Spider-Man is slated to release in a few weeks and we're in the peak of spoiler season. The excitement is palpable in the Commander community as legend after legend is spoiled. We're seeing tons of Spidey's friends and foes, but this time around we're going to jump across the Spider-Verse.

Earth-14512 has an Evangelion-inspired version of New York that is protected by Peni Parker and her psychically linked spider mech, named SP//dr. Peni made her debut in Edge of Spider-Verse #5 and was the creation of My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. Her popularity skyrocketed when she and SP//dr appeared in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

SP//dr, Piloted by Peni has wonderful build potential. She buffs our creatures and draws us cards when we deal combat damage. The fact that Peni's second ability gives us a Coastal Piracy in the command zone is so critical to any build where we have her and SP//dr at the helm. Also, modified creatures give us the option to set up our deck with auras, equipment or counter synergies. Here is a quick list that uses counter and proliferate shenanigans to draw us tons of cards and make our creatures humungous!

Modified Mech | Commander | Mike Cummings

• Commander (1)
• 1 SP//dr, Piloted by Peni

• Creatures (31)
• 1 Abzan Battle Priest
• 1 Abzan Falconer
• 1 Arcbound Stinger
• 1 Chasm Skulker
• 1 Danny Pink
• 1 Dreamtide Whale
• 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
• 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
• 1 Filigree Vector
• 1 Grateful Apparition
• 1 Hangarback Walker
• 1 Herald of Secret Streams
• 1 Ingenious Prodigy
• 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
• 1 Kappa Cannoneer
• 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
• 1 Marketback Walker
• 1 Metastatic Evangel
• 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
• 1 Scholar of New Horizons
• 1 Silent Hallcreeper
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Steel Overseer
• 1 Stonecoil Serpent
• 1 Sunscorch Regent
• 1 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
• 1 Thrummingbird
• 1 Towashi Guide-Bot
• 1 Vedalken Archmage
• 1 Walking Ballista

• Planeswalkers (1)
• 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer

• Instants (5)
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Swords to Plowshares

• Sorceries (6)
• 1 Damning Verdict
• 1 Requisition Raid
• 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1 Thoughtcast
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Wave Goodbye

• Enchantments (5)
• 1 All That Glitters
• 1 Cathars' Crusade
• 1 Felidar Retreat
• 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
• 1 Wizard Class

• Artifacts (15)
• 1 Anduril, Narsil Reforged
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Blitzball Stadium
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Everflowing Chalice
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Midnight Clock
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Thought Vessel

• Lands (36)
• 12 Island
• 11 Plains
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Glacial Floodplain
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Idyllic Beachfront
• 1 Irrigated Farmland
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Windswept Heath

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Firstly, we are an aggro deck through and through. Cards like Kappa Cannoneer and Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker are the perfect examples of creatures we want to buff and battle with. They both come packed in with some sort of evasion and can put counters on themselves, which pairs nicely with our proliferate package.

Dreamtide Whale, Metastatic Evangel, Thrummingbird and Grateful Apparition are our proliferate powerhouses. When we get into the late game, a card like Dreamtide Whale will stick around almost indefinitely as players will be double and triple spelling per turn. Thrummingbird and Grateful Apparition will let us double down on Peni's ability to draw us cards and proliferate as we take them to the red zone. All we need is to drop a counter on them.

Felidar Retreat, Cathars' Crusade and Elspeth, Storm Slayer will empower our board with +1/+1 counters. We also take advantage of Steel Overseer to put counters on our handful of artifact creatures as well. Proft's Eidetic Memory and The Ozolith have the potential to overload a single creature with counters and we can use a creature like Mikaeus, the Lunarch to buff the board.

+1/+1 counter classics like Abzan Falconer and Abzan Battlepriest buff our board and offer some overpowered key words to all of our empowered creatures. Peni and the Falconer are best friends as the extra evasion puts even more cards in our hand. Speaking of draw, Danny Pink and Dusk Legion Duelist put additional cards in our hands when we buff up our creatures. Who doesn't love more cards?

SP//dr, Piloted by Peni has some exceptional build potential. In Azorius we have access to some of the most powerful cards to modify our creatures. We can throw some swords in the deck and a card like Stoneforge Mystic to create an equipment package. We can also throw in Mesa Enchantress and Angelic Destiny to swap to an enchantment theme. How would you put this little lady and her spider mech to good use? Thanks for reading!