through very complex stacks or counter wars. This version has killer Mysterio art, too. The other versions of this card still hold their value at $10 since it was only printed at mythic rare.

#27. Najeela, the Blade-Blosssom (Spider-Gwen, Web-Warrior) (MAR) – $24

Najeela, the Blade-Blossom is such a ubiquitous commander that every set nowadays reprints it, be it Final Fantasy or Warhammer 40,000. The card is very good as a 5-color warrior commander, and it hits hard. $24 is what I’d expect for a premium version of this card, and I like this art for a change. If you’re into Spider-Gwen, it’s a very nice one.

#26. Unexpected Windfall (MAR) – $24

You’ll hit the jackpot if you manage to open this $20+ card in a Collector booster. Unexpected Windfall is an okay card to play in treasure decks, or as a way to discard and draw, but nothing more. Remember that Unexpected Windfall is a regular, common card.

#25. Wedding Ring (MAR) – $25.50

Wedding Ring is a powerful card in Commander, at least while you’re “married” to another player and sharing cards and life. This version depicts the happy marriage of Peter and MJ, at least for now…. It’s nostalgic comic book art, and the price tag reflects that, but I’ll stay with the cheaper, simplest one in this case. And who invites the Sinister Six to their wedding party in the first place?

#24. Parallel Lives (MAR) – $25.50

Parallel Lives is a green Commander staple, considering that EDH players love junky artifact tokens and doubling tokens, myself included. Surprisingly, this is the cheapest version of the card, so maybe players didn’t like the art? It’s a little distracting and weird, but the card is good regardless.

#23. Green Goblin, Nemesis (SPE) – $27.50

Green Goblin, Nemesis is your classic Spider-Man antagonist. It’s also a really cool card that rewards you for discarding, and it can be a wheels commander, a madness/mayhem commander, and more. SPE cards carry a premium value, and this one can go even higher if the card is as good or versatile as I think it is.

#22. Eddie Brock / Venom, Lethal Protector (SPM) – $28

Eddie Brock is one of my favorite cards from Marvel’s Spider-Man, and it’s what I expect from a good mythic that’ll see Constructed play. It gives you a 1-mana creature back immediately, which has synergies with aggro and sacrifice. Later in the game, you can transform it into Venom, Lethal Protector, which looks as awesome and fearsome as Venom, or what you’d expect in a Venom MTG card.

#21. Pumpkin Bombs (SPE) – $28

I like Humble Defector-like cards and the minigame they provide. Pumpkin Bombs is interesting, allowing you to discard two and draw three, one more card than we’re used to with these effects. You’ll lose your card, so better take advantage of the discard part. I’m not feeling the $28 price tag, but at least the art is nice.

#20. Heroic Intervention (MAR) – $28

Heroic Intervention is a green EDH staple. You’ll play it to protect your commander, your creatures, or just all your permanents from a wrath effect and more. This card usually goes for $10 or more. This reprint has an old school art that’s a little bland, in my opinion. It’s up to you, really.

#19. Arachnogenesis (MAR) – $28.50 

Arachnogenesis was already awesome as a green damage-prevention card and staple in spider Commander decks. With this set, we have more reasons to play spiders and profit from them, like Spider-Punk putting +1/+1 counters on them. This Spider-Man art is killer, too. Just be aware that the regular Arachnogenesis is a $3 card.

#18. Gwenom, Remorseless (SPM) – $28.50

Gwenom, Remorseless is one of the best cards in the regular set, one that does a good Bolas's Citadel impression if it attacks. I can see this card being a nice commander or a good addition to combo decks.

#17. Grasping Tentacles (SPE) – $29.50

Grasping Tentacles holds its own in a mill deck. Getting eight cards is huge, and often you’ll get something back, which is the usual downside of spending a card just to mill someone. I can see this being played alongside Glimpse the Unthinkable.

#16. Doc Ock, Evil Inventor (SPE) – $29.50

Doc Ock, Evil Inventor is a beefy creature with an impact on the battlefield, if your opponents let you use it effectively. 8/8 artifacts are no joke, but then again, in today’s MTG, it looks lackluster as a 7-mana creature. It’s nice that your artifact becomes an 8/8 permanently, but this design looks very fragile to me.

#15. Spider-Man 2099, Miguel O'Hara (SPE) – $30

Like all SPE mythics, Spider-Man 2099, Miguel O'Hara has a premium price. It's a mix of an Aether Adept and an Enduring Curiosity, and this kind of card draw tends to perform well in EDH. The card has some synergies with blinking and returning cards to your hand, and it’s a good target for web-slinging as well.

#14. Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (SPM) – $31

This card is awesome. You can use Norman Osborn to set up your graveyard, and when you transform it into Green Goblin, you may cast these cards from your graveyard at a reduced cost. It’s an excellent card to build around graveyard mechanics like flashback. If that weren’t enough, Green Goblin can give your graveyard cards mayhem. This card can be a very potent value engine, and it’s a big incentive to loot to your heart’s content.

#13. Amazing Alliance (SPE) – $37

Amazing Alliance takes one of my favorite MTG cards, Glorious Anthem, and adds a little extra, like Spear of Heliod before it. Now you gain life when you attack with legendary creatures, a feature that most decks have nowadays regardless of the format. It’s a very interesting card to add to your decks if you care about attacking, tokens, or lifegain.

#12. Double Trouble (SPE) – $37

Double Trouble is a one-shot Unnatural Growth that’s an instant and is easier to cast. Red only cares about power, and this effect is awesome when you combine it with abilities like double strike or fling effects. Or even red effects that double the amount of damage being dealt. Here, you need numbers, or else Unleash Fury or Temur Battle Rage will often be better.

#11. Opposition Agent (MAR) – $38

Opposition Agent is a black Commander staple and a Game Changer. It hates on tutoring and fetch lands, and it’s a good value creature all-around. This card doesn’t have cheap printings, usually going between $20-25, so at least this version is at an okay price point.

#10. Sensational Spider-Man (SPE) – $38

Sensational Spider-Man was hyped for Commander ever since it was announced months ago. Azorius () has received nice cards that care about tapping creatures like Hylda of the Icy Crown, and this is the first commander that cares about stun counters. Many cards like The Watcher in the Water use stun counters as a downside, so you can turn that into cards.

#9. Venom, Deadly Devourer (SPE) – $43

Venom, Deadly Devourer is a cool new “symbiote-matters” card, and the only card that cares about the symbiote type. It has nice interactions with graveyards and creatures that have high toughness. It shouldn’t be too hard to devise a deck that mills crazy 0/5 cards and uses them to put five +1/+1 counters on a symbiote creature. The thing is, we currently lack symbiotes in MTG, so it’s best to buff Venom itself. It’s a nice, novel Golgari commander ().

#8. Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon (Venom, King in Black) (MAR) – $45

Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon jumped from a bulky rare to a Commander staple and valuable card thanks to its ability to infect and kill a player quickly. Venom, King in Black is just another alternate version, and it’s a premium reprint too. The regular Skithiryx and its reprints usually sell for around $15, as a quick comparison.

#7. Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer (SPM) – $47

The second most expensive card from the Standard set is Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer. It gets a lot of praise as a fresh new white commander that does interesting and different things. It’s a reanimate effect right from the command zone, and you can redirect all the damage to it while you watch it grow. Five white mana is also a big boost to white devotion decks, too.

#6. Reanimate (MAR) – $48

Reanimate is back from the dead in this awesome new Spider-Man symbiote art. The black staple sees play wherever it’s legal, and this is a premium version of an otherwise $5-9 card.

#5. Venom, Eddie Brock (SPE) – $60

Venom, Eddie Brock is a cool way to profit from your villains dying, either in combat or if you sacrifice them. Drawing a card is huge, considering that Venom just piles up some counters otherwise. But it’s still a big beatstick that dies to removal, and menace ain’t changing that.

#4. Spider-Man, Miles Morales (SPE) – $62.50

I can get behind Spider-Man, Miles Morales as a mini Overrun effect every turn, and with +1/+1 counter synergies and support, you can really boost your army. +1/+1 counters and trample on big creatures work really well. But is it worth the 6 mana? It’s got a good enters effect, but it feels bad on an empty board.

#3. Spider-Man, Peter Parker (SPE) – $69

Spider-Man, Peter Parker is your typical mythic angel of a Standard set, only in a flying spider shell. And it won’t be Standard-legal. You have some synergies with lifegain and +1/+1 counters, and in some decks, you’ll be able to protect and buff your whole army from the lifegain synergies alone.

#2. Ghost-Spider, Gwen Stacy (SPE) – $70

Ghost-Spider, Gwen Stacy is a very strong card in go-wide token decks, as when this creature attacks, you get to deal damage to the face immediately. I’d add it in decks built to attack with a large number of creatures, or to Isshin, Two Heavens as One decks to double its powerful trigger.

#1. The Soul Stone (SPM) – $107

The Soul Stone is the clear chase-mythic card from SPM, and it’s the first Infinity Stone to hit MTG. It’s a 2-mana black mana rock with later upside if you harness it, and we know how strong and desirable these can be. I can’t imagine a black EDH deck that doesn’t want this card. Plus, how cool would a future Thanos card be that needs the different Infinity Stones by its side? Or an Infinity Gauntlet card with a specific alternate win condition? This is just the cheaper version of the card, too.

Spider-Man Promos, Alternate Art, and More

Now that I’ve mentioned regular set cards, let’s talk about alternate versions of these cards that are unique to Marvel’s Spider-Man, besides the traditional foil ones.

The Soul Stone

It’s impossible not to talk about The Soul Stone, the great Headliner from the set. This card has two alternate versions that are going to be the most expensive and sought-after cards, with prices in the upper hundreds or even thousands. These are:

• The borderless gauntlet version, which appears only in traditional foil and only in Collector boosters
• The cosmic foil, textless version, which is only in Collector boosters and in very limited numbers

Spectacular Spider-Man’s Different Costumes

Spectacular Spider-Man has seven different costume change variants, plus an eighth version that appears as part of the main set. These costume change cards appear only in Collector boosters with a textured foil treatment. The card is very good, and it’s probably seeing Constructed play, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the prices went up.

Borderless Classic Comics

• Miles Morales / Ultimate Spider-Man
• Peter Parker / Amazing Spider-Man
• Eddie Brock / Venom, Lethal Protector

Borderless Classic Comics are alternates version of some of the MDFCs, with art that looks like a comic book front page. These will be very rare and will fetch a pretty penny on the secondary market.

Full-Art Spiderweb Basic Lands

These are gorgeous basic lands with the mana symbol in the form of an intricate web. Plains is currently my favorite of these.

Borderless Web-Slinger Cards

This treatment shows alternate versions of Spider-Men, ranging from Peter Parker to Miles Morales, and even the Radioactive Spider that started it all.

Borderless Panel Cards

These cards depict our favorite villains and heroes in nice, colorful comic book art and text font. There are 14 of these throughout the set, like Behold the Sinister Six! and The Death of Gwen Stacy.

Wrap Up (in Webs)

Double Trouble | Illustration by Nathaniel Himawan

All in all, this set looks like a comic fan’s dream, just based on the alternate versions of the cards alone. But Marvel’s Spider-Man’s single-card pricings are some of the weirdest I’ve ever seen. The high prices mainly come from premium reprints of good cards in Marvel Universe (MAR), or rare and mythic Spider-Man Eternal (SPE) cards, and all of them are driven by scarcity.

The main takeaway is this: SPE cards are really valuable, MAR reprints are mostly good, while Marvel’s Spider-Man (SPM) is just okay in value, outside of a few rares and mythics.

What cards are you most anxious to get your hands on? Let me know in our comments section below, or over in our Draftsim Discord.

Thanks for reading, and have an awesome prerelease.