Web-ShootersHow it works & interactions with other cards

Spider-Like Precision

Web-Shooters provides a three-part benefit to the equipped creature: a static +1/+1 power and toughness boost, the reach keyword allowing it to block flying creatures, and a triggered ability that activates whenever the creature is declared as an attacker.

How it Resolves Step by Step

First, you must pay the equip cost of two mana as a sorcery to attach Web-Shooters to a creature you control. Once attached, the creature gains reach and the attack trigger. During your declare attackers step, as you tap the creature to attack, the 'whenever this creature attacks' ability triggers and goes on the stack. You must choose a target creature an opponent controls at this time. The tapping effect resolves before your opponent declares blockers, effectively removing a potential blocker from the equation.

Strategic Deployment

Because the tap ability triggers upon attacking, it is most effective against creatures that don't have vigilance. If your opponent has a powerful flyer, your creature now has reach to block it, or you can use the attack trigger to tap that flyer down so it cannot block your incoming assault.

Common Pitfalls

Remember that the tap ability targets a creature. If your opponent's creature has hexproof or protection from white, you cannot target it with the Web-Shooters trigger. Additionally, since the ability triggers when you attack, you cannot use it to tap a creature that was already declared as a blocker.

Interaction examples

Fueling the Web

Sol Ring

You can use the two colorless mana generated by Sol Ring to pay the entire Equip cost of Web-Shooters. This allows you to quickly suit up a creature without tapping into your colored mana sources, ensuring your web-slinging offense starts as early as turn two.

Color Fix for Equipment

Arcane Signet

If you are playing a multi-color deck, Arcane Signet ensures you have the white mana required to cast Web-Shooters. Once on the battlefield, the Equipment stays there even if the creature dies, allowing you to pay the equip cost later to move it to a new creature.