Shelob, Child of Ungoliant by GrimGrind

Format: Commander

Commander: Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

Led by Shelob, Child of Ungoliant, this Golgari deck transforms the Spider creature type into a lethal, asymmetric board-control machine. The primary strategy accelerates into Shelob using efficient green ramp, then pairs her static deathtouch and ward {2} aura with ping equipment like Thornbite Staff and Viridian Longbow or fight effects. Whenever a Spider deals lethal deathtouch damage to an opposing creature, Shelob captures that creature as a Food artifact copy, stripping opposing boards while compounding your own resource engine. Support pieces like Peregrin Took, Jaheira, Friend of the Forest, and Doubling Season convert these stolen Foods into massive card advantage and mana acceleration. The deck finishes games through explosive overrun combat with Craterhoof Behemoth or Beastmaster Ascension, wide Spider swarms via Spider Spawning, or devastating mana sinks like Torment of Hailfire and Ishkanah, Grafwidow. While vulnerable to mass exile sweepers, Shelob presents a resilient, grindy mid-game threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brood Weaver
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Chainweb Aracnir
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Curse of Clinging Webs
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Doom Weaver
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nim Deathmantle
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Pathway Arrows
  • 1 Penumbra Spider
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Pippin, Warden of Isengard
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rotwidow Pack
  • 1 Setessan Tactics
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Silklash Spider
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider Spawning
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Twin-Silk Spider
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth