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Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
Legendary Artifact Creature — Spider Hero
Vigilance {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature and/or Vehicle you control. {2}, Remove two +1/+1 counters from among artifacts you control: Draw a card.
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“Colorless artifact aggro with scaling counters and card draw.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Counters, Sacrifice
Strategy
Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade is an artifact-focused commander that turns your artifact creatures and Vehicles into a growing army while filtering through your deck. Every turn, you're pumping your team and banking resources—the vigilance means you attack without fear, and the tap ability lets you scale +1/+1 counters across your whole board. The card draw engine is the real MVP: you're turning excess counters into fresh cards, which fuels more artifact drops and acceleration.
Your win condition is straightforward: build a swarm of artifact creatures and Vehicles, pump them with Iron Spider's ability, and bash through for damage. You'll pack efficient artifact creatures like Ornithopter, Ornithopter of Paradise, and Steel Overseer to create a low-to-the-ground aggro shell that doesn't need much to start snowballing. The counter synergies also enable aristocrat plays and sacrifice outlets, giving you a secondary angle if the board stalls.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Swap expensive tutors and Moxes for budget mana rocks like Hedron Archive and Wayfarer's Bauble; use common Vehicles like Scrapyard Recombiner instead of pricey lord effects.
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