---
name: "Giant Spider"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spider"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "SUM"
set_name: "Summer Magic / Edgar"
collector_number: "200"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Sandra Everingham"
oracle_id: "e740ce2f-2134-473c-afa1-1b6d2d1e38ef"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/giant-spider-sum"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Giant Spider
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spider
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Reach

## Oracle Text
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

> *While it possesses potent venom, the Giant Spider often chooses not to paralyze its victims. Perhaps the creature enjoys the gentle rocking motion caused by its captives' struggles to escape its web.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mammoth Spider](/printing/mammoth-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
2. [Goliath Spider](/printing/goliath-spider-rav.md) — Creature — Spider
3. [Canopy Spider](/printing/canopy-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
4. [Grappler Spider](/printing/grappler-spider-wwk.md) — Creature — Spider
5. [Plated Spider](/printing/plated-spider-uds.md) — Creature — Spider
6. [Rib Cage Spider](/printing/rib-cage-spider-pcy.md) — Creature — Spider

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #200
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Sandra Everingham
- **Total Printings:** 174 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`