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Scarlet Spider, Kaine
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When Scarlet Spider enters, you may discard a card. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on him. Mayhem {B/R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for {B/R} if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)
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“Menace threat that grows by discarding and cheats spells back from the yard.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Graveyard, Sacrifice, Tokens
Strategy
Scarlet Spider, Kaine is a scrappy aggressor that rewards you for filling your graveyard while growing into a serious threat. The deck wants to lean into discard outlets and self-mill, turning what looks like a downside into card advantage. You're discarding cards to pump Kaine with +1/+1 counters, then casting the best ones back from your graveyard via Mayhem, essentially drawing cards while building a fast clock. Menace makes him hard to block early, and once he's a 4/3 or 5/2, he's sneaking in for serious damage.
Win by turning Kaine into a evasive threat faster than opponents can stabilize, supported by sacrifice synergies and graveyard tricks. Fill the deck with cheap discard outlets like Faithless Looting and Seasoned Pyromancer, creatures that reward discarding (Hollow One, Ox of Agonas), and payoffs for self-mill like Murktide. You're not playing a slow graveyard deck—you're playing tempo-graveyard where Kaine is your primary threat and the graveyard is your secondary resource engine.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip Murktide and Dragon's Rage Channeler; use Channeled Fury and Commune with the Gods as budget card draw and fill.
Signature Cards
- 1Green Goblin, Revenant
- 2Ultimate Green Goblin
- 3Alien Symbiosis
- 4Hobgoblin, Mantled Marauder
- 5Spider-Gwen, Free Spirit
Inclusion = % of Scarlet Spider, Kaine decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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