---
name: "Plated Spider"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Spider"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "BTD"
set_name: "Beatdown Box Set"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "15163c99-9388-4225-b707-4e057b2adfbc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plated-spider-btd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Plated Spider
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Spider
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Reach

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

> *Most spiders wait patiently for their prey to arrive. Most spiders aren't forty feet tall.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Canopy Spider](/printing/canopy-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
2. [Grappler Spider](/printing/grappler-spider-wwk.md) — Creature — Spider
3. [Giant Spider](/printing/giant-spider-9ed.md) — Creature — Spider
4. [Mammoth Spider](/printing/mammoth-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
5. [Netcaster Spider](/printing/netcaster-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
6. [Talarian Hook Spider](/printing/talarian-hook-spider-trc.md) — Creature — Spider

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Beatdown Box Set (BTD) #59
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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