Obelisk Spider
Creature — Spider
Obelisk Spider
Creature — Spider
Card Text
Reach
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Black, Green
- Color Identity
- Black, Green
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #5,138
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (13)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) | #249 | uncommon | en | YW Tang | — | — |
| The List (PLST) | #HOU-141 | uncommon | en | YW Tang | $8.27 | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | en | YW Tang | $7.48 | $19.47 |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | de | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | es | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | fr | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | it | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | ja | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | ko | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | pt | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | ru | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | zhs | YW Tang | — | — |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) | #141 | uncommon | zht | YW Tang | — | — |
Official Rulings (7)
If Obelisk Spider deals combat damage to a creature at the same time Obelisk Spider is dealt lethal damage, its first triggered ability will put a -1/-1 counter on the other creature. However, because Obelisk Spider has left the battlefield before that ability resolves, its last ability won’t trigger.
Obelisk Spider’s first triggered ability puts only one -1/-1 counter on the creature, no matter how much combat damage it dealt.
If you put one or more -1/-1 counter on each of multiple creatures at the same time, Obelisk Spider’s last ability triggers once for each of those creatures.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Obelisk Spider’s last ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.
If Obelisk Spider deals combat damage to a creature but that creature isn’t on the battlefield as Obelisk Spider’s first triggered ability resolves, most likely because Obelisk Spider killed that creature already, that ability won’t put a -1/-1 counter on it.
Because damage remains marked on a creature until it’s removed as the turn ends, the counter Obelisk Spider’s first triggered ability puts on a creature may cause previously marked damage to become lethal.
If a creature with wither or infect deals damage to a creature, the controller of the creature with wither or infect puts that many -1/-1 counters on the second creature.
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