Grafwidow by Earniepie

Format: Commander

Commander: Ishkanah, Grafwidow

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari Spider tribal strategy led by Ishkanah, Grafwidow. It leverages self-mill and graveyard filling to enable Delirium early, deploying resilient spider swarms that control the ground and sky with reach and deathtouch. Once a critical mass of Spiders is assembled, the deck transitions into a lethal threat using anthems and evasion like The Swarmweaver, Shelob, Child of Ungoliant, and Cover of Darkness, alongside heavy asymmetric board wipes like Swarmyard Massacre and Kindred Dominance. Life-drain engines, including Ishkanah, Grafwidow's activated ability, Rotwidow Pack, and Mirkwood Bats, bypass combat stalls to close out games across all opponents. Strong graveyard recursion and flashback on Spider Spawning give the deck excellent endurance against sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acolyte of Affliction
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Blech, Loafing Pest
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Broodspinner
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Curse of Clinging Webs
  • 1 Deadly Recluse
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Doom Weaver
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Glint Weaver
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Haunted Mire
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Malevolent Rumble
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirkwood Spider
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Perpetual Timepiece
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Rotwidow Pack
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Spider Spawning
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 The Serpent Society
  • 1 The Swarmweaver
  • 1 Town Greeter
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Undead Butler
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Wall Crawl
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watcher in the Web
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery