During a special PAX West panel, Wizards of the Coast hosted the full debut of Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man. As a collaboration with Marvel, it will launch globally on September 26, 2025. A much-anticipated set, the Spider-Man MTG set and its rogues’ gallery in Magic: The Gathering. With Spider-Heroes from across the Marvel Universe coming to Magic: The Gathering, there’s something for every fan of Marvel’s beloved web-slinger.
During today’s panel, fans in attendance were given a sneak peek at some of the cards, new mechanics, collector variants, and more coming to the set. If you’re excited to swing into your LCS, don’t expect to be able to find a Commander deck like other Universes Beyond sets. But with a villain’s set and a swarm of spider-people, the reality is that you’ll have plenty of time to explore the Spider-verse and find a Commander to build something from the ground up.
Get BWT in your inbox!
Get BWT in your inbox!
Additionally, the team highlighted the Marvel Comics artists they worked with for original art and the covers they adapted for the cards. And better yet, a look at the showcase and treatments that embody what it’s like to read a comic book, all while you’re playing a Saga. The art for the Spider-Man MTG set comes from iconic Spider-Man comic source material by artists such as Jack Kirby, Todd McFarlane, John Romita Sr., Mike Zeck & Bob McLeod, and more, featured on cards inspired by iconic characters.
Spider-Man MTG Set’s New Mechanics & Play Format
Mayhem: A mana cost with conditions activated by Connive.
Connive: You may cast a card from your graveyard for its mayhem cost if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.
Web-slinging: A mana cost, similar to Mayhem, only active for Spider-Heroes, if you return a tapped creature you control to its owner’s hand.
Cards Showcased During The Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man Panel
Having spent most of the SDCC panel showcasing different Spider-People like Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara) and Spider-Man (Miles Morales), this panel focused on the heroes, the treatments, and well, the attention to detail brought to the Spider-Man costume in all of its forms.
The villains of the Main Spider-Man MTG Set:
Behold the Six! (6 Colorless 1 Black)
Reanimate up to 6 target creature cards with different names
Side 1. Eddie Brock (2 Colorless, 1 Black)
Legendary Creature – Human Hero Villain
When Eddie Brock enters, return target creature with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Pay 3 Colorless, 1 Black, 1 Red, 1 Green: Transform Eddie Brock. Activate only as a sorcery.
Side 2. Venom (3 Colorless, 1 Black, 1 Red, 1 Green)
Legendary Creature – Symbiote Hero Villain
Menace, trample, haste
Whenever Venom attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, draw X cards, then you may put a permanent card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield, where X is the sacrificed creature’s mana value.
Transforms from Eddie Brock, and does not transform to Eddie Brock
Side 1. Norman Osborn (1 Colorless, 1 Blue)
Legendary Creature — Goblin Human Villain
Norman Osborn can’t be blocked.
Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives.
Pay 1 Colorless, 1 Blue, 1 Black, 1 Red: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate Only as a Sorcery.
Side 2. Green Goblin (1 Colorless, 1 Blue, 1 Black, 1 Red)
Legendary Creature — Goblin Human Villain
Flying, menace
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost 2 Colorless mana less to cast.
Goblin Formula — Each nonland card in your graveyard has mayhem. The mayhem cost is equal to its mana cost.
Ultimate Green Goblin (1 Colorless, 2 Black/Red Hybrid)
At the beginning of your upkeep, discard a card, then create a treasure token.
Mayhem 2 Colorless, 1 Black/Red Hybrid mana
Mysterio, Master of illusion (3 Colorless, 1 Blue)
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
When Mysterio enters, create a 3/3 blue Illusion Villain creature token for each nontoken villain you control. Exile those tokens when Mysterio leaves the battlefield.
Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel (1 Colorless, 2 Green)
Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain
Sandman’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.
Sandman can’t be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Cast 2 Colorless, 2 Green: Return this card and target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Vulture, Scheming Scavengwer (5 Colorless, 1 Black/Blue Hybrid)
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer Villain
Flying
Whenever Vulture attacks, other Villains you control gain flying until end of turn.
Dr. Octopus (5 Colorless, 1 Blue, 1 Black)
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain
Other Villains you control get +2/+2.
Your maximum hand size is eight.
At the beginning of your end step, if you have fewer than eight cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Electro, Assaulting Battery (1 Colorless, 2 Red)
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
Flying
You don’t lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery, add 1 Red.
When Electro leaves the battlefield
Kraven, The Hunter (1 Colorless, 1 Black, 1 Green)
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Villain
Trample
Whenever a creature an opponent controls with the greatest power among creatures that player controls dies, draw a card and put a +1/+1 counter on Kraven the Hunter.
Prowler, Clawed Thief (1 Colorless, 1 Blue, 1 Black)
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain
Menace
Whenever another villain you control enters, Prowler connives.
Rhino, Barreling Brute (3 Colorless, 2 Red, 2 Green)
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
Vigilance, trample, haste
Whenever Rhino attacks, if you’ve cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater this turn, draw a card.
The Soul Stone
1 Colorless, 1 Black
Legendary Artifact — Infinity Stone
Tap: Add 1 Black
6 Colorless, 1 Black, Tap: Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone.
Infinity — At the beginning of your upkeep, return a target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
The Infinity Stones are coming to Magic: The Gathering. Fans can find one of these, The Soul Stone, as Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man’s headliner. There are three versions of the card that appear in the set, normal, full art, and showcase. While the Magic team did neither confirm nor deny that the Soul Stone is just the start of more collaborations, I think most eagle-eyed Marvel fans have already started debating which Infinity Stone will be next. I mean, there are empty slots in Thanos’ glove on the borderless treatment which features Thanos. We all chased chocobos; it’s time to rush for the stones.
Spider-Man MtG for the Collectors
Showcase Scenes
Showcase Scene cards, which combine to form a stunning scene that looks like it came straight out of a comic book.
Costume Change Cards
Additionally, the set also includes borderless costume change cards that take you across a character’s costumes through story arcs and artist runs. The one showcased focused on The Spectacular Spider-Man, highlighting various Spider-Man costumes throughout the years. Above, you can see the seven announced costume variants for the Spectacular Spider-Man.
Spider-Man Secret Lair Drops
The Spider-Man Secret Lair drop will feature symbiote-inspired lands and Daily Bugle-themed variants of other cards in the deck.
Other Cards Shared At The Panel
Below, you’ll find a gallery of revealed cards, including different takes on Villains we’ve seen above, and even the best card in the Spider-Man MTG set: City Pigeon.
You can head here to look at the full gallery for the Spider-Man MTG set release.
