Golgari Spiders by markjames

Format: Commander

Commander: Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a Golgari spider-tribal deck that uses deathtouch and ward to turn combat into removal and Food-copy value. The primary plan is to cast Shelob early, gum up the ground with reach spiders, and win by going wide with token spikes and anthem effects. Fynn, the Fangbearer gives a fast alternate poison clock whenever enough deathtouch attackers connect. The hidden backup commander is Shelob, Dread Weaver, which exiles and reanimates high-value enemy creatures through the same death triggers. Secondary paths include Lolth/Izoni value, Spider Spawning recursion, and Beastmaster Ascension overruns. The deck is resilient but combat-dependent, with no combo or counterspells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attercop
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brood Weaver
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Hunger
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Clinging Webs
  • 1 Deadly Recluse
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Doom Weaver
  • 1 Drider
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Glint Weaver
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hatchery Spider
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • 1 Izoni, Center of the Web
  • 1 Llanowar Greenwidow
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Mirkwood Spider
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Night of the Sweets' Revenge
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Obelisk Spider
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Penumbra Spider
  • 1 Prizefight
  • 1 Radioactive Spider
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rotwidow Pack
  • 1 Ruins Recluse
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sentinel Spider
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Silklash Spider
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider Spawning
  • 1 Spider-Ham, Peter Porker
  • 1 Spider-Man, Miles Morales
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Stew the Coneys
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Treetop Snarespinner
  • 1 Twin-Silk Spider
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Wall Crawl
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth