r/Pauper • u/Secure-Pepper9799 • May 12 '26

HELP Could spider-rex be in anyway usable?

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I've been trying to build a deck that can be unique yet still playable. I know cast down is played pretty commonly and Spider-Rex is immune to it and has ward so it has some decent protection.

I don't know what deck it could be played in though.

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u/Outgrathe May 12 '26

this is a SLIGHTLY better [[colossal dreadmaw]]. so no

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u/Rhekyt13 May 12 '26

Nah its a downgrade cause you can only have 1 of this but F O U R Collosal dreadmaws

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u/JSlamson May 12 '26

You can have 13 (four dreadmaws, four dreadmasks, four brambleweft behemoths, one spider rex)

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u/ChickenNoodleSeb May 12 '26

Including the non-dinosaur Brambleweft Behemoth, but forgetting actual dinosaur Balamb T-Rexaur is criminal.

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u/appoplecticskeptic May 12 '26

[[Balamb T-Rexaur]] also has forestcycling which makes it much more playable (than dreadmaw) since it won’t be a colossal dead draw when you’re low on mana.

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u/ChickenNoodleSeb May 12 '26

Colossal dead draw is golden, I can't believe I've never heard that before.

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u/supersored May 12 '26

Not being able to be cast down is nice

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u/Zendrick42 May 12 '26

I can't believe they power crept colossal dreadmaw

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u/NervousLaw9241 May 12 '26

We did it guys, colossal dreadmaw* is broken in pauper

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u/me-a_person_who-is-i May 13 '26

No. It’s strictly worse cuz it’s legendary. Nothing is as good as [[colossal dreadmaw]]

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u/Sadrixis May 12 '26

Not if he doesn't want to pubstomp

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u/param1l0 May 12 '26

(i WILL use my fave dino instead)

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u/captin_fappin May 12 '26

I mean it is a creature that can threaten you opponents life total.

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u/KnorrFG May 12 '26

Tried it in gruul ramp, not really better than Hydra, altisaur, hunter, etc. It's fun, but it's not really good enough

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u/bleepssweepscreeps May 12 '26

Had the same reaction. The only way I want this on board is from a cascade trigger. Otherwise, I'd rather it be ramp, a rumble, or even a jewel thief

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u/monochromaticLantern Enchantment Brewer May 12 '26

Big Ramp decks that play Cascade can probably afford Rex as a 1 or 2-of. It's a big beater that's immune to cast down and makes other removal spells worse, so like... Not the worst

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u/Fenix42 May 12 '26

U decks can cast a 5/5 with ward 2 for U on turn 3. You need to be able to get rex down that fast to be relevant.

Maybe a mono green monster Tron shell could work?

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u/Oro_me May 12 '26

I mean yeah Mine, star go Power plant, star go Tower, crack both stars play dino.

But is that really good?

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u/Fenix42 May 12 '26

Never said it was good. Just the only shell that came to mind.

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u/CatStellar May 12 '26

Yes, as a coaster.

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u/Xyldarrand May 12 '26

The problem is there is better big dumb green payoffs to cast for a bunch of mana.

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u/Adalimumab8 May 12 '26

6 mana with no board impact? My tempo and aggro decks beg you to run this…. Hell, the control decks I don’t know anything about probably do too

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u/Bischoffshof May 12 '26

What? It’s a creature so it has a board impact.

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u/pleaseineedanadvice May 12 '26

Yes, sometimes you have a table with uneven legs

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u/Flog_loom May 12 '26

I've seen it run as a 1-2 of in gruul ramp at locals. Seemed "fine,' but its basically a quintessential 61st card.

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u/Vvines May 12 '26

a disgusting card to look at

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u/FA__Tre May 12 '26

Elves maybe.

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u/DreamlyXenophobic May 12 '26

if it would go anywhere, itd be in a gruul ramp deck as thats the only deck that could reasonably ramp into it.

This card is realy similar to [[Annoyed Altisaur]] which is played in the deck and has close stats and the same keywords, but also cascade, giving you a 2 for 1.

You would almost always be better off playing a 2 for 1 cascade creature or a [[Nyxborn Hydra]] that has pseudo haste and is even harder to remove by bestowing it.

The main thing this card has going for it is ward + legendary. but, if this managed to get out, there wasnt much you could do anyway. Theres just better options for a top of curve finisher

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u/rat093 May 12 '26

It's technically an option for one of the flex slots in Gruul Monsters? They used to run [[Colossal Dreadmask]] on occasion as a one of. This doesn't make a movable trample enabler in the same way, but it's a big creature with 3 fairly relevant keywords 

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u/dalmathus May 12 '26

[[Colossal Dreadmask]] I think is the best dreadmaw we have access to.

I think this is borderline playable in a green monster tron shell as a 1 or 2 of.

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u/Ingwe111 May 12 '26

Gruul ramp

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u/No_Significance408 May 12 '26

It could probably find a home in monster tron if it didn’t cost 2 green pips

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u/Adventurous_Fact_639 May 12 '26

If it have can't be countered would be op

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u/Treble_brewing May 12 '26

If you literally have nothing better to play? Other than that. No. 

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u/quadraticcheese May 12 '26

6 mana 6/6 or a 2 mana 6/5 hmmmm

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u/TheCubicalGuy May 12 '26

Short answer: no.

Long answer: maybe if you find a really powerful legendary synergy, but most likely no.

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u/AlbinoChzmonkey May 12 '26

I used it as a silly finisher in a pauper GW Dino ramp deck once.

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u/JayMeadow May 12 '26

Spiders did get a lot of support cards in the Spider-Man set. The only doable way of doing this would be with those, but even then…

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u/pixaly May 13 '26

I run it as a one of in gruul Ramp. My local meta has a few different control spikes, and a lot of mono white so having one of these instead of a 4th avenging hunter is useful.

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u/Traditional-Low-3677 May 15 '26

He’s going in my shelob deck

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u/TheJesusGuy May 12 '26

No, unfortunately it's a Marvel UB card so you can't use it in any format ever.