arachnaphobia by user6566309

Format: Commander

Commander: Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant turns combat damage from Spiders into Food-copy tokens, while her global deathtouch and ward make combat extremely favorable. The deck's primary plan is to ramp into Shelob, flood the board with cheap Spiders, clear blockers with fight spells or deathtouch blocks, and then close with a mass pump such as Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede. A secondary drain plan uses Mirkwood Bats alongside the many Food and Spider tokens. Shelob, Dread Weaver acts as a hidden second engine, exiling and reanimating opposing dead creatures. Without a dedicated infinite combo, wins are combat- and token-oriented, and the deck relies on graveyard recursion and single-target protection to survive disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Attercop
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Broodspinner
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chainweb Aracnir
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Hunger
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prizefight
  • 1 Radioactive Spider
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rotwidow Pack
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Setessan Tactics
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Ham, Peter Porker
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Supper for Spiders
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tail Swipe
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twin-Silk Spider
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery