Spider-Man 2099

Gameplan

Spider-Man 2099 is a cheap, evasive beater that doubles as a repeatable burn engine: cast a spell or play a land from exile, graveyard, your library, or an opponent's stuff each turn and his end step pings any target for his power (8+ with double strike doubling combat damage, but the ability itself uses raw power). You play a tempo-leaning Izzet shell that casts from anywhere—impulse draw, cascade, flashback, foretell, suspend—then trigger the end step ping while swinging in with vigilance.

Key Cards

• Light Up the Stage — Casting the exiled cards satisfies the 'from anywhere other than your hand' clause to fire the end-step ping.
• Etali, Primal Storm — Casts spells from exile off the top of each library, reliably enabling the trigger while flooding the board.
• Underworld Breach — Flashing back spells from your graveyard is cheap, repeatable fuel for the end-step damage.
• Fevered Visions / Outpost Siege — Impulse-style and exile-cast engines keep the every-turn condition online.
• Mind's Desire / cascade spells — Casting cards from exile via cascade and storm reliably trips Spider-Man's ability.
• Embercleave — With double strike already on the body, extra power turns the end-step ping into a one-shot kill.

Upgrade Path

Tighten the deck so nearly every card can be cast from somewhere other than hand—lean into impulse draw (Light Up the Stage, Outpost Siege), cascade, and graveyard recursion (Underworld Breach, Mizzix's Mastery) to guarantee the trigger. Add power pumps and protection (Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention, swift cantrip counters) so the engine survives and scales. For higher power, splash fast mana (Sol Ring, signets, Jeska's Will) and consider extra-combat or copy effects to multiply both attacks and end-step pings.