---
name: "Watcher in the Web"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Spider"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "SOI-239"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Vincent Proce"
oracle_id: "232a4128-133e-446d-9f1c-dd3875094473"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/watcher-in-the-web-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Watcher in the Web
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Spider
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/5
- **Keywords:** Reach

## Oracle Text
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
This creature can block an additional seven creatures each combat.

> *"Lost in the woods" is an optimistic way to describe a villager's disappearance. "Found in the woods" is frequently more appropriate.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Netcaster Spider](/printing/netcaster-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
2. [Canopy Spider](/printing/canopy-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
3. [Mammoth Spider](/printing/mammoth-spider-m20.md) — Creature — Spider
4. [Woolly Spider](/printing/woolly-spider-me2.md) — Creature — Spider
5. [Giant Spider](/printing/giant-spider-9ed.md) — Creature — Spider
6. [Plated Spider](/printing/plated-spider-uds.md) — Creature — Spider

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #SOI-239
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Vincent Proce
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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