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Obelisk Spider

Hour of Devastation • #141 • uncommon
Creature — Spider |
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Obelisk Spider

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Live Value $2.65
Foil Multiplier: 6.58x Premium Factor 🔥
Reprint Profile:
Printed 3 times HIGH RISK

Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like Amonkhet Remastered, The List.

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Dealer Buylist:
$1.80 ↑ 33% / 7d
Buy/Sell Spread:
vs $4.49 retail 60% NORMAL

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30-Day Market Trend

Rarity
uncommon
Set Origin
Daily Shift
-2.21%
EDHREC Rank
#4,833
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Creature — Spider
Color Identity Black , Green
Power / Toughness 1 / 4
🖋️ Curator's Notes
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.
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Official Judge Precedents

7 Precedents

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.

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.

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.

Obelisk Spider’s first triggered ability puts only one -1/-1 counter on the creature, no matter how much combat damage it dealt.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2017-07-14
Artist Reference: YW Tang
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl legal
explorer not_legal
penny not_legal
predh not_legal
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