Superior Spider-Man - Play Guide

Intro

Superior Spider-Man is a Dimir (blue/black) reanimator deck that aims to get big creatures into the graveyard and cheat them out for less than their mana cost.

Here's a video showing how this deck plays on Arena.

The decklist I use on MTG Arena can be found on Moxfield.

Starting hand

Since there's not a lot of mana fixing, it's important to have both blue and black mana sources in your opening hand. I want at least 1 way to draw and discard, but more ways is better because you can find the cards you're looking for. A counterspell or removal spell helps to keep the opponent from going crazy.

Early game

The main goal early is to draw cards and discard your big creatures into the graveyard. This gets you targets for reanimation as well as seeing more cards to find reanimation spells or counterspells.

Late game

Timing your reanimation can lead to big swings in your favor. Each use of Superior Spider-man does exile your target card, so getting more options in your graveyard early can lead to having choices later. Eventually, you'll have enough mana to hard-cast your big creatures, so you'll stop filling your graveyard and use your card draw to keep those big creatures in your hand.

Win-cons

The quickest way to win is using Superior Spider-Man to reanimate Bringer of the Last Gift, which wipes the opponents board and reanimates your entire graveyard. Other big creatures can be game-enders, such as Toxrill, the Corrosive, and Aardyn, the Usurper.

Bad matchups

Any deck that can exile cards from your graveyard at instant-speed will shut you down. Sometimes, an early graveyard exile can be played through, but repeated exile will mean you don't have any good targets for reanmiation.